While in Crawford County, we stopped by the oldest home there, which then became the courthouse. There was no one there but the doors weren't locked so we could go inside. It was a ranch-style house with 2 front doors. It had 2 rooms that shared a large fireplace. To go from one room to the other, they had to go outside and through the other door. That must have been fun in the wintertime. I guess it was for safety reasons... in case the kitchen caught fire they might not lose the whole house. There was an outhouse still standing, and a fruit cellar which had to have been 30 degrees cooler than the outside. The old shelves were still intact. It was very educational. A washtub hung on the side of it. As we began to leave, I noticed a cemetery off to the side. Not knowing there were going to be thousands of hungry ticks there, we all trooped off to take names and dates down. Here are the ones I got. 2 were already unreadable and one had the name Rachel, but by then I'd realize! d my error and dancing out of the weeds, shaking every limb at the same time (I must have looked like I was doing some form of weird dance) I headed back to the car without getting closer to hers. I'm sorry now that I didn't try it. As I was leaving I saw the sign that said this was the HOUSTON-BRINKER cemetery. ESCO T. HOUSTON Born Dec 10, 1875 Did Jan 6, 1936 OPHELIA N. HOUSTON born Aug 16, 1861 died Nov 23, 1930 MISSOURI O. HOUSTON born Mar 10, 1839 died Jan 10, 1920 ROBERT H. HOUSTON born Nov 26, 1834 died Sept 5, 1921 EMMA T. dau of R. H. & M. O. HOUSTON born July 25, 1864 died Apr 27, 1871 ---------- 1880 CRAWFORD CO., MO MERAMEC TWP. HOUSTON, ROBERT H. white male 46 married farming TENN TENN N. C. MISSOURI white female 42 wife married keeping house MO KY TENN OPHELIA white female 18 daughter single MO TN MO ESCO T. white male 4 son single at home MO TN MO VAUGHAN, MYRA white female 64 mother widowed TN VA VA LAWSON, GEORGE white male 17 employee single working farm MO ------- 1910 MERAMEC, CRAWFORD CO., MO HOUSTON, OPHELIA head female white 48 single MO TN MO MISSOURI O. mother female white 78 m1 49 MO KY TN -------- 1910 HOUSTON, ESCO T. head white male 34 m1 4yrs MO TN MO GYNNETHA H. wife white female 33 m2 4yrs had 3 still has 3 living children IA OH IL CALLETA B. daughter white female 1 5/12 single MO MO IA ROBERT H. father male white 74 m1 49 TN NC NC PARKER, EVA step-dau female white 13 single TX TX IA PARKER, HENRIETTA step-dau female white 10 single TX TX IA wonder why the parents aren't living together. -------------- 1920 MERAMEC TWP., CRAWFORD CO. HOUSTON, OPHELIA head female white 58 single ROBERT H. father male white 85 widowed -------------- 1930 HOUSTON, OPHELIA head white female 69 single MO TN MO ------------- 1930 ST. FRANCOIS CO, MO CENSUS ST. FRANCOIS TWP. HOUSTON ESCO T. head white male 54 married 30 MO VA MO GYNNETHA wife white female 53 married 30 IA OH IL CALLIEdaughter female white 21 single MO MO IA