Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Houghton, Harrison L 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Harrison L. Houghton, farmer, section 8, Ustick Township, is the son of Levi 
and and Clarissa B. (Jackson) Houghton, pioneers of 1843 in Whiteside County, 
whither they came from their native county of Herkimer in the State of New 
York. They passed the first year in Fulton and removed thence permanently to 
Ustick Township. The mother died there Oct. 25, 186r, and after that event the 
father went to Fulton, where he is now a resident. Their children were named 
Harrison L., George, Amelia C., Samuel N., Clarence B., Sedate W., Stewart D. 
The oldest son was born Dec. 1, 1831, in Herkimer Co, N. Y., and he was 12 
years old when he became a resident in Whiteside County. He lived with them at 
Fulton and has continued to live in Ustick Township since 1844. He is now a 
prominent and progressive farmer, and owns 260 acres of land, of which 130 
acres is in excellent agricultural condition. In his political affiliation Mr. 
Houghton is a Republican, and he has held several official township positions. 
He was married March 15, 1857, in Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., Ill., to Clarissa 
A., daughter of Canfield and Emily (Sylvester) Blodgett. Her father and mother 
were natives of Jefferson Co., N. Y., where, the latter died. Her father 
removed in the spring of 1857 to Whiteside County, and located in the township 
of Union Grove. He died March 10, 1877, in Morrison. The nine children of the 
family were born in the following order: Rums K., Clarissa A., Sylvester S., 
Jennie M., Douglass D., Emily I., Harrison H., Guvera M. and Phebe E.; Mrs. 
Houghton was born July 2, 1831, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. Of two children born 
to herself and her husband, only Hattie C. is living. Emily died Jan. 25, 
1861, aged three years.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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