Solomon, son of Jacob and Mary Houser, was born May 3, 1801. He lived to a good old age and was an upright Christian man, kind hearted, honest and true in all the relations of life, loved and respected by all who knew him. He married Miss Elizabeth Bixler, and three children were born to them. Harrison, who died young, Nancy and John Allen. His wife having died in 1838, he married Miss Nancy Hawes, daughter of John and Sarah (Phillips) Hawes, pioneer residents of Logan County, Illinois, who had also emigrated from Spencer, Kentucky.
Mr. and Mrs. Houser lived in Sangamon County, Illinois, for one year, then returned to Logan County and built a home four miles west of where the town of Atlanta has since been built. This was a two story log house, not real common in those days, and the wife was ill and not able to climb to the second story, so the husband carried her up the stairs, and with pride displayed the home he had built, but which unfortunately they were not long to enjoy together. The wife died February 20,1841, leaving her little son, James Wilson, less than a year old. Mr. and Mrs. Houser were among the first members of the Eminence Christian Church. He later married Mrs. Sallie Clark, daughter of John and Polly (Arnspiger) Houser, who was the companion of his declining years and he preceded her in death. Died September 15,1874. He and his wife Nancy were both laid to rest in Niblick cemetery. [Logan County. Illinois]
