Perry County AlArchives Biographies.....Houston, James H. 1826 - 
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    JAMES H. HOUSTON, Physician and Surgeon, was born in Iredell County, N. C.,
December 22, 1826, and is a son of James H. and Sarah (Lee) Houston, natives of
that State. The two grandfathers of our subject were soldiers in the
Revolutionary War. James Kerr, his mother's father, took part in the battle at
Ramsour's Mills, N. C., and James Houston, his grandfather was commander of a
company at that battle, and was severely wounded. He lived to a good old age, to
tell of the event to his numerous grandchildren. In the same battle Mrs.
Houston's great-grandfather was killed while leading his command as captain. Dr.
Eph. Bravard, who wrote the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence of 20th of
May, 1775, Charlotte, N. C., was the uncle of his grandmother Houston. Our
subject's father was a farmer and merchant, and died in 1826. His widow
afterward married Maj. W. Lee Davidson, the son of Gen. Wm. Davidson, who was
killed at Cowan's Ford, on February 1, 1781, during the Revolutionary War. They
both lived to a good old age, and died some years ago. James H. Houston, like
most other boys, received his preliminary education at his home, but completed
it at Davidson College, in his native State. He then studied medicine in the
office of Dr. John McClean, in Newton County, N. C., j and subsequently entered
the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia. In 1848, he began the practice
of his profession in his native county, and remained there eight years. In 1850,
he came to Uniontown, where he has had an unbroken practice, with the exception
of the time spent in the war. Dr. Houston entered the Confederate service as
Assistant Surgeon of Beulah Battery, and was stationed part of the time at
Savannah, Ga., and maintained his connection with the command until the war was
brought to a close. He took part in a number of severe battles, and fortunately
escaped unhurt. He returned to Uniontown and immediately resumed his practice,
which has been a very successful one. He belongs to the best class of people in
the State, and is regarded by his brother physicians as an adornment to the
profession which he has followed for so many years with success. He belongs to
the State Medical Association and the County Medical Society, and has been
officially connected with both.

    Dr. Houston has been Superintendent of Education in Perry County, and
Postmaster at Uniontown, and, in both positions, discharged the duties devolving
upon him with marked credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the people. He
was married in 1849, to Miss Mary J., daughter of Absey and Isabella (Falls)
Simonton, of Statesville, N. C. They have three children living: Lula, wife of
Cleveland Terrel, of Uniontown; Isabella and Robert L.


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Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART III.
HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
COTTON BELT.


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