John Wesley Houston
1849 - 1916 (~ 66 years)
Generation: 1
1. John Wesley Houston was born Oct 1849, Mississippi, USA; died 16 Jul 1916, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 17 Jul 1916, Poole-Sutton Graveyard - Elm Grove, Louisiana, USA. Notes:
Death Notice:
Funeral o J. W. Houston
The Funeral o J. W. Houston, who died in the Schumpert Sanitarium from the effects of a blow on the head, inflicted two weeks ago by a negro with who he had an argument on his place near McDade, was held from his home near that place Monday morning, at 10 o'clock. Mr. Houston is survived by two sisters, Mrs. George Morris of Bossier City and Mrs. George Jones of Koran; a son, N. M. Houston of Shreveport, and seven other children.
(Published in The Shreveport Times on July 18, 1916)John married Ella Jane Bumgardner 22 Nov 1876, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA. Ella (daughter of Jacob Frederick Bumgardner and Martha Jane Thompson) was born 11 Apr 1857, Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama, USA; died 24 Sep 1881, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Bumgardner Cemetery - Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:- Napoleon Murff Houston was born 12 Feb 1879, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 23 Apr 1943, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 25 Apr 1943, Orange Grove Cemetery - Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA.