Obituary From “Ottumwa Courier,” Monday, November 29, 1971, Page 7:
Samuel I. Houston, 92, of Albia Route 1, and a former Ottumwan, died today at 3:15 a.m. at the Ottumwa Hospital following an illness of one month.
A retired employe of the CB and Q Railroad he was born Oct. 20, 1879, in Davis County, the son of James and Margaret Crumrine Houston. He lived in Ottumwa from 1924 to 1958.
He was married to Mary J. Logue March 22, 1905. She died in 1948.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Wanda Williams and Mrs. Esther Stevens, both of Ottumwa; Mrs. Elsie Williams of Albia; and Mrs. Hildred Link of DuQuoin, Ill.; 22 grandchildren, 88 [or 68, number is hard to read], great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Bertha Schwartz of Long Beack, Calif.
He was also preceded in death by one son, John, and by five sisters and three brothers.
Services will be Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Johnson Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Scott Miller, assistant pastor of the Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Shaul Cemetery and grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Family Members
Parents
James F Houston
1840–1896
Margaret Jane Crumrine Houston
1845–1945
Spouse
Mary Jerusha Logue Houston
1884–1948 (m. 1905)
Siblings
Laura Ivona Houston Donaldson
1868–1960
Phoebe A. Houston Pilcher
1870–1955
Ella Lucinda Houston Thomas
1875–1940
Viola Alice Houston Logue
1877–1968
Bertha Agnes Houston Schwartz
1882–1976
John Peter Houston
1885–1971
Delpha Houston Doud
1886–1957
Children
John Robert Houston
1907–1968
Mary Esther Houston Stevens
1910–1978
Anna Elsie Houston Williams
1913–2003
Hildred Louella Houston Link
1915–1978
