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James Wilson HOUSTON (HUSTON)

Male 1849 - 1920


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  • Born  7 Feb 1849  Garvagh, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  9 Feb 1920  Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  11 Feb 1920  Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I1939  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  1 Jul 2017 

    Father  John HUSTON,   b. 1811, Townland of Tamneymore, Parish of Errigal, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1858, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Isabella WILSON,   b. Jan 1815, Ballyagan, Parish of Desertoghill, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1878, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Abt 1841 
    Family ID  F674  Group Sheet

    Family  Sarah MCCUTCHEON,   b. 25 Aug 1848,   d. 4 May 1938, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John Duff HOUSTON (HUSTON),   b. 21 Jul 1876, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1947, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Anne McCutcheon HOUSTON,   b. 20 Dec 1878, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1982, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. James Garfield HOUSTON (HUSTON),   b. 22 Sep 1881,   d. 24 Oct 1972, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. William Seward HOUSTON (HUSTON),   b. 15 May 1884, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1967, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Jean Isabelle HOUSTON (HUSTON),   b. 12 Jul 1887, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1891, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Alfred Everett HOUSTON (HUSTON),   b. 19 Mar 1892, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1980, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F678  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • In 1862, James was one of 46 pupils entering Central High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was sometimes referred to as 'the Smithfield Street dungeon'. He later was a distinguished alumnus of Duff's College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the first mercantile college started in America. At some point, James apparently changed his last name to Houston. In December 1866, he went to Plumer, Venango County, Pennsylvania to work in a grocery store. He returned to Pittsburgh and opened his own grocery store--James W. Houston & Co. Wholesale Grocers, 21 Seventh Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He lived at Pacific Ave., Thirteenth Street, South Side, and at 436 Lincoln Ave., all in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served as President of the Christian Home for Working Girls, 1235 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh.

      The following obituary was published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) on February 11, 1920:

      James W. Houston.

      James W. Houston, aged 71. president of the James W. Houston Company, wholesale grocers, died Monday in his home. 328 South Pacific avenue. He was born in County Antrim, Ireland, February 8, 1849, but had lived in the Pittsburgh district since early manhood. Mr. Houston entered the employ of the J. L. Dilworth Company, wholesale grocers, as a bookkeeper, later becoming manager, and in 1881, he engaged in business for himself. Mr. Houston was a director of the Boys' Industrial Home and of the Pittsburgh Association for the Improvement of the Poor and a member of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. He leaves his widow. Mrs. Sarah McCutcheon Houston: a daughter, Miss Anne M. Houston,. four sons, John D.. J. Garfield, William S. and A. E. Houston, and two sisters, Mrs. Ellen J. Dunlap and Miss Hannah I. Houston.