. The biographical record of De Kalb County, Illinois. e did not enter the servicehimself, two of his brothers assisted inmaintaining the Union by service in theCivil war. In politics he is a thorough Re-publican. RALPH A. HOUCR is a retired farmerand engineer residing in Sandwich, lUi-njis, and who has been a resident of thestate since 1843. He was born in Jeffersoncounty. New York, in 1837, and is the sonof Elijah and Lucy (McCune) Houck, thelatter being a sister of Harvey McCune, awealthy merchant and very popular man,who had a wide acquaintance throughoutthe whole country. Elijah Houck, th
. The biographical record of De Kalb County, Illinois. e did not enter the servicehimself, two of his brothers assisted inmaintaining the Union by service in theCivil war. In politics he is a thorough Re-publican. RALPH A. HOUCR is a retired farmerand engineer residing in Sandwich, lUi-njis, and who has been a resident of thestate since 1843. He was born in Jeffersoncounty. New York, in 1837, and is the sonof Elijah and Lucy (McCune) Houck, thelatter being a sister of Harvey McCune, awealthy merchant and very popular man,who had a wide acquaintance throughoutthe whole country. Elijah Houck, thefather, was by occupation a farmer, and aman of sterling integrity, with great vigor ofmind. From Jefferson county. New York,in 1838, he removed to Chautauqua county,in the sane state, and in 1843 came to Illi-nois, and located on a farm in Kane county,about four miles west of Geneva. Thatseason was a very rainy one, and cne longto b3 He tjok up aboutthree hundred acres on Mill creek, and madeof it one of the model farms of the RALPH A. HOUCK. HE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 445 Our subject owns one hundred and fiftsacres of the same, all of which is finely im-proved with good pasture land and a bluff toprotect the house and orchard. The farmhe lents. To Elijah and Lucy Houck saven chil-dren were born. Amanda married , and died in 1874, at the age of fiftyyears. She was a member of th? Presbyte-rian church, one who greatly delighted inall church and benevolent woik. Marvinmarried Parnielia Marks, and died in 18S4,at the age of seventy-four years. Mary mar-ried Mr. Harding and died recently at theage of si-xty years. She was a friend of thepoor, and did much to relieve their suffer-ings. Araminda, unmarried, died at theage of thirty-five 3ears. Alma, also unmar-ried, died at the age of thirty years. Sarahdied unmarried at the age of twent\--sevenyears. Ralph A., the subject of this skexh,is the youngest of the family. The subject of this biograph}- came w
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