Bios of Houghton, David E. (b.1845) Wabasha Co., MN
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Houghton, David E. (p. 446), was born in Boston, Mass., in 1845. He was
educated in the East, in which section of the country he remained until
reaching the age of 20. Then coming West, he made his home for two years
on a farm at Beaver Dam, Wis. At the end of that time he came to Elgin
village, where he worked at the carpenter's trade until 1867, helping to
build most of the business part of the village. At the end of that period
he located on a farm of 80 acres in sections 34 and 35, Elgin Township,
and for about five years was engaged in agriculture there. He then went
back to his trade, which he followed for twenty years thereafter, or until
1902, when he retired and took up his residence in Plainview village,
where he died in December, 1910. David E. and Helen R. (Cameron) Houghton
were the parents of three children: John R., now residing at Grass Lake,
Mich.; Walter D., deceased; and Carl V., of Elgin Township.