THE HOUGLAND FAMILY HISTORY unpublished manuscript copy in my
possession. pg 31.
1887 BIOGRAPHY: Portrait and Biog Album of Wapello Co. IA; Chapman
Bros. . Chicago. p 264: " Biography of J. E. HOUGLAND and WILLIAM D.
HOUGLAND, sons of Elza & Sarah (Adair) Hougland.
1832 William D. Hougland born, native of Tippecanoe.
1838 they -moved to Ft. Madison, Lee Co., Iowa. Elza was a
carpenter-also officiated as a local preacher of the ME Church.
1840 Census Fort Madison, Lee Co, IA. for ELZA HOAGLAND:
l m 30-40 (Elza-33)
1 f 20-30 (Sarah-28)
1 m 5-10; (William-6)
1 f 1-5; (Delia Jane-4)
1 f 1-5; (? an infant who died?) (yes)
"1844 born>JEHoughland, Claim Agent at Eldon, Wapello Co IA is a native
of Lee Co. Iowa . . .
1844-1855: Four- Lee Co, IA, land transactions of ELZA & SARAH
HOUGLAND property in Ft. Madison area. See RJ Simpson letter of June
14, 1979.
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1850 CENSUS: Fort Madison, Lee Co, IA: pg 330(I think)
ELSEY HOAGLAND 42 m Carpenter, OHIO
SARAH " 38 F INDIANA
WILLIAM " 16 M
DELIA " 14 F
JAMES " 6 M
BAZEE " 34 M PA (perhaps a cousin?)
JAMES " 80 M S.C. (Possibly James ADAIR-Sarah's father?)
JOSEPH HORWOHS 76 M GERMANY (?)
ELIZABETH " 28 "
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1855 William D. Hougland, md Miss Jeannette Mallet, a native of the
Hawkeye State and dau of Tompkins P. and Cassandra (Pope) Mallet,
natives of Ohio and became the parents of 3 children.. . .
1878William Hougland md 2nd to Miss Aldora Belle Graham of Mt.
Pleasant, IA the dau of J. H. Graham. They live in Eldon.
(also a biog sketch on the Grahams in PORTRAIT AND BIO ALBUM OF
WAPELLO CO., IA, 1887.)
1858 Jul 21 Elza died in Ft. Madison and was buried at IOOF Cem.Wash
Twp., Wapello Co. IA. This data from Wapello Co. Cemetey Rcds.
1860 Lee Co. Iowa; Ft. Madison. Left hand of pg 579
SARAH HOUGLAND 45 f 1000 seamstress? IN or IA?
SAMUEL 16 m carpenter IA
1862 Jul 14th During Civil War J. E. Hougland enlisted as a soldier at Ft.
Madison, in Co E. 19th Iowa Vol Inf. serving 2 yrs as a private, then
promoted to Color Bearer. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg and
was taken prisoner at Sterling Farm, La and confined 10 mo at Camp
Ford, near Tyler, Tex.
1866 After the war he was appointed to the position of guard at the
Penitentary at Ft. Madison, and afterward promoted to turnkey.
1871 Sep 27 he md Miss Emma McCoy of Cadiz, OH, dau of Wm and Esther
McCoy. They have 3 children.
1879-he located at Eldon. Previous resident of Washington, IA where he
was a wholesale and retail dealer in groceries for 3 yrs after which he
went to Brighton,IA . . .in hardware business for six years. .then to Eldon.
He was employed as a carpenter and builder, until spring of
1883 he started manufctr of brick and tile.
WHILE IN WASHINGTON HE WAS ASSOCIATAED WITH HIS BROTHER
WILLIAM D. HOUGLAND AND THEY CONT IN THE MANUFACUTRE OF BRICK
AND TILE UNTIL SPRING OF 1884.
1884 Sep 8, his mother departed this life at the home of her son in
Eldon."
1979 May edition of the Fort Madison, IA, newspaper. A lengthy feature
article entitled" MADISONIA, Reviewing our Heritage" by Ted Sloat:
"JE HOUGLAND occasionally wrote a letter of reminiscenses to Dr. A.C.
Roberts, publisher and editor of the Evening Democrat, who never failed
to publish them in his paper. Here is one."
"FATHER (meaning ELZA HOUGLAND) was a carpenter and built many of
the first buildings in Fort Madison. On Sundays he drove in a horse and
buggy out to Skyles, Kents and other country schoolhouses and preached.
He held the first Methodist meetings in Fort Madison at our house. Mother
(Sarah Adair Hougland) raised chickens and fed the preachers, and I was
chief catcher. ... (more very interesting history!)
1858: Father(ELZA) was disabled and died . My mother and sister, Delia,
did sewing and millinery work to earn us a living. ... I caught fish in the
river and hunted to help out. Then came the Civil War. (He joined when
he was 17-18.)
TO DO: This indicates there are more articles written by J.E. HOUGLAND.
FIND OUT WHERE THE OLD ONES ARE STASHED OR MICROFILMED AND CHECK
THEM OUT!