Rev. Hugh H. Houston and Melda Malissa Boston

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Husband Rev. Hugh H. Houston ¹

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           Born: 16 Nov 1846 - Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Father: Thomas Houston (1810-Aft 1888) 3
         Mother: Nancy Adair (1810-Aft 1888) 3

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       Marriage: 6 Oct 1887 4

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   Other Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Bole (1853-1885) 5 - 23 Dec 1875 2

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Wife Melda Malissa Boston ⁴

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           Born: 30 Oct 1848 4
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         Father: Adam Boston (1818-1886) 4 6
         Mother: Christina Crill (      -Aft 1888) 7

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Children

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1 F Ina Elizabeth Houston ²

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         Spouse: Thomas Munn Bole (1885-      ) 2
           Marr: 2 Oct 1920 2

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Hugh H. Houston

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He graduated from Westminster College in 1871 and studied theology at Allegheny Seminary. He held charges at Monmouth, La Prairie, Illinois, and at Poland, Ohio. He published a History of La Prairie Congregation and other sketches. He was pastor of the Struthers, Ohio, United Presbyterian Church for fifteen years, resigning in 1900. Reverend Houston was moderator of the First Synod of the West in 1902.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 948, 958.

2 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 161.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 958, 1023.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 948.

5 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 157.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1266.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 957.