Greetings, I am new to this list and an researching to find the ancestors of my wife's ggggrandfather Reuben R. Houghton. It has been suggested that he was a descendant of Joab Houghton of New Jersey and Kentucky. We know that he was born in KY ca 1834 and his wife Arnetta Unk last name was born in Indiana. They had two sons Clarence and Everett born in 1859 and 1861 respectively. He was a photographer and sometime confectioner. The family moved around a lot. At the time of the 1870 census they lived in Ohio Co. IN and in 1882 lived in Clermont Co. OH. We have been unable to find them in the 1880 or 1900 census in OH, KY, IN. He died and is buried in Clermont Co., OH in 1904. For him to be descended from the New Jersey Joab we expect there is a least one generation between. We have found a Reuben Houghton listed in 1850 census in Fayette Co., KY that may be him but birth years don't match. However we do know date errors in census information is frequent. Any help would be appreciated. We are willing to share the information we have. Thanks, Herman Kleine