HOUSTON, JOHN, born May 1, 1770, in Rockingham county, Virginia, was married April 23, 1807, in Augusta county, Va., to Mrs. Jane Curry, whose maiden name was Curry. She was born June 29, 1776, in Augusta county, and had one child by her first marriage--

ELIZABETH CURRY, born Mar. 31, 1801, in Augusta county, Va., was married there to James Curry, Feb. 17, 1817. They had three children in Virginia, and moved to Rush county, Ind., where two children were born, thence to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1841. Of their five children: ROBERT J., born Nov. 9, 1818, in Virginia, was married March 27, 1839, in Indiana, to Mary Bracken. They had seven children: SARAH J. married David Myers, who died, leaving three children, and she married Wesley Sparks. They have two children, and live near Dawson. AMERICA, died in 1862, aged nineteen years. WILLIAM, born Dec. 25, 1845, lives in Berlin. GEORGE B., THOMAS J., ROBERT W. and JOHN W. reside at the homestead. Mrs. Mary Curry died Jan. 24, 1869, and R. J. Curry was married August 8, 1869, to Sarah French, a native of Onondaga county, New York. They had two children, ESTELLA and COQUILLA. Robert J. Curry died Feb. 23, 1874, suddenly, while waiting at German Prairie station for a train to Springfield. Mrs. Sarah Curry was married August 14, 1875, at Barclay, to George Whitesides, and reside five miles northeast of Springfield. John Houston and wife had three living children. They moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov. 14, 1828, and on the twenty-eighth of the same month moved to German Prairie, five miles east of Springfield. Their eldest child--

JAMES M. died, aged fourteen years.

MARY, born Oct. 19, 1809, in Augusta county, Va., married in Sangamon county to David Newsome. See his name.

SAMUEL, born Feb. 23, 1813, in Augusta county, Va., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., Nov. 7, 1833, to Lucretia Rudder, who was born Sept. 6, 1816, in Bath county, Ky., and came to Sangamon county in the fall of 1830, with her grandfather, Andrew Cartmell. They had ten living children--NANCY J. married Jonathan T. Payne, and died April 8, 1852. MILETUS C. married Eliza W. Miller. JOHN A. enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf., was at home on sick furlough, and died May 27, 1865. WILLIAM T. enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. G, 114th Ill. Inf., served full time, and was honorably discharged in 1865. He was married in Sangamon county, Sept., 1866, to Permelia Churchill. They have one child, WILLIAM F., and live at Edinburg, Ill. CHARLES G. was married in San Francisco, Cal., to Maggie E. Hall. They have three children, and reside in Baltimore, Md. JAMES W. married Frances Nave. They have one child, and live in Springfield, Ill. ANNA M. married Alexander Dixon. They have one child, and live five miles east of Springfield. F. EDWARD, GEORGE S. and VIRGIL T., live with their parents. Samuel Houston and wife reside near German Prairie station, on the farm where his father settled in 1828.

John Houston died Jan. 31, 1841, and his widow died Oct. 18, 1852, on the farm where they settled in 1828.