Person:James Houston (40)

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From: History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 3 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Mrs. Marie (Bankhead) Owen

Bio

This article is for James H. Houston, husband of Sarah Lee Kerr of Iredell County, NC.

HOUSTON, JAMES H., physician and planter, was born December 22, 1826, in Iredell County, N. C., and died in Uniontown at a mature age; son of James H. and Sarah Lee (Kerr) Houston, both natives of Iredell County; grandson of Capt. James Houston and wife, a Miss Brevard, the former a native of Ireland who immigrated to North Carolina and fought in the American Revolution, participating in the battle of Ramsour's Mill, near Lincoint'on, N. C., in which his father also fought and was severely wounded, and of James Kerr, the former a soldier of the American Revolution, participating in the battle at Ramsour's Mill, N. C. Dr. Houston grew to manhood in his native State; graduated from Davidson college in 1845, and in medicine from the university of Pennsylvania in 1848. He moved to Alabama in 1856 and located in Uniontown where he practised his profession throughout a long and successful career. He entered the Confederate service as surgeon in 1863, and although in several battles was never wounded. In 1873 he was made superintendent of education for Perry County and served one year. Although loyal to his section after the period of reconstruction on account of national issues he joined the Republican party. He was a Presbyterian. Married: in 1852, at Stubville, to Mary Jane, daughter of Absey Simonton and wife, Miss Falls, daughter of General Falls. Children: 1. Robert Lee, at one time postmaster in Birmingham; 2. Lula, m. C. A. Tyrell, druggist and mayor, Uniontown; 3. Isabella. Last residence: Uniontown.