Mecklenburg County NcArchives Obituaries.....Houston, Samuel F September 21, 1901
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Charlotte Observer, September 22, 1901
MR. S. F. HOUSTON DEAD.

The End of a Long and Good Life Came Yesterday--Funeral Services To-Day.

Mr. S. F. Houston died at his residence at 317 West Eighth street yesterday 
afternoon at 3:15 o'clock.  He had been ill with paralysis for the last five 
years, but his condition was not desperate until last Friday. Since that time 
he grew gradually worse until the end.  He retained consciousness until 20 
minutes before his death, which he met bravely and peacefully-surrounded by all 
the members of his family.

Mr. Houston was born in January, 1830, and was, therefore, in his seventy-
second year.  When quite young he moved to Charlotte and had lived here 
continuously for over 50 years.  In early life he was connected with the 
Southern Express Company, but for 30 or more years and until he was stricken 
with paralysis, he was in commercial life, having been a traveling salesman for 
several large concerns.

Mr. Houston had been almost a life-long member of the Presbyterian Church and 
at the time of his death was a member of the Second Presbyterian church of this 
city.  He was an honest, upright man, conscientious in all duties of life, 
liked and respected by all who knew him, a faithful Christian and a tender and 
loving husband, father and friend.

He married Miss Sarah McGilvary, of Eastover, S. C., who with seven children, 
survives:  Mrs. N. L. Savage and Mrs. J. W. Roard, of Charlotte; Mrs. J. H. 
Bass, of Anderson, S. C.; Mr. B. F. Houston, of Fayetteville, Tenn; Mr. Samuel 
Houston and Misses Sarah and Grace Harding Houston, of Charlotte.

The funeral services will take place at the residence this afternoon at 4:30 
o'clock and will be conducted by Revs. J. R. Howerton and George W. Belk.  The 
pall-bearers will be:  Judge A. Burwell, and Messrs. A. C. Summerville, G. S. 
Johnson, D. W. Oates, J. B. Ross, J. M. Hunter and J. F. Jamison.

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