Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Houghton, Clark 1818 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Houghton, Clark, farmer, of Eatonville, is a native of Vermont and was born in 
1818. At the age of seventeen he came to the town of Little Falls, where he 
has lived ever since. He was a carpenter for seventeen years prior to 
beginning his farm life. He owns 126 acres of land and has a herd of thirty 
cows. His father was also a native of Vermont and his grandfather was an 
Englishman. His father went to Canada with the American troops in 1812. Clark 
Houghton married Eliza Arnold, and they have one daughter, Mrs. Alexander 
Martin. Mr. Houghton is a Republican, and has voted for every president except 
Scott since the election of the first Harrison in 1841.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.


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