Person:William Houston (19)

William Paxton Houston, Esq.
d.18 Feb 1918
m. 27 Apr 1871
  1. Martha Elizabeth Houston1872 -
  2. Edith McClung Houston1873 -
m. 16 Nov 1875
Facts and Events
Name William Paxton Houston, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth[1] 18 Apr 1843 Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
Military? Abt 1861 CSA, enlisted at age 18, battery officer
Marriage 27 Apr 1871 Lexington, VAto Esther Jane McClung
Marriage 16 Nov 1875 to Hannah Moore Barclay
Occupation[3] Rockbridge, Virginia, United StatesJudge, Rockbridge County Court
Death[1] 18 Feb 1918
Burial? Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Judge William Paxton Houston, in Find A Grave
    [No headstone photo], last accessed Mar 2021.

    [Inscription: WILLIAM P. HOUSTON / BORN / APR. 18, 1843 / DIED / FEB. 18, 1918]

  2.   White, Emma Siggins. Genealogy of the descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland: with records of a few allied families, also war records and some fragmentary notes pertaining to the history of Virginia, 1600-1902. (Kansas City, Missouri: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1902)
    150.

    lists parents as Samuel Houston and Mary Walker, however his obituary (see image at Find A Grave) identifies his mother as Margaret P Paxton

  3. The Passing of the Old County Court, in Lexington Gazette (Lexington, Virginia)
    100 (3), 20 Jan 1904.

    The Staunton Dispatch of last Friday says: We observe that as the county courts hold their last terms about over the State, there are some very touching memorial services being held in honor of the old courts and judges, that in Rockbridge county being especially impressive. If Judge W.P. Houston were actually dead they could not say nicer things about him, and we would advise him to lay a number of these eulogies away, for reference and use when the last great summons comes. Judge Houston has a remarkable record in having presided over the court of Rockbridge for 18 years, to the credit of himself and the county. There is great reason, in such circumstances, for the expression of esteem for the judge, and regret at the passing of a court that has been so acceptably administered.