This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...Henry Berry and has one son, Dan Berry); and Martha Elder (who married James T. Monahan and died without issue). Eva Grace Elder married Forrest Ferguson of St. Louis. From Matthew Houston and his wife Martha Lyie Houston comes also tine family of which Mrs. S. C. Peeples, of Chattanooga, and her brother, Mr. John Russell Pitner are members. VII. JAMES HOUSTON James Houston, son of John Houston the emigrant and his wife Margaret Cunningham Houston was born in Ireland sometime previous to 1735 as in that year his parents emigrated to America and left him behind. He died in Ireland. Though last in this list. W is said that he was the eldest son; in that case he was born about 1715. He died in young manhood, unmarried'. A Houston, probably closely related to the family called the "Sam Houston Family" because it produced that famous character, married Alice Armstrong. The two families Armstrong and Houston, came from the north of Ireland in the same year, (1735) and settled near each other in Pennsylvania. Alice Armstrong was a daughter of the emigrant Robert Armstrong and' John Houston was the emigrant Houston. Since his sons' marriages are accounted for in the family record, herein given the Houston whom Alice Armstrong married' may have been his brother, (tradition says he had two brothers who came 'to America with him) or more probably a nephew. A further point of connection in addition to the name, location and date of emigration is the fact that Alice Armstrong's brother, Robert Armstrong, married Margaret Cunningham and John Houston's wife was also Margaret Cunningham. Houston married Alice Armstrong in Abbeville District, South Carolina, where they remained for a short time, later moving to Tennessee. (A large family was...