Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Huston, D. C. July 13, 1850 - 
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Author: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", 1882

D.C. HUSTON, restaurant and photographer, Morris, was born in Grundy County, 
Ill., July 13, 1850. Son of Charles and Jane (ENOS) HUSTON, natives of New 
York State, he born about the year 1809. His parents raised five children - 
two daughters, one of whom died in her teens, and three sons, of whom our 
subject was the second. He commenced his education in the country schools, and 
finished it in the State Normal Institute at Bloomington, Ill. His first work 
was farming, but after finishing his schooling he began clerking in a dry 
goods establishment at Gardner. This occupation he continued in different 
places until in 1874. After clerking in Gardner for a few months, he began 
traveling for the Sherwood School Furniture Company, with which firm he 
continued for about two and one-half years when he began the photograph 
business, which he still follows. February 18, 1882, he opened a restaurant, 
which he still carries on. April 8, 1879, in Ottawa, Ill., Mr. HUSTON married 
Annie C. KIERSTED, born May 3, 1854, daughter of George KIERSTED (deceased), 
one of the early settlers of this county. This marriage has resulted in one 
child - Mabel C., born May 9, 1881. Mr. HUSTON is a member of the Masonic 
fraternity; has taken the degrees of the Lodge and Chapter; he is a Republican.

[Source: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 
Historical Publishers, Lake Side Building, 1882]

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