Second Generation


3. Henry HOUGHTALING Sr. was born on 3 November 1812 in Herkimer, Herkimer County, NY.5 He appeared in the census in 1850 in Concord Township, Jefferson County, WI.6 His occupation was "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1860 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.4 His occupation was "Farmer." Henry appeared in the census in 1870 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.2 His occupation was "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1880 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.1,7 His occupation was "Farmer."

(The 1900 Census for the household of his son John in Sparta included a Henry Houghtaling, born Nov 1817 in New York, age 82; and his wife, Hannah, born Feb 1831 in Pennsylvania, age 69. They had been married 40 years and had no children. It is not known if that was this same Henry.)

. He died on 26 June 1902 at the age of 89 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.3,5

Obituary Notes: "Henry Houghtaling died in Tomah 26 June 1902 at his daughter, Mrs. Francis Williams, 90 years. The 5th generation in Monroe County. Born in Herkimer County, N.Y. 3 Nov 1812; Mohawk Dutch in 1846; came to Jefferson Co., Wi.; in 1854 to the Township of Wellington, Monroe County. Married Lydia Ann Chute, who died 13 years ago. Had 10 children, 2 died: John of Sparta; Wm. Henry of Ingram, Nev.; Belle LaFay, Duluth, Mn.; Nancy M. Brooks, Spencer, Wi.; Mary E. Kenyon of Sparta; Charlotte Hover and Sarah Hall of Tomah. Co. D, 25th Wi. Vol. M.E. Church. Buried Tomah Cemetery."

. Henry was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.3,5 in the Oak Grove Cemetery (in Section 1A, Block 2, Lot 13.).

Henry HOUGHTALING Sr. and Lydia Ann "Ada" CHUTE were married before 1839.5,6 Lydia Ann "Ada" CHUTE was born in 1810 in New York.1,2,3,4,6,8 (She was listed as "Ada" on her gravestone, as "Ada A." in the 1850 and 1860 Census', as "Addie A" in 1870, and as "Lydia" in 1880. She was listed as "Sarah Jane" in the Registration of Marriages for her daughter Lidia Ann, but it is possible that the names of her and her daughter were confused.) She appeared in the census in 1850 in Concord Township, Jefferson County, WI.6 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.4 Ada appeared in the census in 1870 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.2 She died in 1889 at the age of 79.3 She was buried in 1889 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.3 in the Oak Grove Cemetery (in Section 1A, Block 2, Lot 13).

Henry HOUGHTALING Sr. and Lydia Ann "Ada" CHUTE had the following children:

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John HOUGHTALING.

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Charlotte HOUGHTALING.

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Sarah HOUGHTALING.

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Nancy M. HOUGHTALING.

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Isabel HOUGHTALING.

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William Henry HOUGHTALING.

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Mary E. HOUGHTALING.

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Frances HOUGHTALING.

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Henry HOUGHTALING Jr. died before June 1902.5

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Belle HOUGHTALING.