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 John was the first son of
 Frank Houk and Cora Pace.
 Born in central Missouri
 it's clear John was named
 after his grandfather
 John Thomas Pace.
 John grew up as a farmers
 son. By the time he was
 16 his family moved to
 Windsor in Henry Co.
 As a young man he
 and 3 of his brothers set
 out for Yankton County 
 South Dakota. The 1920
 census shows them the
 Jamesville township
 working a general farm. 
 While there he met
 Dora Marguerite Cochran.
 She was the daughter of
 Charles a. Cochran and
 Jessie Pickett. 
 
 John was 18 years her
 senior when they married. 
 Dora was only 16 when she
 had and lost her daughter
 Norma.

JOHN THOMAS HOUK
AND
DORA MARGUERITE COCHRAN

They are the brother and sister in law of my Grandparents.
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Marriage information field etc..

HOUK FAMILY
COCHRAN FAMILY
Husband's Parents
Wife's Parents N/A
Husband
John Thomas Houk
Born:
06 June 1893
Place:
Cole County, Missouri
Died:
25 April 1958 HFT - Header
Place:
Bethleham Clinton Henry Co Missouri
Wife
Dora Marguerite Cochran
Born:
23 September 1911
Place:
Yankton South Dakota
Died:
09 December 1998
Place:
Clinton Henry County Missouri
Marriage Information
Abt. 1926
To Second Husband

Dora was only 15 when she first married. This coupled with the loss of their first child must have been a very trying time
for the teen wife at the turn of the century.

I have not collected any information on the Dora's second husband.

THEIR CHILDREN
Name
Norma Maxine Houk
Betty Lorraine Houk
Paul Warren Houk
Born
06 April 1928
October 1929
Abt. 1931
Spouse
N/A Died as infant
Roy Dean Johnson
Naomi Esther Richardson
Died
21 May 1928
22 March 2002
N/A

On may 21 1928 while living in Windsor Heny Co they lost Norma Maxine She was 1 m. 14 days old. By 1930 they had moved to Kansas City Jackson Co Missouri. They lived at 4614 Elmwood Ave with their new daughter Betty. A year later Paul was born. I dont have the date John and Dora divorced. but john would move many more times before his death. John died instantly of a myocardial infarction at home just outside Clinton Missouri at the age of 64 years 10 ½ months.


I would like to thank Paul and Naomi Houk for providing the Photos.

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