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William Henry Ebaugh Houck

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William Henry Ebaugh Houck

Birth
Maryland, USA
Death
1 Nov 1912 (aged 85)
Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Houcktown, Hancock County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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From CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF HANCOCK CO. OHIO


William H. Houck, eldest son among the children, was born in Baltimore, Carroll Co. Maryland, March 4, 1826, and consquently was ten years old when his parents made their journey to the western wilderness. It was upon his vigorous young shoulders in after years that the task devolved of bringing into cultivation the wild land purchased by his father. In 1852, in connection with his father, he built a sawmill at what was called Houcktown and the operation of this occupied most of his time for ten years. Eventually he exchanged this property for eighty acres of land, which, however, was soon sold and the proceeds invested in another tract, still in its virgin state. Mr. Houck took hold of this with his usual energy and in time converted it ino a smiling farm, well fenced and highly improved after the latest methods.
In 1852 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Smaltz, and of the eleven children of this union ten grew to maturity: Solomon S., Adam B., Catherine E., Annie M., Lottie A., John P., Jacob H., Robert C., Perry H., and Willie E.


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From CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF HANCOCK CO. OHIO


William H. Houck, eldest son among the children, was born in Baltimore, Carroll Co. Maryland, March 4, 1826, and consquently was ten years old when his parents made their journey to the western wilderness. It was upon his vigorous young shoulders in after years that the task devolved of bringing into cultivation the wild land purchased by his father. In 1852, in connection with his father, he built a sawmill at what was called Houcktown and the operation of this occupied most of his time for ten years. Eventually he exchanged this property for eighty acres of land, which, however, was soon sold and the proceeds invested in another tract, still in its virgin state. Mr. Houck took hold of this with his usual energy and in time converted it ino a smiling farm, well fenced and highly improved after the latest methods.
In 1852 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Smaltz, and of the eleven children of this union ten grew to maturity: Solomon S., Adam B., Catherine E., Annie M., Lottie A., John P., Jacob H., Robert C., Perry H., and Willie E.


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