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Henry Lafayette “Fate” Houck

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Henry Lafayette “Fate” Houck

Birth
Caldwell County, North Carolina, USA
Death
9 Jan 1940 (aged 90)
North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
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North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Son of Leander Houck and Annie K. Link; Husband of Nancy Caroline Bowman. He had a farm just below Mary's Grove in Lenoir, NC, and just adjacent to today's Highway 18 which runs from Morganton to Lenoir. "Fate" Houck did a number of things during his lifetime. He was somewhat involved in politics in Caldwell County in the 1890's. He owned a mill and lived in the Glenburnie section of Caldwell County for some years. He also served as Glenburnie's postmaster and as a deputy sheriff. He served as a jail guard, did some farming, (he raised pigs among other things) and he was a Shriner. He may have even worked for the railroad for a period of time. In the 1910 census, he and wife Nancy had moved and were living on Dulatown Road. By 1920, they had moved to the "Hickory Road". In November of 1920, the Houcks moved to North Wilkesboro to live with his daughter, Annie (Moore). Nancy Caroline's health had failed to the point that she could no longer manage to keep up a household.

We know that one of the highlights of his lifetime was a trip he made to visit his sister Alice Houck Powell in Colorado in 1922. This was a few months after the death of his wife, Nancy Caroline. He was enchanted with what he saw there and wrote an article for the 19 October 1922 issue of the Lenoir(NC) News-Topic describing the wonders of Colorado and the Rocky Mountains. Fate was probably especially close to Alice as he named one of his daughters Alice.

He died at age 90 of nephritis.
Son of Leander Houck and Annie K. Link; Husband of Nancy Caroline Bowman. He had a farm just below Mary's Grove in Lenoir, NC, and just adjacent to today's Highway 18 which runs from Morganton to Lenoir. "Fate" Houck did a number of things during his lifetime. He was somewhat involved in politics in Caldwell County in the 1890's. He owned a mill and lived in the Glenburnie section of Caldwell County for some years. He also served as Glenburnie's postmaster and as a deputy sheriff. He served as a jail guard, did some farming, (he raised pigs among other things) and he was a Shriner. He may have even worked for the railroad for a period of time. In the 1910 census, he and wife Nancy had moved and were living on Dulatown Road. By 1920, they had moved to the "Hickory Road". In November of 1920, the Houcks moved to North Wilkesboro to live with his daughter, Annie (Moore). Nancy Caroline's health had failed to the point that she could no longer manage to keep up a household.

We know that one of the highlights of his lifetime was a trip he made to visit his sister Alice Houck Powell in Colorado in 1922. This was a few months after the death of his wife, Nancy Caroline. He was enchanted with what he saw there and wrote an article for the 19 October 1922 issue of the Lenoir(NC) News-Topic describing the wonders of Colorado and the Rocky Mountains. Fate was probably especially close to Alice as he named one of his daughters Alice.

He died at age 90 of nephritis.

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