Joseph Houser

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Email Received: Sat, 02 May 1998 13:53:06 EDT Received: from FetherTail@aol.com To: mwelborn@redlt.com Subject: Re: Margaret Houser and the Housers The book is : Elmer A. Houser 6601 N.W. 97th Ave. Tamarac, Fl 33331 Cost is $35 Here's info on Joseph Houser. Joseph Houser, fifth child of John Houser & Elizabeth Boytkin, was born in Lincoln Co., NC. On 14 May 1817 he married (1) Susannah Spangler b ca 1797 probable d/o Jonathan Spangler. She died there ca 1819 after bearing a daughter. On 14 Dec 1819, Joseph married (2) Barbara Spangler in Lincoln Co., NC. She was born ca 1799 was probably a sister of Joseph's 1st wife. Joseph and Barbara had nine children and deed records indicate that Joseph moved to Knox Co., Tn ca 1834. Barbara died there ca 1837. On 14 Nov 1837, Joseph married (3) Mary Ann "Polly" Burchford in Knox Co., Tn. Deed records suggest that Joseph and Polly moved to Hamilton Co., Tn ca 1839, and then to Johnson Co., Ark ca 1852. That part of Johnson Co., was taken to help form Logan Co., in 1871. Joseph was a Presbyterian. Joseph and Polly had eight children and she died 22 Jan 1859 Johnson Co., Ark. On 14 Oct 1860, Joseph married (4) Lutitia "Luizy" Cook b ca 1827. She had a daughter Mary Cook b 1860 from a previous marriage. She and Joseph had no children. Joseph died 21 Apr 1884 Logan Co., Ark and was buried in the Tritt Cem there. Children by Susannah Spangler 1. daughter b 1810/20 (in Lincoln Co., NC) Children by Barbara Spangler (I've already sent you this info)

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Joseph Houser b 22 Dec 1796 Lincoln Co., NC d 21 Apr 1884 Logan Co., ?Tn?. Joseph was married several times and from his 2nd marriage (12/14/1819 Lincoln Co., NC) to Barbara Spangler b ca 1799 NC d ca 1837 Knox Co., Tn.? They had the following children:
1. Daughter b 1820/25 2. David b ca 1821 md (1) 1/25/1845 Tn Susannah Moore d/o Nimrod Moore & Sarah Jones; md (2) 12/22/1859 Mary Ann Springer 3.? Noah b ca 1822 4.? Mary b ca 1825 5.? son b ca 1825/30 6.? John b ca 1832 7.? Sarah b ca 1833 8.? Adam George b 25 Oct 1835 md Syntha Davis 9.? Susan b 1837 Knox Co., Tn

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Children by Mary Ann Burchford 1. Samuel b 1840 Hamilton Co., TN in 4th Ark Cav (Union)
2. William Francis b 5 Mar 1841 md Sarah Emily Rowland; 2. Mrs Thenia Kendricks 3. Margaret b 1846 Hamilton Co., Tn 4. Hiram R. b 12 May 1848 md Joicy Ophelia Sory 5. Nancy b ca 1850/1 md Alfred R. Walden 6. Joseph C. C. b ca 1853 md Polly Ann Horn 7. Mary J. "Manzell" b ca 1857 Blaine, Shoal Creek, Johnson Co., Ark md ? Cook 8. Sarah E. b ca 1858 Blaine, Johnson Co., Ark Let me know if you need anymore on these families. There is more info on some of these people. My line is: 1. John Houser 1709-1763 & Mary George 2. George Houser 1760 York Co., Pa -1843 Knox Co., Tn; md 1792 Va +2nd wife Hannah Rhinehart b ca 1770 Pa d ca 1845 3. George Houser 1793 Va- 1846 Washington Co., Va; +Sarah Minnich b ca 1795 4. Jesse Houser 1844 Va- 1926 Washington Co., Va md 1866 Va +Rebecca Ringley b ca 1844 Va 5. Emory P./D. Houser b 1876 Va d 1962 Oh/Ind md ca 1907 +3rd wife Hattie Weatherly 1889 Va- 1953 Oh 6. Roby E. Houser b 1908 Va d 1991 Oh md 1927 Ind +Margaret Bess b 1909 Oh still living 7. Norman "Gene" Houser 1928 Oh -1989 Oh md 1955 Oh +Lois D. Helton b 1934 Ky still living 8. Debra J. Houser b 1962 Oh (me & I'm still living btw) md 1979 +James E. Kendrick b 1959 Oh If you run across anything on my line, let me know. It's been hard gathering anything on my bunch since they stayed Va and most researchers are interested in Martin Hauser of Pa or the Tn or NC branches of his or John Houser's bunch. One thing for sure, it's easier to separate my Housers in Va from Knox Co., TN since my George was the only Houser to stay in Va when the rest moved.

Excerpt from Elmer A. Houser:

Chapter 5, Joseph Houser

Acknowledgement. "Much effort has been devoted, over the years, by a number of people to researching Joseph Houser. Estelle Neihouse, Mirley Houser mabry and Lola Doom, all of Logan Co. Arkansas as well as Judith Gartner and Margaret Lee of California have contributed significantly to this research in the early to mid 1980s. See 'Houser Family' by Mirley Houser Mabry in the Journal of the Logan Co. Historical Society, 1987, pp 214-216. The research on Joseph is documented by Dale Houser in 'Houser-Chitwood Get Together,' Rapid Rabbit Copy Co. Conway, Arkansas, August 1989. It is the definitive work on 'Shoal Creek' Joseph. See Appendix B. - Bibliography. Much of our data on Joseph Houser was obtained from that book.

"As will be further explained below, the author is personally persuaded that these researchers are essentially correct in their belief that 'Shoal Creek' Joseph of Johnson Co. Arkansas had lived in Hamilton Co. Tennessee and was one of the Josephs who lived in Knox Co. Tennessee. However, it is the author's reluctant conclusion that existing information contains significant 'gaps' that make it inconclusive to careful researchers. Therefore, the information in the following section is presented in the hope that it will stimulate and support further research."

Background. "One of the difficulties encountered in researching the families of John Houser 91747-1833) and George Houser (1760-1843) is that they each gave nine of their respective thirteen children, the same names. And worse, these 'same-named' children were often about the same age. See Appendix B. - Critical Evidence of Identity and Descent. This problem is most evident here because there was no more than three years difference in the ages of the two Josephs, one the son of George and the other the son of John. However, it is believed that the younger of the two Josephs, born about 1801, was the son of George and the older Joseph, born on 22 Dec 1796, was the son of John. The superseding difficulty in researching these Josephs is that both lived in Knox Co. for only a short time, and one was in Hamilton Co. for a similarly short time, probably less than five years.

"Although no Knox Co. deeds have been found that clearly identify Joseph, a/o George, he is found in the 1830 Knox Co. census. There, he is shown with a wife aged 20-30 and a daughter and a son, both under five years of age. The wife is believed to be Nancy Anderson who married Joseph Howser (Houser) on 4 May 1826 in Knox Co. Their daughter, Hannah Manerva, born on 25 Jan 1827 has been identified through Zion Lutheran Church records. However, this Joseph is not found in the 1840 Tennessee census.

"Joseph, s/o John, married for the third time in Knox Co. and is believed to have moved to Hamilton co. Tennessee where he is found in the 1840 census, with a large family. He is not found in a 1850 census, but appeared in John Co. Arkansas about 1853. He married twice more and died on 21 Apr 1884."