Nancy Rebecca Houston

Nancy Rebecca Houston

Female 1854 - 1915  (61 years)


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  • Name Nancy Rebecca Houston  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
    Birth 11 Jan 1854  Pleasant Grove, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1856  Pleasant Grove, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 15
    Residence 1860  Pleasant Grove, Des Moines, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1870  Pleasant Grove, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Post Office: Middletown
    Residence 1880  Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Residence Abt 1883  [10
    Residence 1885  Nodaway, Page, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 12
    • Marital Status: Married
    Residence 1903  Lockesburg, Sevier, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Per letter from Al (Albien) Houston to N. R. Hess ( Nancy Rebecca Houston Hess)
    Residence 1910  Wilson, Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Death 8 Jul 1915  Wilson, Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Date of death was written by Clara Edith Hess Logan on the genealogical chart. OK has no death cert and there were no death announcements in local papers as researched by OK Historical Soc.
    Burial 10 Jul 1915  Spencerville, Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Per John Frank Logan, although neither he nor a cousin could find the headstone. Clara Edith Hess Logan paid for a headstone.
    Person ID I30142  CMW Most Recent 2026_0429
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2026 

    Father Squire Thomas S Houston,   b. 20 May 1826, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1888, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sena Sophronia Pendergraft,   b. 27 May 1827, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1886, Pleasant Grove Township, Des Moines, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 23 Aug 1846  Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa Territory, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10101  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Balser Hess, IV ,   b. 10 Mar 1853, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1924, Wright City, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 24 Oct 1878  Pleasant Grove, Des Moines, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 17
    Children 
     1. Clara Edith Hess,   b. 1 Mar 1881, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1977, Fresno, Fresno, California, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Balser Hess,   b. 10 Mar 1884, Nodaway Township, Page County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1933, Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Wayland William Hess,   b. 16 Jan 1886, Mount Pleasant, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1926, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Lena Hess,   b. 26 Mar 1888, Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1933, Lockesburg, Sevier, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Nola Hess,   b. 16 Oct 1879, , , Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1880, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. George Hess,   b. 21 Oct 1882, Des Moines County, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1899, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Nancy Hess,   b. 1 Oct 1889, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1895 (Age 5 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F10097  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2026 

  • Sources 
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