Brief Life History of Reuben Benjamin
When Reuben Benjamin Houghton was born on 1 January 1852, in Clear Creek Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States, his father, Reuben Houghton, was 53 and his mother, Sarah Susanna Conklin, was 34. He married Rebecca Robinson Durfee on 16 October 1893, in Yavapai, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Verde, Verde Village, Yavapai, Arizona, United States in 1900 and Yavapai, Arizona, United States in 1910. He died on 17 November 1921, in Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States.
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Sources (18)
- Ruben B Houghton, "United States Census, 1920"
- Rubin B. Houghton, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Ruben Benjamine Houghton, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863
Arizona Territory
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from any of numerous places called Houghton or Hoghton. Most of the placenames derive from Old English hōh ‘heel, spur of land’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some have different etymologies; for example, Little Houghton in Eccles (Lancashire), which derives from Old English halh ‘nook, corner of land’ + tūn, and Houghton in Bigbury (Devon), which may derive from an Old English personal name Huhha + Old English tūn.
variant of Haughton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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