Leander Houck

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Leander Houck

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
3 Apr 1879 (aged 63)
Caldwell County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Rutherford College, Burke County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Leander Houck was born in the area of old Rowan County or Burke County that is probably present day Catawba County. Oral tradition says that he lived in the present-day area of Rhodhiss. His mother was Phoebe Houck, who later married Michael Zimmerman and moved to Missouri. Genealogical researcher (the late) Carl Anderson interviewed several older descendants who believe that Leander was reared in the home of an uncle, George Houck. But which George Houck?

In November 1842, he married Anna Catherine Link. They moved across the Catawba River to Caldwell County, first making their home in a log cabin in the town of Lenoir. Later they moved out to Greasy Creek. Leander Houck helped build the first buildings in Lenoir. He was also a farmer, and helped one of his sons run a grist mill. Many of his descendants still populate Caldwell and surrounding counties.

Leander's grave was moved from his yard at Greasy Creek to the cemetery in Rutherford College. His son Kelley wrote a letter to his youngest brother to explain why the grave had to be moved: "We had to remove our father's remains. The hiway (sic) people cut the bank at the old cemetery near the Old Home and father's grave was almost caved off. Mother died at Rutherford College and requested to be buried there so we had Father's remains moved and placed by Mother's side over at the college."
Leander Houck was born in the area of old Rowan County or Burke County that is probably present day Catawba County. Oral tradition says that he lived in the present-day area of Rhodhiss. His mother was Phoebe Houck, who later married Michael Zimmerman and moved to Missouri. Genealogical researcher (the late) Carl Anderson interviewed several older descendants who believe that Leander was reared in the home of an uncle, George Houck. But which George Houck?

In November 1842, he married Anna Catherine Link. They moved across the Catawba River to Caldwell County, first making their home in a log cabin in the town of Lenoir. Later they moved out to Greasy Creek. Leander Houck helped build the first buildings in Lenoir. He was also a farmer, and helped one of his sons run a grist mill. Many of his descendants still populate Caldwell and surrounding counties.

Leander's grave was moved from his yard at Greasy Creek to the cemetery in Rutherford College. His son Kelley wrote a letter to his youngest brother to explain why the grave had to be moved: "We had to remove our father's remains. The hiway (sic) people cut the bank at the old cemetery near the Old Home and father's grave was almost caved off. Mother died at Rutherford College and requested to be buried there so we had Father's remains moved and placed by Mother's side over at the college."

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5058472/leander-houck: accessed ), memorial page for Leander Houck (18 Jun 1815–3 Apr 1879), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5058472, citing Abernathy Methodist Church Cemetery, Rutherford College, Burke County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Armantia (contributor 19036309).