FIFTH GENERATION

501. Theodore Franklin Houghton was born on 4 Jul 1875 in Pond Springs, Williamson County, Texas. He appeared on the census on 28 Jun 1900 in Precinct #8, Williamson County, Texas. ⁽⁷⁸⁰⁾ He appeared on the census in 1910 in Floyd County, Texas. He appeared on the census on 7 Jan 1920 in Floydada Town, Floyd County, Texas. ⁽⁷⁸¹⁾ He died on 19 Mar 1920 in Floydada, Floyd County, Texas.⁽⁷⁸²⁾ He was buried in Floydada Cemetery, Floydada, Texas. From the Floyd County Hesperian, Floydada, Floyd County, Texas, Thursday, March 25, 1920:


ATTORNEY T. F. HOUGHTON DIES OF DIABETIS

End Came for Prominent Attorney and Business Man Here Last Friday Morning

Judge T. F. Houghton, a resident of Floydada since 1901, and one of the leading members of the South Plains bar, died at his home in Floydada last Friday morning at 7:30, after being confined to his bed for only two days. He had been in poor health for more than two years, however.

The funeral services were held at the Houghton home on South Main Street Saturday afternoon at three o'clock and interment was made in Floydada Cemetery at four. The fu-neral services were conducted by Rev. G. I. Britain, now of Plainview, for a number of years a resident of Floydada, and a close friend of the deceased. A large-crowd of friends of thefamily, both in and out-of-town friends, were present at the funeral service, and were in the cortege to the cemetery. The banks of the city were closed from three to four in the afternoon honoring the deceased.

Judge Houghton was forty-four years of age. He was born July 4th, 1875, at Pond Springs, Texas. Graduated from the University of Texas Law School at Austin with the class of 1900, he came to Floydada in 1901 after a short residence at Brownwood, Texas. From the time he came here until his death he enjoyed a large and remunerative practice before the bars of this and adjoining counties, and made friends in half a dozen counties, many of whom were here to do him honor Saturday afternoon.

He is survived by his wife, three daughters and one son, two brothers and two sisters. The brothers are Dr. W. M. Houghton of this city and F. C. Houghton, of San Angelo. The sisters are Mrs. A. B. Johnson of San Angelo and Mrs. Irene Robinson, of Manor, Texas.

He was married to Bertha Ann Barber (daughter of Seaboard Jones Barber and Frances Esther Gardner) on 30 Apr 1907 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas. Bertha Ann Barber was born on 19 Aug 1878 in Williamson County, Texas. She appeared on the census on 14 Apr 1930 in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas. ⁽⁷⁸³⁾ She died on 11 Mar 1962 in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas.

From the Lubbock Newspaper, Monday, March 12, 1962:


RITES ARE TODAY FOR MRS. EWING

Funeral services for Mrs. R. L. Ewing, 83, 1720 Ave. Q, will be at 2 p.m. today at Rix Funeral Home Chapel, with Dr. Dudley Strain, pastor of First Christian Church, officiating.

Mrs. Ewing was dead on arrival at Methodist Hospital at 2:40 p.m. Sunday after a heart attack.

A member of the First Christian Church, Mrs. Ewing moved to Lubbock from Floydada in 1928. She had lived in Waco before moving to Floydada in 1907.

Burial will be in Floydada Cemetery under the direction of Rx Funeral Home.

Survivors include her husband; a son, Ted Houghton, Cone'; two daughters, Mrs. J. F. Perryman, Austin, and Miss Edna Houghton, 2814 35th St.; four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Pallbearers will be F. A. Kleinschmidt, J. Harmon Jenkins, S. E. Marbutt, Jake Abbott, C. D. Abbott, and C. E. Garrett.
Theodore Franklin Houghton and Bertha Ann Barber had the following children:

1092 i. Edna Nawana Houghton was born on 26 Feb 1908 in Floydada, Floyd County, Texas. She died on 7 Mar 2003 in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas. She was buried in Floydada Cemetery, Floydada, Texas.
Lubbock Newspaper
Tuesday, March 18, 2003

Edna Houghton


RANSOM CANYON — Graveside services for Edna Houghton, 95, of Ransom Canyon will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Floydada Cemetery with the Rev. Bruce Parks of Forrest Height United Methodist Church of Lubbock officiating.

Arrangements are under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service in Slaton.

She died Friday, March 7, 2003

She was born Feb. 26, 1908, in Floyd County. She attended West Texas State University in Canyon and transferred to Texas Tech in 1926. She was the first woman to graduate from Tech's School of Architectural Engineering in 1930. She taught art at Tech in 1931.

She studied fashion in New York and returned to Tech. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of South California in 1955. During World War II, she worked with Consolidate Vultee in the design and development of the B-36 bomber.

She retired from teaching in 1973. She moved to Ransom Canyon in 1975 and was a member of the Architectural Control Board. She volunteered with the Lubbock Humane Society.

Survivors include two nephews and a niece.


+1093 ii. Theodore Lafayette Houghton.
+1094 iii. Bennie Sunshine Houghton.
+1095 iv. Juanita Bertha Houghton.