Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-11

Surrounded by their four children
members of their families and includ-
| ing six Of the nine grandchildren, to-
| ge;her with other near relatives. Mr..
| and Mrs. Martin b. Houghton. 2O1
North Fourth street, celebrated today
their golden wedding.
Married Feb. II, 1869. in Union
township, Hardin county Mr.. and Mrs.
J Houghton have spent all OF their mar
ried life with the exception OF eight
years in this rand Hardin counties I'm
I mediately after their marriage Mr.. and
Mrs. Houghton came TO farm a mile
east of Albion, the old Aaron Hough-
ton place. and lived there and on a
nearby farm for twelve years. They
also lived in other parts of this coun-
~ and near Written until twelve years
ago. when they moved to Hichmore,
:. d. Four years ago they came to
this city, where their daughter Lii
liam was employed as a teacher in the
public schools.
Saw harshailtown Mere Village.
Mrs. Houghton saw Marshalltown
first as a mere village in the spring OF
1871. when. as Charity Haas. she ac-
companied her brother in law and sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. John Galloway, TO
Iowa from Ohio.
Miss Haas was born March %, lsiS,
near Union City. O, and because OF
poor health came 10 the then far west
in the hopes OF being benefited by the
climate. Mr.. and Mrs. Galloway made
their journey in a prairie schooner
drawn by an OK team, and reached
MaTShalltown early in 1857 to find
few struggling buildings marking the
site now occupied by city. Where
the First National Bank now stands
was j log house. The most CoHspicu-
Gus thing on what is now Main street
was Q large watering trough. where
the oxen satisfied their thirst The
Galloways and Miss Haas went on
north TO Hardin county. settling on a
farm about four miles northeast O:
Union. 1 few years later John Haas,
father OF Mrs. Galloway and Miss
Haas. came west. and Mrs. Houghton
remembers that Johnny" Green, the
old POttawattamie chieftan and friend
OF the whites, was a frequent visitor
TO her fathers home. and that her
father and the Indian enjoyed many
= pipe together.
HouShton Veteran Civil War.
Mr.. HOughton is a native Of New
York state having been born near Jay,
June IS. 1874. He served in Company
f. Second New York cavalry. partici-
pating in Sheridan's campaign at VIM
chester and Cedar Creek. On March
/. 1856, with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Aaron Houghton, Mr.. Houghton came
to this county and went to live on the
farm east OF Albion.
Mr., Houghton is the last Of his faith
er's family Of seven children. Mrs.
Houghton has three sisters, Mrs. Lydia
Galloway. Mrs. Sarah Garfield, and
Mrs. c. y. Brown. all Of this city. A
half brother. 6. Z. Haas, lives at VAL
ley City, y. D, and half sister. Mrs
Laura Gilkey, at Columbus, o.
Wears Pin Of Wedding Gown.
At the family dinner served at noon
by their daughters. and during the re-
ception which followed, Mrs. Houghton
wore a breastpin that adorned her
wedding gown fifty years ago. 4 por-
ton Of the wedding dress also was on
exhibition. For the dinner the dining
| room was decorated prettily with yell
| low roses and gold hearts. Following
! the dinner an informal reception was
! held from until ., when many of the
| friends and neighbors of the old couple
| called at the Houghton home.
The four children Of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Houghton are Mrs. Hugh Hughes, of
Charles City; George Houghton. OF
Albion; Mrs. Joseph Prescott of Rad
| cliffe: and Miss Lillian Houghton
teacher Of the first grade in the Abbott
| school.