Family of Joseph W

Family of Joseph W. Houck, Sr.

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Joseph W Houck & Anne E. Williams

1. JOSEPH W.² HOUCK, SR. (JOHN?¹)^1,2,3 was born Abt. 1796 in Pennsylvania, and died Bet. 1870 - 1876. He married ANN "NANCY" ELMORE WILLIAMS January 06, 1825 in Autauga County, Alabama, daughter of JOSIAH WILLIAMS and JUDITH ELMORE. Nancy was born Abt. 1805 in Laurens County, South Carolina, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870. Considerable detail regarding other descendants and ancestors of Nancy's parents can be found at Judy Baugh's Web Site.

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Placed in the scrapbook is a copy of a photo that is likely a picture of Joseph and Ann (Williams) Houck. This photo, along with a number of other family photos and documents, was given to Anne Wheeler (Melton) Ross by her father, Jesse Houck Melton, Jr., on his visit to California in 1959. According to Anne, Jesse told her who they were, but she no longer remembers.

The picture was made using a photo imaging process called "Daguerrotype". This process was first made public in 1839 in France, and became quite popular in the 1840's and into the 1850's. Daguerrotype was replaced in the late 1850's by a less expensive "Ambrotype" process. Thus, the picture was probably made between 1845-1855.

Another reason this picture is more likely to be Joseph and Ann, is because their ages best match (in 1845 Joseph was ~48 and Ann ~40) the couple in this picture. It is also possible for the picture to be of Jesse Jefferson Melton's father, West Allen Melton and either his first wife, Jesse's mother Susan (who died 7/29/1842), or his second wife Julia. In either case however, it seems fairly remote that this kind of picture taking would have been commercially available to West Allen Melton before his death 4/15/1846.

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In 1816, Joseph Houck was aboard a boat near Charleston, South Carolina on his way to a religious camp meeting when the boat overturned due to sudden high winds. Joseph was the only person on the boat that managed to survive the swim to the river's shore.

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Joseph left South Carolina in December 1820 with several friends, arriving in Alabama in January, 1821.

Following are excerpts from the book by Elizabeth Russo which is based upon newspaper articles written by Rev. John DuBois (1798-1884) and published in the 1880s on the history of Methodism in SC and Alabama.

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a) Dunkards

The next incident that I shall notice was the advent of a prophet. He was of the sect of Tunkers, or Dunkards, as they are sometimes called. He predicted the destruction of the world by water in a short time. He preached in the market places, at the street corners and in the public squares. His dress was plain but unique. He wore a long robe or gown, with a girdle about his loins. His hair was long and his beard unshorn. He had a grave and serious manner, and bore himself with the dignity of a true prophet. Money he would not receive, and clothing only as one garment after another wore out. He preached the doctrine of repentance and baptism by immersion.

As he passed along the streets in his odd dress, with his long hair and flowing beard, he created quite a sensation, especially among the boys and the ignorant classes. Nor was his influence confined to these, as he stood upon the streets and preached, or in the market places and poured forth his terrific prophecies; for one lady of note and intelligence suffered herself to be re-baptized at his hands, very much to the mortification of her family and her friends. Although his prophecies created quite a stir and much needless trouble, it is unnecessary to say that the predicted flood did not come.

In the year 1816, as well as I remember, a camp-meeting was held near Charleston, which could be reached by water. On Saturday morning several sailing vessels, filled with passengers, left for the campground. In the early part of the day the wind blew a sweeping gale and produced a very rough sea, but in the afternoon subsided and the sea calmed. The vessel on which I sailed did not leave until after 12 o'clock. Our voyage was delightful; but as we neared the camp-ground we saw one of the vessels that had left early in the morning upside down. It was then very calm, and the river not very wide, so we entertained a hope that all were saved; but when we arrived our hopes were not realized. There were several lives lost. All that attempted to swim ashore were drowned, except Mr. J. W. Houck, of whom I shall have occasion to speak hereafter. A boat that preceded our left clinging to the wreck of the other. The loss of many lives, however, cast a gloom over the encampment.

How necessary to attend to the Savior's admonition, "Be ye therefore ready."

b) Journey to Alabama

In December 1820, in company with Thomas. C. Ledbetter and his excellent mother, M. Farley and family, Joseph W. Houck, and a few other friends, I bade adieu to Charleston, the home of my childhood and youth, to seek my fortune in the famous land of Alabama. While our journey was long and tedious, fraught with many hardships and much exposure to wet and cold, yet it abounded in amusing incidents and thrilling adventures.

How things have changed! We had then no such facilities for travel as now. No ponderous engines went dashing over the mountains and through the valleys; no splendid steamers ploughed then as now these beautiful rivers; but our travel was tramp! tramp! Instead of the whistle, the crack of the teamster's whip was the salute of commerce, and the jingle of his cluster bells, the music of transportation and travel.

Finally we entered the Creek Nation at what is now the beautiful city of Macon, Ga. Here we found Old Fort Hawkins, one residence and one blacksmith shop, while the whole country around was a dense forest, whose stately grandeur and deep solitudes were broken only by the howling of the wild beasts, the chase and sports of the natives, and an occasional party of emigrants from the older States.

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Autauga Co., AL Index To Wills and Estates, Compiled By Larry W. Nobles and the Autauga Genealogical Society.

TYPE: E-Estate Proceedings G-Guardianship H-Heirs O-Other

NAME TYPE DATE BOOK BEG. PAGES

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HOUCK, JOSEPH W. O 1825 R1824 36

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1830 Census - Autauga County, Alabama [page 118]:

J. W. Houck 1 male <5; 1 male 30-40; 2 females <5; 1 female 20-30; 2 slaves - male <10, female 36-55

The Houcks are listed just below B[enjamin] H[arper] Crawford, who was a witness to the will of Josiah Williams.

There were probably several more Houck children than we know, though they may not have survived childhood.

[Judy Baugh <procyon@prodigy.net> comments]

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1840 census Perry, Montgomery, Coosa, Tallapoosa? County.

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Article found in the Alabama Beacon that indicates the Houcks were in the Greensboro area September 30, 1843

=== Pro Scientia ===

The Greensboro Lyceum will discuss the following query on Monday evening next.

"Ought the Alabama Legislature to adopt laws securing to females the property held by them at marriage?"
Disputants appointed are,

In Affirmative - Messrs. HOUCK and HASSELL,

In Negative - Messrs. HUDSON and HENDON,

By order of the Society. Joel MATTHEWS, Rec. Sec’y.
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Joseph is found living in Greensboro, Greene County, Alabama With his wife and their family in 1850 & 1860 census.

Property value shown as worth $1,600 on 1850 census, and $2,000 in 1860. 1860 Census also shows personal property at $3,000.

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Louisa J. Houck, at age 31 appears in her parent's household in the 1860 census (Louisa was not with them in the 1850 census). It would be interesting to learn where she was in 1850, when she was 22 years old.

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By 1870, Joseph is shown living in Mobile with his daughter Martha (Houck) Melton and her family. However, Joseph's wife, Ann "Nancy" (Williams) Houck doesn't appear with this family, and so it's likely she had died before this census. His daughter Louisa, however, is still living with him. Louisa's age seems incorrectly shown as 32 (she was shown as 31 in the 1860 census). A Mary Williams is shown in the same household. Identified as a mulata, she was born Abt 1845 in TN, and was most likely working as a housemaid. In this census also, Joseph's father is shown to have been of foreign birth. I was told he was Dutch, but that means that he was either of German of Dutch descent. In trying to locate Joseph's sibling's, I found a "Nicholas Houck" in the 1860 Mobile census who listed his country of birth as "Bavaria". The point is that the name "Houck" seems typically found in Germany, although it sometimes is also seen in Holland. The spelling of this name is also quite confusing, sometimes Houk, Hauk, Hauck, Haack, Hawk, etc.

Neither Joseph not Louisa has been located in a census record after this one of 1870. They were not found with Jesse and Martha in the 1880 Tarrant County, Texas census. Joseph probably died prior to 1880. Louisa may also have died, or else married.

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Searches:

Birth Index: Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1680-1800, nothing on Joseph

Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810, Volume 1 - Marriage Record of the First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, 1795, March 12, Roberts, Mary Gainer, and Joseph Houck.

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More About JOSEPH W. HOUCK, SR.:

Census 1: 1830, Autauga County, Alabama (pg 118)⁴

Census 2: 1850, Greene Co., Alabama - Page 312B⁶

Census 3: 1860, Greensboro, Greene Co, AL-Pg 838⁷

Census 4: 1870, Mobile, Mobile Co., AL - pg 358⁸

Occupation 1: Bet. 1850 - 1870, Couch Maker

Occupation 2: Bet. 1855 - 1856, Carpenter⁹

Religion: Methodist - ardent&devoted exhorter

Residence 1: Bet. 1816 - 1820, Charleston, South Carolina

Residence 2: Bet. 1855 - 1856, Greensboro, Greene County, Alabama¹⁰

Residence 3: 1870, Mobile, Mobile Co, AL

More About ANN ELMORE WILLIAMS:

Census 1: 1860, Greensboro, Greene Co, AL¹¹

Census 2: 1850, Greene Co, Alabama¹²

Marriage Notes for JOSEPH HOUCK and ANN WILLIAMS:

Marriage: January 06, 1825, Autauga County, Alabama

This was a double wedding ceremony. Anne and her sister Louisa married respectively, Joseph Houck and John DuBois. Joseph and John were good friends and had traveled together from Charleston, SC to Autauga Co., AL, where they married the Williams sisters. By the early 1840's, if not before, John's and Joseph's families are found living near each other again where they settled in Greensboro, AL.

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Children of JOSEPH HOUCK and ANN WILLIAMS are:

i. SON1³ HOUCK, b. Bet. 1825 - 1830.

ii. MARY ELIZABETH HOUCK, b. Abt. 1828, Alabama; d. February 16, 1899, Hale County, Alabama; m. ABNER P. EVANS¹³, May 31, 1849, Greene County, Alabama¹⁴; b. Abt. 1829, Alabama; d. October 17, 1904, Hale County, Alabama.

Notes for MARY ELIZABETH HOUCK:

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Bessie, daughter of Jesse and Martha (Houck) Melton died while at Abner P. and Mary (Houck) Evans' house.

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More About MARY ELIZABETH HOUCK:

Burial: Evans Cemetery, Hale County, AL

Census: 1850, Greene County, Alabama

More About ABNER P. EVANS:

Burial: Evans Cemetery, Hale County, AL

Census: 1850, Greene Co. AL page 313a

Occupation: 1850, Farmer

More About ABNER EVANS and MARY HOUCK:

Marriage: May 31, 1849, Greene County, Alabama¹⁴

iii. LOUISA J. HOUCK, b. Abt. 1829.

Notes for LOUISA J. HOUCK:

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The 1870 census finds Louisa still living with her father (her mother has presumably died by then). Louisa's age seems incorrectly shown as 32 (she was shown as 31 in the 1860 census).

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In 1880, an L. J. Houck appears in the census for Mobile, AL. She is listed as born in AL, a single 30 yr old teacher living in the household of David L. Myres. No data is shown as to the birth location of her parents.

More About LOUISA J. HOUCK:

Census: 1860, Greensboro, Greene Co, AL¹⁵

iv. MARTHA ANNE HOUCK ^16,17,18,19, b. Bet. February - April 1834, Montgomery County, Alabama²⁰; d. March 27, 1922, Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX; m. 1ST LT. JESSE JEFFERSON MELTON ^{21,22,23,24,25,26}, February 09, 1854, Greensboro, Greene County, Alabama^27,28; b. March 07, 1828, Greene County, Alabama²⁹; d. July 10, 1916, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas²⁹.

v. FRANCIS H. HOUCK, b. 1839, Alabama.

More About FRANCIS H. HOUCK:

Census 1: 1860, Greensboro, Greene Co, AL⁵²

Census 2: 1850, Greensboro, Greene County, Alabama⁵³

vi. JOSEPH W. HOUCK, JR., b. 1843, Greene County, Alabama; d. Aft. June 25, 1864.

Notes for JOSEPH W. HOUCK, JR.:

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J. W. Houck is shown on the Muster Roll of Captain James A. Wemyess' Company "C" of the 36th Regiment Volunteers of the Confederate States from Alabama. Dated May 13, 1862, this Muster Roll was taken from the Mt. Vernon Arsenal. Men in this outfit all enlisted for a term of 3 years or the War unless sooner discharged, and they were from, among other areas, Greene & Mobile Counties. John "Jack" E. DuBois and W. H. Gladden are also shown to be in this outfit. In Joseph's letter dated June 25, [1864] to his sister Martha, he writes "Henry Gladden is right sick", and "Jack is well and ...". This is confirmation that Joseph was in this outfit.

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After Joe's June 25th letter to Martha, his outfit was in the following battles during the remainder of 1864:

June 27th - Kennesaw Mountain

July 20 - Peachtree Creek

July 22 - Atlanta

July 28 - Ezra Church

Aug 31-Sep 1 - Jonesboro

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Thirty-Sixth Alabama Infantry Regiment

The Thirty-sixth was organized at Mount Vernon Arsenal, May 12, 1862. It remained there a month, then aided in the construction of the defences at Oven and Chocta Bluffs. From August 1862, to April 1863, the regiment remained in Mobile, whence it went to Tullahoma. It was there brigaded under Gen. Clayton of Barbour, with the Eigthteenth, Thirty-eight, and Thirty-second-Fifty-eight Alabama regiments, Stewart's divison. The Thirty-sixth fell back with the army, and participated at Chicamauga with a loss of 125 killed and wounded. Its loss was light at Lookout, but large in casualties and prisoners at Mission Ridge. The regiment wintered at Dalton, and was engaged at Crow's Valley, Rocky-face, Resaca, New Hope, the Atlanta battles, and the skirmishing interludes, losing about 300 men by the casualties of battle from the time it left Dalton. At Jonesboro the regiment was again warmly engaged, and lost 25 per centum of its force present. Having accompanied General Hood to Middle Tennessee, the Thirty-sixth lost about 60 men at Nashville, and came out of there as an organized body. The regiment, with the other regiments of Holtzclaw's brigade, was then placed on garrison duty at Spanish Fort, and during that memorable siege lost 110 men killed, wounded, and captured. It was part of the force surrendered at Meridian, in April 1865. The Thirty-sixth went into line of battle at Dalton, May 7, 1864, with 460 muskets, and, within the eleven months that followed, lost 470 men and 21 officers, chiefly killed and wounded.

Field and Staff

Colonels - Robert H. Smith of Mobile; resigned. Lewis T. Woodruff of Mobile; wounded at New Hope; retired.

Thomas H. Herndon of Greene.

Lieutenant Colonels - Lewis T. Woodruff; promoted. Thomas H. Herndon; wounded at Chicamauga, and Atlanta; promoted.

Majors - Thomas H. Herndon; promoted. Charles S. Hennegan of Sumter; captured at Mission Ridge.

Adjutants - Thomas A. Hatch of Greene; resigned. Robert T. Harkness of Greene.

Captains, and Counties from Which the Companies came.

Sumter - Charles S. Hennegan; promoted. John M. Quarles; resigned. James T. Meek.

Greene - Nathan M. Carpenter.

Greene - James A Wemyss; wounded at Atlanta; resigned. Lieut. W.N. Knight commanded.

Tuskaloosa and Fayette - John C. Adams; wounded at Mission Ridge; retired. John M. Walker; killed at Resaca.

Lieut. Wm. M. Owen commanded.

Mobile - John G. Cleveland; killed at Chicamauga. Washington Lott; wounded at Resaca.

Monroe - John Deloach; resigned. D.W. Kelly; killed at Mission Ridge. Wm. S. Wiggins; wounded at Jonesboro.

Monroe - Malcolm Patterson; resigned. John B. Jordan; captured at Atlanta. David T. McCants.

Greene - James W.A. Wright; wounded and captured at Mission Ridge.

State of Mississippi - Mathew Calvert; resigned. Welles Thompson.

Tuskaloosa - Andrew J. Derby; resigned. H.A. Farish; captured at Spanish Fort.

Source: Alabama Dept. of Archives & History

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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:33:24 -0600

From: Judy Baugh <procyon@prodigy.net> | Block address | Add to Address Book

To: Tom Melton <tom_melton@yahoo.com>

CC: elizabethrusso@home.com

Subject: Re: Cousin Jennie & Little Boling

Tom - thanks so very much for sharing the letter!

I believe I can shed a little light on some of this. Based upon: "I received a letter from Cousin Jennie & little Boling. She says that Boling thinks more of me that any of his relatives, so does M[r,s] Young."

I suspect Cousin Jennie and Little Boling are part of the Young family of Montgomery. Bernard Young of Montgomery was the father-in-law of Thos. J. Williams (s/of Josiah & Judith; bro. of Nancy & Judith). Bernard had one other dau. Harriet Kavanaugh, and two sons, Bernard and Boling H. Young. [ref. will of Bernard Young, Sr., Montgomery cty.,AL 1851, which names children of daus. Evelina Wms., Harriet Kavanaugh (both dec'd.), and

sons Bernard Jr. & Boling].

Evelina's bro. Boling would have been in his 60's at the time the letter was written. He could be the father, but I think it more likely that this was a grand-son or grandnephew.

Re. "Cousin" Jennie - Mr. Houck had no blood relatives in AL, did he? If not, then she was probably connected through the Williams/Elmore line. I know she wasn't a DuBois. Thos. J. Wms. had a dau. nicknamed Jennie, but she marr T.B. Spaulding. Your thoughts as to whom she might be?

By the way - if memory serves, Judith Elmore Wms. was enum. next door to Peter DuBois, Perry cty., 1840. She died shortly after that 21 Nov 1840, will proven Tallapoosa cty., where son Josiah Hundley Williams was then living, and where she still owned land.

I know I told Eliz., but don't think I told you, Warner Williams had moved to DeSoto Par., LA bef 1850 - he was enum. there w/ family by sec. wife. He moved to Smith cty., TX & died there 1859. I'm very suspicious that there were chn of his first marr who stayed in AL. Youngest child of Judith & Josiah, Martha "Patsy" Williams had also moved to DeSoto Par. by 1850. The name of her husband was Hilliard J. Phillips [ref. deed Martha Phillips to J.J. Greening, apprvd. by husb. Hilliard Phillips, DeSoto conveyance records, 1864]. I can find no record of any chn. of that marr, but won't know until I pull her succession [probate] record.

Judy

P.S. - I think the 36th AL Inf. would have been at Marietta, GA in 1864 - the breastworks JH was bldg. were in preparation for Sherman's assault on Atlanta.

Tom Melton wrote:

Judy,

Thank you for your observations. I was very impressed with the amount of information you were able to cull out of the picture. From your observations, and what else has been learned to date, it would appear that daguer. lady may in fact be Ann. However, as I said to Elizabeth Russo, until I can positively confirm or refute this, she'll just have to remain my "daguer. lady".

Elizabeth gave me references to the web pages for her ancestry and in looking I found the reference to 1840 census information for the household of Rev. John Dubois in Perry County, Alabama: "Peter has one male child, 5-10 [William H. Gladden?]; one male 50-60 [Peter]; one female 30-40 [Mary?]; one female 60-70 [Judith Elmore Williams?]; 1 male slave, under 10; 1 male 55+; 3 female slaves, under 10; one female, 24-36"

Of particular interest to me was the name "William H. Gladden", as I saw the name "Henry Gladden" in the vintage Civil War letter written by Joseph W. Houck, Jr. to his sister, Martha (I am attaching both Joseph's handwritten two-page version as well as my typed transcription). He also asks about a "Cousin Jennie and little Boling". Could these also be DuBois'? Then, he says that a fellow comrade "Jack is well and sends his love". I know this could be a lot of people, but after looking at Elizabeth's information, I believe that John "Jack" Elmore Winbourne DuBois was in this same outfit and it could be him. Anyway I think that both of you will enjoy reading this June 25 letter. I don't think he wrote the year, but as I read it the first time I got the impression that it was 1863. I am sure that the year can be ascertained based on the information that he writes as to their location.

Regards,

Tom Melton

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Joseph's letter positions him "near Marietta building breastworks on June 25, 1864", which is two days before the battle of Kennesaw Mountain. Here are details of that battle:

Location: Cobb County

Campaign: Atlanta Campaign (1864)

Date(s): June 27, 1864

Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman [US]; Gen. Joseph E. Johnston [CS]

Forces Engaged: Military Division of the Mississippi [US]; Army of Tennessee [CS]

Estimated Casualties: 4,000 total (US 3,000; CS 1,000)

Description: On the night of June 18-19, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, fearing envelopment, withdrew his army to a new, previously selected position astride Kennesaw Mountain. This entrenched arc-shaped line, to the north and west of Marietta, protected the Western & Atlantic Railroad, the supply link to Atlanta. Having defeated General John B. Hood troops at Kolb’s Farm on the 22nd, Sherman was sure that Johnston had stretched his line too thin and, therefore, decided on a frontal attack with some diversions on the flanks. On the morning of June 27, Sherman sent his troops forward after an artillery bombardment. At first, they made some headway overrunning Confederate pickets south of the Burnt Hickory Road, but attacking an enemy that was dug in was futile. The fighting ended by noon, and Sherman suffered high casualties.

Result(s): Confederate victory

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CONFEDERATE ALABAMA TROOPS

36th Regiment, Alabama Infantry

36th Infantry Regiment was organized at Mount Vernon, Alabama, in May, 1862, with men from Mobile, Tuscaloosa, Greene, Fayette, Sumter, and Monroe counties. The unit was involved in constructing the defenses at Oven and Choctaw Bluffs, then was stationed at Mobile until April, 1863. Assigned to General Clayton's and later Holtzclaw's Brigade, it participated in difficult campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Nashville. Transferred to the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, it continued the fight at Spanish Fort. At the Battle of Chickamauga it was reported that the regiment had 28 officers, 429 men, and 401 guns on September 19; and 20 officers, 338 men, and 316 guns on September 20. It sustained 147 casualties at Chattanooga, and mustered a force of 353 effectives in December, 1863, and about 300 in November, 1864. The unit lost 110 wounded and captured at Spanish Fort, and few were included in the surrender on May 4, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels Thomas H. Herndon, Robert H. Smith, and Lewis T. Woodruff; and Major Charles S. Henagan.

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Bibliography for the 36th Alabama Infantry Regiment

Hoole, William Stanley. A historical sketch of the Thirty-sixth Alabama Infantry Regiment, 1862-1865 (University, AL : Confederate Publishing Co., 1986)

McInnis, Victor L., "The Men of the 36th Alabama would find both tedium and glory in their three years of service," in America's Civil War, IX, no. 5 (1 Nov 1996),

Wright, James W. A., "Bragg's campaign around Chattanooga," in Southern Bivouac, new series, II (1886/87), 461-8, 543-9; and his "War prisons and poetry," in Southern Bivouac, new series, I (1885/86), 716-22; new series, II (1886-87), 344-8

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More About JOSEPH W. HOUCK, JR.:

Census 1: 1860, Greensboro, Greene Co, AL⁵⁴

Census 2: 1850, Greensboro, Greene County, Alabama⁵⁵

MILI: Military: Bet. 1862 - 1865, Company C, 36th AL Inf Regiment^56,57

vii. CATHARINE ANNE HOUCK⁵⁸, b. July 1847, Greene County, Alabama; m. JOHN C. DENNY, February 15, 1870, Mobile, Alabama; b. July 03, 1848, Alabama⁵⁹; d. August 10, 1911, Ft Worth, Tarrant Co., TX⁵⁹.

Notes for CATHARINE ANNE HOUCK:

In the 1880 census for Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX, she is listed as "Denny, Annie 26yrs, b:AL, father b:PA.

More About CATHARINE ANNE HOUCK:

Census 1: 1850, Greene County, Alabama⁶⁰

Census 2: 1860, Greensboro, Greene County, Alabama⁶¹

Census 3: 1880, Pg48 - Ft Worth, Tarrant Co., TX

Census 4: 1900, Abilene, Taylor Co, TX⁶²

Census 5: 1910, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas⁶³

Residence: 1914, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas

Notes for JOHN C. DENNY:

A Jno Denny (23 years old) is listed in the 1870 census for Mobile, Mobile County in 1-Wd 31 11.

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In the 1910 census, John's parents are shown as: Father born USA, Mother born Alabama.

(I had made a note to myself regarding the 1910 census somewhat cryptic, as follows: "ED 168 275 Vol 127 - Arlington, boarder w/Effie Boyd")

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1877 Fort Worth City Directory shows:

Danny, J. C., 5 Taylor between Weatherford & 1st

I believe this is John Denny. Probably John Denny and Jesse Jefferson Melton came to Fort Worth together with their wives and Jesse's children from Mobile the previous year.

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1878-9 Fort Worth City Directory shows:

DENNEY, John C., bookkeeper, William & Test; bds R. S, Philpot

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More About JOHN C. DENNY:

Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Ft. Worth, TX⁶⁴

Census 1: 1880, Pg48 - Ft Worth, Tarrant Co., TX

Census 2: 1870, Mobile Co., AL - Roll31 Bk1 pg11

Census 3: 1900, Abilene, Taylor Co, TX⁶⁵

Census 4: 1910, Arlington, Tarrant CO, TX⁶⁶

MILI: Military: CSA: Co. D - Harris Cavalry

Occupation 1: 1880, Drummer (salesman?)

Occupation 2: Bet. 1878 - 1879, Bookkeeper - Williams & Test⁶⁷

Occupation 3: 1910, Retail Grocery Merchant

Residence: Bet. 1877 - 1879, Ft. Worth, Tarrant County, Texas⁶⁸

Marriage Notes for CATHARINE HOUCK and JOHN DENNY:

In the 1910 census for Fort Worth, Texas, it showed that John and Annie had one child, and thei child was no longer alive. It also said that they had been married 40 years.

More About JOHN DENNY and CATHARINE HOUCK:

Marriage: February 15, 1870, Mobile, Alabama

Endnotes

1. Nobles, Larry: compiler, Old Autauga - The Larry Nobles Collection, Volume 13 - page 187, Also, information on John DuBois can be found on pages 169, 183, & 187.

2. Russo, Elizabeth DuBois, Necessary Fried Chicken.

3. "Alabama Beacon," A Greensboro, Alabama Weekly Newpaper published from 1840 - 1912., 8/19/1848 edition, J W Houck A R S, is shown as being appointed as an officer of the newly formed "Son's of Temporance" (Div 106).

4. Census, 1830, AL, Autauga Co, Capt Lyons Dist, roll 3, p 118.

5. Census, 1820, SC, Charleston, roll119, p116, I believe this very likely is our Joseph Houck. The census record fits with respect to location (based on John DuBois' story), his age, and the fact that his father was "foreign born". The difference in spelling of Hauck/Houck is a typical occurrance.

6. Census, 1850, AL, Greene County, roll6, p312b.

7. Census, 1860, AL, Greene Co, Greensboro, roll108, p838.

8. Census, 1870, AL, Mobile Co, Mobile, roll31, p358a.

9. Snedecor, Greene County Directory for 1855-1856, page 23.

10. Snedecor, Greene County Directory for 1855-1856, page 15.

11. Census, 1860, AL, Greene Co, Greensboro, roll108, p838.

12. Census, 1850, AL, Greene County, roll6, p312b.

13. England, Flora D., Alabama Notes, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. - Baltimore 1977), Vol 1, pg51.

14. "Alabama Beacon," A Greensboro, Alabama Weekly Newpaper published from 1840 - 1912., 6/21/1849 edition.

15. Census, 1860, AL, Greene Co, Greensboro, roll108, p838.

16. Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies, (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), Pages 114 &115, Gives marriage data, locations lived, and shows her to be the mother of Bessie.

17. Dawdy, Doris Ostrander, Artists of the American West - a biographical dictionary, (Chicago, Sage Books: Vol I-1974, Vol II-1981, Vol III-1985), Volume III, page 298, Mrs. Jesse J. Melton.

18. Falk, Peter H., Who was Who in American Art 1564-1975, "MELTON, JESSE J. (Mrs.) [Painter] early 20th C. - Addresses: Ft. Worth, TX - Sources: WW13."

19. Grauer, Michael R. & Paula L., Compilers, Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945, Martha is listed in this compilation.

20. Grave Stone.

21. Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies, (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), Pg 115, Jesse is mentioned several times in the will of his father, West Allen Melton, and is a co-signer of the papers associated with disposition of West's estate. The author of this book states that some material came from Jesse's Bible, and was probably a mistake, as the material she refers to more likely came from his brother James W. Melton.

22. Yerby, William Edward Wadsworth, History of Greensboro, Alabama from its earliest settlement, (Northport Alabama - Colonial Press c1963 (first published in 1908)), In 1908, Jesse and John L. Croom were the last two living veterans from an initial company of 108 Greensboro Independent Volunteers formed in 1846. This outfit left Greensboro on May 17th, 1846 for the Mexican-American War.

23. Fort Worth Genealogical Society (FWGS) Footprints, Vol 40, No. 1, February 1997 - pg 32, Melton, Jessie J., b 1828 Green Co AL; enl 1862 Mobile, 1st AL State Guards; in 1913 lived on 8th Ave in Ft. Worth; d 7/10/1916; bur Oakwood..

24. Virgil D. White, Index to Mexican War Pension Files, (1st edition, Waynesboro TN, National Publishing Company, 1989,), pg 359, Jesse J., Martha H., WC-16190, 19 Aug 1916 & SC10006, 4.Feb 1887, both TX, srv Co A 1st AL Vols as a CPL 1846-7 sol died 10 Jul 1916 in Ft. Worth TX. (WC=widows certificate, SC=soldiers certificate).

25. Powers, John and Deborah, Texas Painters, Sculptors, and Graphic Artists, (Published in 2000), Melton, Jessie, Fort Worth, PainterExhibitions: Annual Texas Artists Exhibition, Fort Worth (1910)References: Falk.

26. Confederate Veteran, Vol IX, page 346.

27. Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies, (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), Page 115, Shows date & county of marriage.

28. Greene County, Alabama Marriages 1823-1860, "Electronic," Shows date of 2/7/1854, rather than 2/9/1854.

29. Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies, (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), Page 115.

30. Census, 1920, TX, Tarrant Co, Fort Worth, roll1850, p65b.

31. Census, 1850, AL, Greene County, roll6, p312b.

32. Census, 1860, AL, Greene Co, Greensboro, roll108, p855.

33. Census, 1870, AL, Mobile Co, Mobile, roll31, p358a.

34. Census, 1880, TX, Tarrant Co, Fort Worth, roll1328, p39a.

35. Census, 1900, TX, Tarrant Co, Fort Worth, ED89, Sheet4a.

36. Census, 1910, TX, Tarrant Co, Fort Worth, ED132, S15a.

37. Census, 1850, AL, Greene County, roll6, p251a.

38. Census, 1860, AL, Greene Co, Greensboro, roll108, p855.

39. Census, 1870, AL, Mobile Co, Mobile, roll31, p358a.

40. Census, 1880, TX, Tarrant Co, Fort Worth, roll1328, p39a.

41. Census, 1900, TX, Tarrant Co, Fort Worth, ED89, Sheet4a.

42. Census, 1910, TX, Tarrant Co, Fort Worth, ED132, S15a.

43. Snedecor, Greene County Directory for 1855-1856, page 31.

44. Fort Worth City Directory, Melton, J. J. of "Melton & Stone (Commision Merchants, 242 & 244 Houston)", r Dallas.

45. Fort Worth City Directory.

46. Snedecor, Greene County Directory for 1855-1856, page 31, His name is shown as "Jesse S. Melton".

47. "Alabama Beacon," A Greensboro, Alabama Weekly Newpaper published from 1840 - 1912..

48. Fort Worth City Directory, Melton, J. J. of "Melton & Stone, Commission Merchants, 242 & 244 Houston", r Dallas.

49. Fort Worth City Directory, 1878-1879 - Milton, Jessie J., bookkeeper, Melton & Stone, residence southeast corner of Taylor & twelfth.

50. Harper, Elizabeth Pryor, Twenty-One Southern Families: notes & genealogies, (Patricia Freeman, Compiler & Editor), Page 115, Shows date & county of marriage.

51. Greene County, Alabama Marriages 1823-1860, "Electronic," Shows date of 2/7/1854, rather than 2/9/1854.

52. Census, 1860, AL, Greene Co, Greensboro, roll108, p838.

53. Census, 1850, AL, Greene County, roll6, p312b.

54. Census, 1860, AL, Greene Co, Greensboro, roll108, p838.

55. Census, 1850, AL, Greene County, roll6, p312b.

56. Janet B. Hewitt, The roster of Confederate soldiers 1861-1865, (Wilmington, NC, Broadfoot Publications Co., 1995-1996), Volume 8.

57. Brewer, Willis, Alabama: her history, resources, war record, and public men. From 1540 to 1872, (Montgomery, Ala., Barrett & Brown, printers, c1872), A possible reference to further information on Joseph's service.

58. Census, 1850, AL, Greene County, roll6, p313a.

59. Grave Stone.

60. Census, 1850, AL, Greene County, roll6, p313a.

61. Census, 1860, AL, Greene Co, Greensboro, roll108, p838.

62. Census, 1900, TX, Taylor Co, Abilene, ED150 sheet11a.

63. Census, 1910, TX, Tarrant Co, Arlington, roll1590, p275a.

64. Grave Stone.

65. Census, 1900, TX, Taylor Co, Abilene, ED150 sheet11a.

66. Census, 1910, TX, Tarrant Co, Arlington, roll1590, p275a.

67. Fort Worth City Directory, 1878-1879 - Denney, John C., bookkeeper, Wiliam & Test (Lumber Yard on Jennings between Eighth and Tenth.

68. Fort Worth City Directory, 1877 - J. C. Danny 5 Taylor, between Weatherford and First. 1878-1879 - John C. Denney bds R. S. Philpot (corner Ninth & Taylor).