Biography of Francis Houlton, page 618.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Francis Houlton, deceased, was born in Highland County, Ohio, Feb. 3, 1807, a 
son of Samuel Houlton.  He was reared in his native county, receiving a 
common-school education.  In the spring of 1839 he came to De Kalb County, 
Ind., and settled on sections 5 and 8, Franklin Township.  There were four 
acres cleared on section 5, and here he built a cabin and lived ten years, 
then moved across the line to section 8.  He was a hard working, energetic 
man, and cleared seventy-five acres of his land himself.  He was married in 
January, 1838, to Mrs. Evaline (Kellogg) Wood, widow of Abner Wood, by whom 
she had four children, but one of whom is living---John K.  To Mr. and Mrs. 
Houlton were born four children; two daughters are living---Corrinna, wife 
of Isaac Lautzenheiser, of Edgerton, Ohio, and Mary J., widow of William 
Bratton.  Mr. Houlton was murdered May 18, 1879, buy a neighbor boy, Lewis 
Abbott, who entered the house with the evident intention of murdering the 
entire family and plundering the house.  Mrs. Houlton died Oct. 14, 1881.  
They were earnest, sincere Christians, Mr. Houlton a member of the United 
Brethren and Mrs. Houlton of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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