6. | Doctor James Lafayette HOUSTON (3.Savanah3, 2.Nancy2, 1.Mary1) was born on 06 Jan 1872 in Barbour County, Alabama; died on 23 May 1938 in enroute to Panama City, Florida; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Eufala, Barbour Co., AL. Notes:
Note 1./ per Al Warner <>
DR. J.L. HOUSTON lived in Comer, Clayton, and Eufala AL. He w asborn in Barbour County and attended the famous school of Joe Espy at Abbeville, AL, receiving a first grade license at th e age of 17 years. He immediately accepted a position as teacher. He pursued a line of medical study at Vanderbilt Medical University at Nashville, TN. He graduated from there in 1895, and went on to study at the NewYork Polyclinic. Dr. HOUSTON serv ed as a surgeon for the Alabama Power Company. In 1899, he went to Texas and practiced medicine. Later, he returned to Comer , AL and purchased the historic Comerhouse. He became one of the largest land owners in the state. He organized the Bank of Comer and was its President for eight years. He later purchased a large interest in the Advance Banking Company of Clayton, changing its name to the Bank of Commerce. He was a member of the Board of Stewards of First Methodist Church. Later, he purchased the Bluff City Inn and other large buildings in Eufala and moved to Eufala. On the 23rd of May 1938, enroute to Panama City , he was killed in an automobile accident when the automobile tu rned over and threw him down a precipice. He died in route to the Dothan hospital.
Doctor married Willie Belle MCCARROLL on 26 Dec 1901 in Barbour, Alabama. Willie (daughter of Samuel MCCARROLL) was born on 10 Feb 1880; died on 03 May 1957; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Eufala, Barbour Co., AL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 18. Howard HOUSTON was born on 18 Aug 1902 in Barbour County, Alabama; died on 03 May 1951 in Barbour County, Alabama; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Barbour County, AL.
- 19. James Gorman HOUSTON was born in 1904 in Barbour County, Alabama; died in 1954; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Barbour County, AL.
- 20. Living HOUSTON
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