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Johnson Hindin Genealogy
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 1910 - 2000
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| Born |
23 Feb 1910 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
18 Sep 2000 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Buried |
Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Person ID |
I1971 |
Johnson Hindin Tree |
| Last Modified |
30 Jun 2017 |
| Father |
John Duff HOUSTON (HUSTON), b. 21 Jul 1876, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 17 Feb 1947, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Rosetta MOORE, b. 6 Aug 1879, d. 6 Oct 1940, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Family ID |
F689 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Helen WILSON, b. 11 Oct 1913, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 11 Jan 2004, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Married |
18 Sep 1937 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F690 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- James graduated from Haverford College, in Haverford, Pennsylvania and from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He was an attorney at the firm of Houston Harbaugh in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania.
The following obituary was published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (no date given) and transcribed and available on FindAGrave.com in 2013:
HOUSTON
JAMES MOORE
On Monday, September 18, 2000, on his 63rd wedding anniversary, James Moore Houston, age 90. Beloved husband of Helen Wilson Houston; father of William A. Houston, John D. Houston, II, Jean H. Encinosa of Seffner, FL and Roberta H. Houston; brother of John D. Houston, Jr. and the late Sara L. Houston; also survived by six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Friends will be received JOHN A. FREYVOGEL SONS, INC. 4900 Centre Ave. At Devonshire Street Wednesday 2-4 and 6:30-8:30 pm. Funeral service and interment will be private. Remembrances may be made to the James Moore Houston Memorial Fund, Allegheny Co. Bar Foundation, 400 Coppers Bldg., Pgh., PA 15219.
The following memorial was published in the Winter 2001 edition of the Haverford, the Alumni Magazine of Haverford College:
31 James Houston died in September at the age of 90. A longtime Pittsburg lawyer, Mr. Houston was a founder of the firm Houston Harbaugh. Houston’s areas of expertise were the canons of legal law and tax law. Family and friends described Houston as a quiet, private man with a passion for playing piano, painting, and writing poetry. He also enjoyed traveling in Europe, particularly to Paris. A graduate of the University of Pittsburg Law School, Houston served as president of the Allegheny County Mental Health Society, director of the Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery and director of the Pittsburg Chamber Music Society. He is survived by his wife, Helen; his sons, Bill Houston ’61 and John Houston ’63; his daughters, Roberta Houston and Jean Encinosa; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
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