Obit for Betsey (PARKS) HOUSTON (b.1811 d.1901), Dodge Co., MN

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Obituary for Betsey Parks Houston (b. 1811 NH, d. 1901 MN) 
Resident of Dodge County, MN

Source: Newspaper
Dodge County Republican; 15 August 1901
Page x: Column x; Reads as follows:

BETSEY PARKS HOUSTON

After two score yearsŐ residence in Dodge county, Betsey 
Parks Houston, one of our most loved and respected old 
settlers, passed away on Friday, the 9th inst., the end of a 
long life of usefulness being superinduced by a stroke of 
appoplexy which attacked the already frail frame some eight 
days previous to the finale.

Surrounded by her children and her children's children, she 
passed peacefully into the arms of her maker, breathing her 
last midst that quietness and repose which betokens the 
entering o those beautiful gates ajar for the soul which was 
ever steeped in GodŐs deep measure of well-doing.

Betsey Parks Houston was born in Ackworth, N. H., [South 
Acworth, NH] April 10, 1811, died August 9, 1901.  She was 
married to Alexander Houston, October 24, 1836 and settled in 
Starksboro, Vt [Starksborough, VT].  In 1853, they moved to 
Fond du Lac county, Wis., from which place in 1861, they 
moved to Blue Earth county, this state, and in 1862 came to 
Dodge county, and settled on the farm a mile and a quarter 
east of this village, where she spent the remainder of her 
life.

She was the mother of three children, Mrs. Addie [Adeline] 
Fisk, Watson A., and D. M. [Daniel McClure] Houston who 
attended her bedside during her closing hours.

The funeral was held from the farm residence at 10 o'clock 
Sunday morning, Rev. B. C. Gillis of Chatfield, officiating.  
Interment was in Maple Grove cemetery.  The large funeral 
cortege testified to the esteem in which the deceased was 
held, and the sorrowing relatives have the deep sympathy of 
the entire community.

[Betsey Parks was the fifth and final child born to the 
marriage of Elisha Parks and Mindwell Grout of South Acworth, 
NH.  Betsey is the half-sister of Elisha Adams Parks of Blue 
Earth County, MN. Mr. E. A. Parks is buried at Garden City, 
MN. Betsey and Elisha Adams Parks share the same father, 
Elisha Parks.] 

[Information in brackets added by the transcriber, William W. 
Porter on 2-18-2001]