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Johnson Hindin Genealogy
Suggestions for using this site: Click “Johnson-Hindin Genealogy,” above, to go to the Home Page. Click the “Ancestors” tab below to see a pedigree chart. (If no ancestors appear in the chart, see if the person has a spouse by clicking the blue down arrow, and then click the “Ancestors” tab.) In the pedigree chart, click the blue down arrow to see a person’s family and click the gold right arrow to see more ancestors. Click the “Descendants” tab, below, then the “Register Format” option for a good descendancy report.
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 1876 - 1947
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| Born |
21 Jul 1876 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
17 Feb 1947 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Buried |
Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Person ID |
I1960 |
Johnson Hindin Tree |
| Last Modified |
1 Jul 2017 |
| Father |
James Wilson HOUSTON (HUSTON), b. 7 Feb 1849, Garvagh, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland , d. 9 Feb 1920, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Sarah MCCUTCHEON, b. 25 Aug 1848, d. 4 May 1938, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Family ID |
F678 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Rosetta MOORE, b. 6 Aug 1879, d. 6 Oct 1940, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Children |
| | 1. James Moore HOUSTON, b. 23 Feb 1910, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 18 Sep 2000, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 2. Sara Louise HOUSTON, b. 28 Feb 1913, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 9 Jun 1973, Oberlin, Ohio |
| | 3. John Duff HOUSTON, Jr., b. 5 May 1917, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 25 Jul 2008, Manassas, Prince William Co., Virginia |
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| Family ID |
F689 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- John was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. He was a wholesale grocer in Pittsburgh, Pa.
According to his obituary in the February 18, 1947 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, John worked for the James W. Houston Co., a wholesale grocer in Pittsburgh for 40 years, eventually serving as President. He was a political gadfly, engaging in ongoing feuds with city, county and state officials In 1931, a letter to Pittsburgh City Council attacking the City's purchasing policies, led to the conviction and resignation of Mayor Charles H. Kline and his purchasing director. Many of his disputes went to court. John eventually ran as an Independent Republican candidate for City Council, but was defeated.
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