Son of Edward L. and Mary L. _____ Houchins, of Fulton, Calloway County, Missouri, Herbert Houchins grew up on the family farm. In the 1900 Census, he was listed as a farmer on his parents' farm.
On 9 Oct 1911, Herbert married Lucy Idell Underwood in Blytheville, Mississippi County, AR. Decades later, Lucy told this writer that when Herbert had completed high school in Calloway County, Missouri, his mother, after years of rasing children, saw an opportunity finally to visit her sister.
So she enrolled Herbert in a college in Missouri; then, 'set off on her long-awaited trip.
Herbert wore his hat into his first class. When the teacher called the roll, he said, "Mr. Houchins, would you please remove your hat?" "Hell, no," he replied as he arose from his seat, walked out of the class; left the school; and never returned.
Lucy laughed that Houchins, as she called him, received fund-raising requests from that school as long as he lived.
By 1920 Houchins was dealing in real estate, and he and Lucy had a home at 905 Ash Street, Blytheville. Seeing potential in acres of unused delta land which been exploited for timber, Houchins began to invest in -- and resell -- it.
His economic progress virtually ground to a halt in the 1929 Crash. The effect was so devastating economically, that, in the 1930 Census, Houchins was living with his brother and sister-in-law, George, Sr and Kate Underwood Muir, on Davis Street in Blytheville. His real estate business under attack, Houchins and ___ bought a gas station which they operated for several years.
Meanwhile, Lucy was living with her parents in LIttle Rock, Arkansas. An exquisite needleworker, she did sewing to contribute to their income. She was listed as a smockmaker in the 1930 census.
A new chapter opened for the Houchinses in 1934, when they bought a home at 1000 West Main Street, Blytheville. This house was filled with the joys of family and friends and their base for years of involvement in social, civic, and religious life, in Blytheville. They were active in Blytheville Presbyterian Church.
Houchins and Lucy's only child was a baby they lost early in their marriage, but Lucy's sister Kate and her husband George Muir, Sr, who lived a few blocks from the Houchins, had three children, Mildred, Doris, and George, Jr. These three were nearly as much at home with the Houchinses, as with their own parents.
At the end of long, useful lives, Houchins and Lucy were laid to rest in a double mausoleum in Elmwood Cemetery.
Lucy related that a salesman for Elmwood Cemtery had come to their door one day promoting mausoleums. Assuming that she and Houchins would be buried beside her parents, she dismissed the man. As she turned back to Houchins, he said, "Lucy, why did you send that man away? I've never wanted anything so bad -- I don't want to be buried in the ground." She immediately scheduled a meeting with the salesman, and they bought their mausoleum.
On 9 Oct 1911, Herbert married Lucy Idell Underwood in Blytheville, Mississippi County, AR. Decades later, Lucy told this writer that when Herbert had completed high school in Calloway County, Missouri, his mother, after years of rasing children, saw an opportunity finally to visit her sister.
So she enrolled Herbert in a college in Missouri; then, 'set off on her long-awaited trip.
Herbert wore his hat into his first class. When the teacher called the roll, he said, "Mr. Houchins, would you please remove your hat?" "Hell, no," he replied as he arose from his seat, walked out of the class; left the school; and never returned.
Lucy laughed that Houchins, as she called him, received fund-raising requests from that school as long as he lived.
By 1920 Houchins was dealing in real estate, and he and Lucy had a home at 905 Ash Street, Blytheville. Seeing potential in acres of unused delta land which been exploited for timber, Houchins began to invest in -- and resell -- it.
His economic progress virtually ground to a halt in the 1929 Crash. The effect was so devastating economically, that, in the 1930 Census, Houchins was living with his brother and sister-in-law, George, Sr and Kate Underwood Muir, on Davis Street in Blytheville. His real estate business under attack, Houchins and ___ bought a gas station which they operated for several years.
Meanwhile, Lucy was living with her parents in LIttle Rock, Arkansas. An exquisite needleworker, she did sewing to contribute to their income. She was listed as a smockmaker in the 1930 census.
A new chapter opened for the Houchinses in 1934, when they bought a home at 1000 West Main Street, Blytheville. This house was filled with the joys of family and friends and their base for years of involvement in social, civic, and religious life, in Blytheville. They were active in Blytheville Presbyterian Church.
Houchins and Lucy's only child was a baby they lost early in their marriage, but Lucy's sister Kate and her husband George Muir, Sr, who lived a few blocks from the Houchins, had three children, Mildred, Doris, and George, Jr. These three were nearly as much at home with the Houchinses, as with their own parents.
At the end of long, useful lives, Houchins and Lucy were laid to rest in a double mausoleum in Elmwood Cemetery.
Lucy related that a salesman for Elmwood Cemtery had come to their door one day promoting mausoleums. Assuming that she and Houchins would be buried beside her parents, she dismissed the man. As she turned back to Houchins, he said, "Lucy, why did you send that man away? I've never wanted anything so bad -- I don't want to be buried in the ground." She immediately scheduled a meeting with the salesman, and they bought their mausoleum.
Son of Edward L. and Mary L. _____ Houchins, of Fulton, Calloway County, Missouri, Herbert Houchins grew up on the family farm. In the 1900 Census, he was listed as a farmer on his parents' farm.
On 9 Oct 1911, Herbert married Lucy Idell Underwood in Blytheville, Mississippi County, AR. Decades later, Lucy told this writer that when Herbert had completed high school in Calloway County, Missouri, his mother, after years of rasing children, saw an opportunity finally to visit her sister.
So she enrolled Herbert in a college in Missouri; then, 'set off on her long-awaited trip.
Herbert wore his hat into his first class. When the teacher called the roll, he said, "Mr. Houchins, would you please remove your hat?" "Hell, no," he replied as he arose from his seat, walked out of the class; left the school; and never returned.
Lucy laughed that Houchins, as she called him, received fund-raising requests from that school as long as he lived.
By 1920 Houchins was dealing in real estate, and he and Lucy had a home at 905 Ash Street, Blytheville. Seeing potential in acres of unused delta land which been exploited for timber, Houchins began to invest in -- and resell -- it.
His economic progress virtually ground to a halt in the 1929 Crash. The effect was so devastating economically, that, in the 1930 Census, Houchins was living with his brother and sister-in-law, George, Sr and Kate Underwood Muir, on Davis Street in Blytheville. His real estate business under attack, Houchins and ___ bought a gas station which they operated for several years.
Meanwhile, Lucy was living with her parents in LIttle Rock, Arkansas. An exquisite needleworker, she did sewing to contribute to their income. She was listed as a smockmaker in the 1930 census.
A new chapter opened for the Houchinses in 1934, when they bought a home at 1000 West Main Street, Blytheville. This house was filled with the joys of family and friends and their base for years of involvement in social, civic, and religious life, in Blytheville. They were active in Blytheville Presbyterian Church.
Houchins and Lucy's only child was a baby they lost early in their marriage, but Lucy's sister Kate and her husband George Muir, Sr, who lived a few blocks from the Houchins, had three children, Mildred, Doris, and George, Jr. These three were nearly as much at home with the Houchinses, as with their own parents.
At the end of long, useful lives, Houchins and Lucy were laid to rest in a double mausoleum in Elmwood Cemetery.
Lucy related that a salesman for Elmwood Cemtery had come to their door one day promoting mausoleums. Assuming that she and Houchins would be buried beside her parents, she dismissed the man. As she turned back to Houchins, he said, "Lucy, why did you send that man away? I've never wanted anything so bad -- I don't want to be buried in the ground." She immediately scheduled a meeting with the salesman, and they bought their mausoleum.
On 9 Oct 1911, Herbert married Lucy Idell Underwood in Blytheville, Mississippi County, AR. Decades later, Lucy told this writer that when Herbert had completed high school in Calloway County, Missouri, his mother, after years of rasing children, saw an opportunity finally to visit her sister.
So she enrolled Herbert in a college in Missouri; then, 'set off on her long-awaited trip.
Herbert wore his hat into his first class. When the teacher called the roll, he said, "Mr. Houchins, would you please remove your hat?" "Hell, no," he replied as he arose from his seat, walked out of the class; left the school; and never returned.
Lucy laughed that Houchins, as she called him, received fund-raising requests from that school as long as he lived.
By 1920 Houchins was dealing in real estate, and he and Lucy had a home at 905 Ash Street, Blytheville. Seeing potential in acres of unused delta land which been exploited for timber, Houchins began to invest in -- and resell -- it.
His economic progress virtually ground to a halt in the 1929 Crash. The effect was so devastating economically, that, in the 1930 Census, Houchins was living with his brother and sister-in-law, George, Sr and Kate Underwood Muir, on Davis Street in Blytheville. His real estate business under attack, Houchins and ___ bought a gas station which they operated for several years.
Meanwhile, Lucy was living with her parents in LIttle Rock, Arkansas. An exquisite needleworker, she did sewing to contribute to their income. She was listed as a smockmaker in the 1930 census.
A new chapter opened for the Houchinses in 1934, when they bought a home at 1000 West Main Street, Blytheville. This house was filled with the joys of family and friends and their base for years of involvement in social, civic, and religious life, in Blytheville. They were active in Blytheville Presbyterian Church.
Houchins and Lucy's only child was a baby they lost early in their marriage, but Lucy's sister Kate and her husband George Muir, Sr, who lived a few blocks from the Houchins, had three children, Mildred, Doris, and George, Jr. These three were nearly as much at home with the Houchinses, as with their own parents.
At the end of long, useful lives, Houchins and Lucy were laid to rest in a double mausoleum in Elmwood Cemetery.
Lucy related that a salesman for Elmwood Cemtery had come to their door one day promoting mausoleums. Assuming that she and Houchins would be buried beside her parents, she dismissed the man. As she turned back to Houchins, he said, "Lucy, why did you send that man away? I've never wanted anything so bad -- I don't want to be buried in the ground." She immediately scheduled a meeting with the salesman, and they bought their mausoleum.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
