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Doctor James Lafayette HOUSTON

Male 1872 - 1938  (66 years)


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  • Name Doctor James Lafayette HOUSTON 
    Born 06 Jan 1872  Barbour County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 May 1938  enroute to Panama City, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Fairview Cemetery, Eufala, Barbour Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2581  Bob-Millie Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Father CSA George Lafayette HOUSTON
              b. 16 May 1837, Barbour County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 20 May 1906, Barbour County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Savanah Georgia BUSH
              b. 06 Mar 1841, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Dec 1892, Barbour County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 26 Nov 1867  Barbour, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F1492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Willie Belle MCCARROLL
              b. 10 Feb 1880
              d. 03 May 1957  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 26 Dec 1901  Barbour, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Howard HOUSTON
              b. 18 Aug 1902, Barbour County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 03 May 1951, Barbour County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)  [natural]
     2. James Gorman HOUSTON
              b. 1904, Barbour County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1954  (Age 50 years)  [natural]
     3. Living HOUSTON  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F1505  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 06 Jan 1872 - Barbour County, Alabama Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Dec 1901 - Barbour, Alabama Link to Google Earth
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  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1859] Marriage Records Barbour County Alabama.
      Text: FOLEY, Helen S. 1860 MARRIAGE RECORDS BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA. Fort Worth: Miran Publisher's.