Fairfield Recorder - 29 March 1918 edition R. S. Houston R.S. (grandpa) Houston died at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. J. W. Richardson, at Donie at 7:05 pm Sunday, March 24. The remains were laid to rest in Union Cemetery at 3:00 pm Monday. Boggy lodge A.F. & A.M. conducting burial service. He was born in Alabama March 2, 1835 and was 83 years and 22 days of age. He came to Freestone County about 1860. He is survived by three daughters Mrs. W. A. Wright, Riveria, Tx., Mrs. W. J. Faust, Chandler, Tx., Mrs. M.L. Hancock, Bynum, Tx. Beside there are 20 grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren. He had been living among his children for several years and was in route from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wright in south Texas to visit his daughter in north Texas and became ill on the train before reaching the home of his granddaughter at Donie where he died. He left south Texas just one week before he was buried.