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Facts and Events
| Name |
Morris Houseman |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2] |
11 Apr 1840 |
Bavaria, Germany |
| Census[4] |
1860 |
Houston, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States |
| Military[7] |
From 1861 to 1865 |
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| Marriage |
24 Mar 1866 |
Chickasaw, Mississippi, United Statesto Caroline E. McDowell |
| Property[8] |
1869 |
Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States |
| Census[3] |
1870 |
Houston, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States |
| Occupation[6] |
1875 |
Chickasaw, Mississippi, United StatesMyers & Houseman |
| Census[2] |
1880 |
Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States |
| Property[5] |
1883 |
Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States |
| Marriage |
15 Apr 1885 |
Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United Statesto Maida Harper Sheppard |
| Census[9] |
1900 |
Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States |
| Death[1] |
5 Aug 1912 |
Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States |
| Burial[1] |
Aug 1912 |
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Odd Fellows Cemetery Register.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 1880 Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi - Okolona Town
ED 31, Page 31, 312/345, June 22, 1880.
Houseman, Morris, 44, merchant born Bavaria
Houseman, Caroline, 32, wife, keeping house, born Mississippi
Houseman, Hallie, 11, son, at school, born Mississippi
Houseman, Morris, Jr., 7, son, at school, born Mississippi
Black, Minnie W F 23 Neice bn. TN, FA: Penn, MO:SC
" Nellie W F 21 neice Bn. MS, FA: Penn, MO:SC
" Caroline W F 9 neice at school, Bn. MS, FA: Penn, MO:SC
- ↑ 1870 Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi - Town of Houston
Page 2, 15/15, June 1870.
Head of household, occupation "dry goods merchant".
- ↑ 1860 Census - Chickasaw County, MS Division No. 1 (Houston)
Page 125; Dwelling 948 / Family 968, September 3, 1860.
Morris Houseman, 22 years old, born Bavaria, dry goods clerk, with $1,500 personalty, residing with Simeon Myers, merchant, and family.
- ↑ Assessment of Persons and Personal Property, Chickasaw County, 1883
Page 418.
Morris Houseman was assessed personal property tax on 1 watch.
- ↑ Assessment of Persons and Personal Property, Chickasaw County, 1875
Page 56.
In 1875 Myers & Houseman, a business operated by Simeon Myers and Morris Houseman, was assessed personal property tax on 1 mule, merchandise valued at $17,500, solvent credits valued at $20,000, cotton on hand valued at $1200 and 1 iron safe.
- ↑ Chickasaw County Civil War Records, Mississippi, State Archives, (Box 11053).
Morris Houseman appears on the roster of the Chickasaw Guards, Company H, 11th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry Volunteers, CSA, mustered into state service March 19, 1861, mustered into service at Lynchburg, Virginia, May 15, 1861. The record reflects that he was promoted to "sergeant, A.Q.M." The National Parks Service's Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database, confirms his unit and rank as Quartermaster Sergeant.
- ↑ Assessment of Persons and Personal Property, Chickasaw County, 1869
Page 40.
Morris Houseman was assessed personal property tax on clocks valued at $5.
- ↑ 1900 Census Chickasaw County, Mississippi - Okolona
Page 127A; Dwelling 375 / Family 407, June 21, 1900.
Morris Houseman, 60 years old, born April, 1840 in Germany, father and mother born Germany, married 15 years, a book keeper, residing with his second wife, Maida, and their two children, as well as Maida's two daughters by her previous marriage.
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