Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Houghton, Clarence B 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Clarence B. Houghton, farmer, on section 8, Ustick Township, is the son of 
Levi and Clarissa B. (Jackson) Houghton, who were pioneers of 1843 in 
Whiteside County and of whom as full a sketch as possible is given with that 
of H. L. Houghton. Mr. Houghton of this personal narration; was born Nov. 11, 
1848, in the township where he is now identified with the agricultural class. 
He was educated chiefly in the common schools, and later went to Bryant & 
Stratton's Commercial College at Chicago where he spent five months. With the 
exception of six months, during which he was engaged in mercantile business at 
Fulton, he has devoted his life to the pursuit of agriculture and raising 
stock. His estate includes 300 acres in Ustick Township, of which three-fifths 
is in tillage. Mr. Houghton is a Republican, and has served in several 
official positions. His first marriage occurred Dec. 11, 1872, in Carroll Co., 
Ill., when Jane E. French became his wife. Her parents, Norman and Mary 
(Dunsbee) French, were natives of Vermont. The latter died Dec. 11, 1855, in 
Carroll County. Their family included three children: Jane E., Mary E. and 
Mary D. Mrs. Houghton died Feb. 9, 1874. Mr. Houghton was a second time 
married, Oct. 5, 1876, to Mary D. French, sister of his first wife, and they 
have three children: Roy I., Harry F., and an infant son, unnamed, born May 
26, 1885.

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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