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John Marion Houck

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John Marion Houck

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
11 Aug 1933 (aged 88)
North Carolina, USA
Burial
Gamewell, Caldwell County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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John Houck was the son of Leander Houck (also spelled Houk) and Anna Katherine Link. John Houck wore many hats. He became a farmer, surveyor, real estate agent, salesman, owner of a hardware store, and newspaper publisher. He and daughter Eliza published the Gamewell Racket, one of the first papers in the western part of North Carolina to support women's suffrage.

The first significant event of his life was his service in the 26th North Carolina Inf., CSA. His military record states that he was "conspicuous for his gallant conduct in every engagement.". He survived the Battle of Gettysburg but bore a head wound which eventually cost him his eyesight.

According to family oral tradition, John Houck's sisters hid in a cave during Stoneman's Raid.

After the war, he married Margaret Caroline Puett, daughter of W. Johnson Puett and Mary McCall. They had three children, Gamewell Puett Houck (married Cora Belle Deal), Anna Elizabeth Phifer Houck (married Jacob Harshaw), and Mary Matilda Houck (married John Harshaw).

In 1901, he married Rosa Lee Jones, and they had one son, John George Phifer Houck, and a step-daughter, Rosetta. He and Rosa Lee were divorced.

Many stories of John Houck's are still rumbling around the North Carolina foothills, leaving no doubt that he was quite a character.

Sources: Conversations with granddaughters, nieces, and nephews; military records, article by Dr. H.G. Jones, Chapel Hill, NC.
John Houck was the son of Leander Houck (also spelled Houk) and Anna Katherine Link. John Houck wore many hats. He became a farmer, surveyor, real estate agent, salesman, owner of a hardware store, and newspaper publisher. He and daughter Eliza published the Gamewell Racket, one of the first papers in the western part of North Carolina to support women's suffrage.

The first significant event of his life was his service in the 26th North Carolina Inf., CSA. His military record states that he was "conspicuous for his gallant conduct in every engagement.". He survived the Battle of Gettysburg but bore a head wound which eventually cost him his eyesight.

According to family oral tradition, John Houck's sisters hid in a cave during Stoneman's Raid.

After the war, he married Margaret Caroline Puett, daughter of W. Johnson Puett and Mary McCall. They had three children, Gamewell Puett Houck (married Cora Belle Deal), Anna Elizabeth Phifer Houck (married Jacob Harshaw), and Mary Matilda Houck (married John Harshaw).

In 1901, he married Rosa Lee Jones, and they had one son, John George Phifer Houck, and a step-daughter, Rosetta. He and Rosa Lee were divorced.

Many stories of John Houck's are still rumbling around the North Carolina foothills, leaving no doubt that he was quite a character.

Sources: Conversations with granddaughters, nieces, and nephews; military records, article by Dr. H.G. Jones, Chapel Hill, NC.

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10369482/john_marion-houck: accessed ), memorial page for John Marion Houck (13 Apr 1845–11 Aug 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10369482, citing Houck Puett Cemetery, Gamewell, Caldwell County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Armantia (contributor 19036309).