Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John James Houston and Ann Blakiston




Husband John James Houston 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1869 - Philadelphia, PA 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Samuel Nelson Houston (1791-1878) 2 3 4
         Mother: Susan Strickler (      -      ) 1 2


       Marriage: 



Wife Ann Blakiston 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1883
         Buried: 


Children

• They had no children.


General Notes: Husband - John James Houston


He was for many years engaged in transportation in Pennsylvania and western states; lived the most of his life in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a few years in Pittsburgh, and died in Philadelphia. He was a man with a slight frame and delicate constitution, but by determination and pure grit accomplished great results.


General Notes: Wife - Ann Blakiston

Philadelphia, PA

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Sources


1 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 591.

2 —, Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. I (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889), Pg 94.

3 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 590.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 164.


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