Biographical Sketch of Jefferson P. Houston


Text from Haynes, Nathaniel S. History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois 1819-1914, Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1915. Page 541. This online edition © 1997, James L. McMillan.

Born: Bourbon County, Ky., 1816.
Died: Missouri, 1892.

The Houston Brothers

They were Washington J., John Quincy A. and Jefferson P. Houston. All natives of Bourbon County, Ky. Moved to Bloomington, Ind., in 1840, and to Illinois in 1857, settling in La Salle County.

Jefferson P. Houston His work was confined to Livingstone and near-by counties.


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