Lincoln, June 23. ---(Special.)--- Dr. W. W. Houser, age 82, a civil war veteran and one of the most prominent residents of this city, was instantly killed here at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon when he was struck by a street car at the intersection of Kickapoo and Delavan streets by a Kickapoo line car. Dr. Houser was on his way from his home, two blocks distant from the scene of his death. to the postoffice to get some mail, when struck by the car.
Dr. Houser was a major in the northern forces during the civil war, serving as a surgeon. At the close of hostilities he came to this city where has since made his home. He completed his medical studies at a university in Cincinnati, O., previous to the war.
About 51 years ago he was married to Miss Mary Oliver. Besides the wife the following children survive: Mrs. Maude Coffit, at home; Will, the local druggist; Mrs. Tima Dubois, of Chicago; Mrs. Georgiana Crane, of near this city, and Paul, of Linton, Wash. Two nephews, Dr. Frank Houser and Will Houser, both of this city, also survive.
Dr. Houser became affiliated with the Methodist church when about 18 years of age.
---The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) 24 Jun 1919, Tue page 1
Contributor: Jan Miller (46607804) • [email protected]
Lincoln, June 23. ---(Special.)--- Dr. W. W. Houser, age 82, a civil war veteran and one of the most prominent residents of this city, was instantly killed here at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon when he was struck by a street car at the intersection of Kickapoo and Delavan streets by a Kickapoo line car. Dr. Houser was on his way from his home, two blocks distant from the scene of his death. to the postoffice to get some mail, when struck by the car.
Dr. Houser was a major in the northern forces during the civil war, serving as a surgeon. At the close of hostilities he came to this city where has since made his home. He completed his medical studies at a university in Cincinnati, O., previous to the war.
About 51 years ago he was married to Miss Mary Oliver. Besides the wife the following children survive: Mrs. Maude Coffit, at home; Will, the local druggist; Mrs. Tima Dubois, of Chicago; Mrs. Georgiana Crane, of near this city, and Paul, of Linton, Wash. Two nephews, Dr. Frank Houser and Will Houser, both of this city, also survive.
Dr. Houser became affiliated with the Methodist church when about 18 years of age.
---The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) 24 Jun 1919, Tue page 1
Contributor: Jan Miller (46607804) • [email protected]
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Sophia Houser Judd
1816–1845
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Andrew Dillman Houser
1817–1830
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Solinah Houser Hoover
1818–1839
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Ellisannah Houser Stubblefield
1820–1895
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David George Houser
1822–1896
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Milton Peter Houser
1824–1863
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Elizabeth Jane Houser Evans
1826–1904
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Mary Ann Houser Gardner
1827–1895
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Susanna Roush Houser Rankin
1829–1914
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John Milton Houser
1831–1908
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