Brief Life History of Andrew Jackson
When Andrew Jackson Houston was born on 22 April 1861, in Brown, Illinois, United States, his father, Aaron Burr Houston, was 34 and his mother, Martha Jane Bell, was 28. He married Kate Ann Bell in 1882, in Brown, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lincoln Township, Putnam, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1910. He died on 9 April 1922, in Pryor, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Pryor, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Andrew J Houston, "United States Census, 1910"
- Andrew Houston, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Andrew Jackson Houston, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Houston (Renfrewshire), from the genitive case of the personal name Hugh + Middle English, Older Scots ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’). The landlord in question was a certain Hugo de Paduinan, who held the place c. 1160. The Scottish surname is also common in Ulster.
Irish: variant of McCutcheon from Mac Uisdein or Mac Uistein.
History: In 1836 the newly founded city of Houston, TX, was named in honor of Sam Houston (1793–1863), soldier and statesman. As commander in chief of the Texan army he achieved Texas independence from Mexico by routing the army of the Mexican general Santa Anna. His ancestors were Ulster Scots who had emigrated to Philadelphia, PA, in the 18th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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