Norwich, After a brief illness of acute indigestion, Charles A. Houghton, Sr., died at his home on Maydole street on Tuesday morning, aged 72. The deceased was the son of Jehiel & Elizabeth Houghton and was born in Oxford but had spent the larger share of his life in Norwich. For more than 40 years he was an employee at the David Maydole Hammer Factory, most of the time as foreman of the polishing department. He was a veteran of the Civil War, serving in Company D, one Hundred and Forty-first Infantry Regiment, New York Volunteers. He was comrade in Smith Post, G.A.R. For many years he had been a leading member of the local lodge of Odd Fellows. Mr. Houghton was twice married, first wife having been Annie Frisk, of Middleton, whom he married August 10, 1862. She died in February, 1908, and in November, 1910, Mr. Houghton married Mrs. Libbie Russell, of Norwich, who survives him. He is also survived by one daughter, Miss Jessie Houghton, of Norwich, and two sons, Ansel Houghton, of Portland, Maine, and Charles Houghton Jr., of Norwich. There are also three sisters, Mrs. Julia Madden, of Seaside, Oregon; Mrs. Harriet Young, of Harrisville, Michigan, and Mrs. Alice E. King, of Harrisville, Michigan, and a brother, Ansel Houghton, of Harrisville, Michigan. [Utica Saturday Globe, March 1914]
Norwich, After a brief illness of acute indigestion, Charles A. Houghton, Sr., died at his home on Maydole street on Tuesday morning, aged 72. The deceased was the son of Jehiel & Elizabeth Houghton and was born in Oxford but had spent the larger share of his life in Norwich. For more than 40 years he was an employee at the David Maydole Hammer Factory, most of the time as foreman of the polishing department. He was a veteran of the Civil War, serving in Company D, one Hundred and Forty-first Infantry Regiment, New York Volunteers. He was comrade in Smith Post, G.A.R. For many years he had been a leading member of the local lodge of Odd Fellows. Mr. Houghton was twice married, first wife having been Annie Frisk, of Middleton, whom he married August 10, 1862. She died in February, 1908, and in November, 1910, Mr. Houghton married Mrs. Libbie Russell, of Norwich, who survives him. He is also survived by one daughter, Miss Jessie Houghton, of Norwich, and two sons, Ansel Houghton, of Portland, Maine, and Charles Houghton Jr., of Norwich. There are also three sisters, Mrs. Julia Madden, of Seaside, Oregon; Mrs. Harriet Young, of Harrisville, Michigan, and Mrs. Alice E. King, of Harrisville, Michigan, and a brother, Ansel Houghton, of Harrisville, Michigan. [Utica Saturday Globe, March 1914]
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