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William Houk is my Fathers Fathers Fathers Father .
I'm sure you can see where this is going a few more generations on down the line.
I have found very little on william.
as a matter of fact what I have was given to me
by the late Betty Lorraine Johnson (nee Houk)
Heres what I've got:

			I have not found any information on Williams parents and 
			I have exhausted the internet records so I will have to 
			find his death certificate. It should have his parents names on it.

			He was Born     July   1829   Cooper Co. Missouri.
			Married         Jan 23 1853   Moniteau County, Missouri
			Died            Oct 08 1884   Chalk Level Twp. St Clair Co. Missouri 
			Buried	    Oct 09 1886	Benton Green Cem. St ClairCo. Missouri

			He married Mariah Pricilla Elliott.

			Mariah 
			Born                 Abt 1837      Missouri
			Married              Jan 23 1853   Moniteau County, Missouri
			Died                 Abt 1884      Moniteau Mo.


			Betty Johnson gave me an article about his death, it stated that as a well digger
			he was going to blast through a layer of rock and after setting the dynomite and 
			lighting the fuse, he waited long enough that it should have gone off. 
			He walked over to the well and looked in just as the dynomite went off. 
			The blast blinded his only good eye and badly disfigured half his face. 
			Nine days later died from his injuries.


			From census record I have found William Houk and Mariah Pricilla Elliott are

			the parents of: 

					   Frank Delinger Houk,

					   Robert I Houk

					   William Houk

Source information Moniteau County, Missouri: Marriages (1845-1860) & Wills (1845-1914)


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