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Sarah Houston

Female 1835 - 1895  (60 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sarah Houston was born on 30 Jul 1835 in Ohio, USA (daughter of Harvey Houston and Elizabeth Brown); died on 8 Sep 1895 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana, USA; was buried in Keeps Creek Cemetery.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1860, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Clinton, Cass, Indiana, USA

    Sarah married James Klepinger on 28 Sep 1854 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana, USA. James was born on 12 Aug 1833 in Indiana, USA; died on 26 Jul 1920 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana, USA; was buried in Keeps Creek Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Clara May was born on 11 Aug 1857; died on 19 May 1938; was buried in Keeps Creek Cemetery.
    2. Effie L Klepinger was born on 29 Jul 1864 in Cass County, Indiana, USA; died on 22 Apr 1951 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana, USA; was buried in Keeps Creek Cemetery.
    3. Jennie E was born in 1869; died in 1896; was buried in Keeps Creek Cemetery.
    4. Albert James Klepinger was born on 20 Dec 1875 in Indiana, USA; died on 27 Apr 1961 in Indiana, USA; was buried in Keeps Creek Cemetery.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Harvey Houston was born on 7 May 1797 in Kentucky, USA (son of Robert Houston, I and Margaret); died on 2 Dec 1870; was buried in Saint Johns Cemetery.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1830, Green, Shelby, Ohio, USA
    • Residence: 1840, Monroe County, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Noble, Cass, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Tebo, Henry, Missouri, USA

    Notes:

    Birth:
    NOTE: This Harvey Houston is NOT the James Harvey Houston (1801-1861) who married Isabell Hamilton (1807-1893). That line of Houston's were born and raised in Monroe County, Indiana.

    (FindAGrave memorial for James Harvey Houston: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53551141/james-harvey-houston)

    Harvey married Elizabeth Brown on 26 Sep 1826 in Miami County, Ohio, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of James Brown and Martha Summers) was born about 1800; died about 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Brown was born about 1800 (daughter of James Brown and Martha Summers); died about 1844.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Year of death just a guess. It appears she is in the 1840 Census with her husband but she is not with her husband in the 1850 census.

    Notes:

    Married:
    I don't know if THIS Harvey Houston is the same one who married Elizabeth Brown. MORE RESEARCH NEEDED. Elizabeth's father, however, names her, Elizabeth Houston, in his will. Harvey's brother, Robert, married a Mary Brown.

    Children:
    1. Benjamin Franklin Houston was born about 1832 in Ohio, USA; died about 1890 in Indiana, USA; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.
    2. James M. Houston was born about 1834 in Ohio, USA; and died.
    3. 1. Sarah Houston was born on 30 Jul 1835 in Ohio, USA; died on 8 Sep 1895 in Logansport, Cass, Indiana, USA; was buried in Keeps Creek Cemetery.
    4. Martha A. "Mattie" Houston was born in 1838 in Ohio, USA; died in 1873 in Windsor, Henry, Missouri, USA; was buried in 1873 in Laurel Oak Cemetery.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert Houston, I was born about 1770 in Kentucky, USA.

    Robert married Margaret about 1792 in Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Margaret
    Children:
    1. Robert Houston, II was born on 20 Feb 1793 in Madison County, Kentucky, USA; died on 7 Sep 1876 in Albany, Linn, Oregon, USA.
    2. 2. Harvey Houston was born on 7 May 1797 in Kentucky, USA; died on 2 Dec 1870; was buried in Saint Johns Cemetery.
    3. James Houston was born about 1800 in Kentucky, USA; and died.

  3. 6.  James Brown was born on 2 Feb 1767 in Virginia, USA; died on 29 Dec 1846 in Washington, Miami, Ohio, USA; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery.

    James married Martha Summers on 6 Jan 1794 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA. Martha was born on 28 Dec 1767 in Virginia, USA; died on 8 Aug 1845 in Miami County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Martha Summers was born on 28 Dec 1767 in Virginia, USA; died on 8 Aug 1845 in Miami County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery.
    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth Brown was born about 1800; died about 1844.
    2. Mary Brown was born on 15 Jan 1805 in Ohio, USA; died on 25 Oct 1851 in Linn County, Oregon, USA; was buried in Houston Waverly Cemetery.



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