Jeanne, Earlie Houston was a s/o Robert Calvin & California (Hall) Houston. He was b. 5 May 1883 Rockhouse, AR, d. 19 Aug 1976, bur. Oakland Cemetery, Springdale, Washington Co, AR, m. 1st Lillie Lee Hawkins, d/o Arch Jackson & Sarah Jane (Scott) Hawkins, b. 17 Aug 1885, d. 28 Nov 1921 (from family Bible) Earlie & Lillie had 7 children. There was one son named Lymon Houston who died in 1971 and buried also at Oakland Cemetery. He attended the Houston reunions at Springdale. He had two daughters, Joanne who m. Guy Miller and Jerri who m. Kirby Mason. I have no idea where these daughters might be, but if you can locate them, they might be able to tell you about the trunk. Also, one of Earlie's granddaughters is Teresa who m. Dale Harris. I believe they live in Bakersfield, CA. Both are interested in family history, so that might be another avenue for you. They may be subscribers to the Madison County Musings. Peggy -----Original Message----- From: Jeanne Brewer <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, August 07, 2000 12:50 PM Subject: [ARMADISO-L] Re: Houston family >My great-grandmother, Lula Ritchie, was married to Earle Houston. I have >the cemetery information on both of them as follows: >Vol. III cemetery book, Walnut Grove Cem.: > >"Wilkins, Marion Burgess (fieldstone behind large lilac bush); > b. 09 Nov 1859 Ohio, d 06 Apr 1915, with typhoid; 1st h/o Lula or > Lou B. RITCHIE, b 09 Apr 1874, d 14 Dec 1947, md in Washington > Co. on 11 Sept 1892. Lou md 2/G.W. Branstetter in Washington Co. > 28 Feb 1924. She md 3/Early M. Houston & buried Oakland Church > Cem. east of Fayetteville with #3 husband. > >Lula (Lue) was born 4/09/1874 in Crosses. She married Marion Burgess >Wilkins and had all her children with him (including my grandmother, Susie >Jane Wilkins Ledford). After his death, she married G. W. Branstetter of >Tuttle. After his death, she married Earle (Early) Houston. >Lula and Earle Houston moved to Chelan County, Washington state, in the >1940s. She died in Chelan Falls on 12/14/1947. >My grandmother, who is 97-years-old now, said that when Lula passed away, >she left a small trunk with lots of her (Ritchie) family information in it. >Earle insisted on keeping the trunk and its contents, and over the years it >has disappeared. >If there are any Houstons that might know anything about this information, >please let me know. It would be a goldmine to my family research. >Thanks in advance :^) >Jeanne Ledford Brewer in Walla Walla, Washington >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > >==== ARMADISO Mailing List ==== >"Visit the Madison County, AR Web Page at: http://members.a > >