Solomon Houser ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Solomon was Solomon Howser.^{7 8}

  General Notes:

"Genealogy of the Houser, Rhorer, Hoover Families", W. W. Houser, 1910:

Solomon, son of Jacob and Mary Houser, was born May 3, 1801. He lived to a good old age and was an upright Christian man, kind hearted, honest and true in all the relations of life, loved and respected by all who knew him. He married Miss Elizabeth Bixler, and three children were born to them. Harrison, who died young, Nancy and John Allen. His wife having died in 1838, he married Miss Nancy Hawes, daughter of John and Sarah (Phillips) Hawes, pioneer residents of Logan County, Illinois, who had also emigrated from Spencer, Kentucky.

Mr. and Mrs. Houser lived in Sangamon County, Illinois, for one year, then returned to Logan County and built a home four miles west of where the town of Atlanta has since been built. This was a two story log house, not real common in those days, and the wife was ill and not able to climb to the second story, so the husband carried her up the stairs, and with pride displayed the home he had built, but which unfortunately they were not long to enjoy together. The wife died February 20,1841, leaving her little son, James Wilson, less than a year old. Mr. and Mrs. Houser were among the first members of the Eminence Christian Church.

He later married Mrs. Sallie Clark, daughter of John and Polly (Arnspiger) Houser, who was the companion of his declining years and he preceded her in death. Died September 15,1874. He and his wife Nancy were both laid to rest in Niblick cemetery. [Logan County. Illinois]
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M. L. Houser, "Grandfather and Grandmother Howser, and Friends":

In his earlier years, his family had spoken only the German language in the home, and he was nearly grown before he could speak English without an accent. On his journey to Illinois, as he used to tell, he stopped one day at the home of a German family in which there were several nearly grown daughters, and asked in English for the loan of a bucket with which to water his horses. Assuming that he could not understand German, these girls discussed him with considerable freedom, speculating on who he was and where he was going, and noting about him the points in a man that are interesting to marriageable young women. Finally, one said that she believed he was a widower looking for a wife, that she had seen him first, and that the rest should keep off her preserves. She added that when she got him she would cure some of the defects which, by that time, the others were so industriously pointing out to her. While apparently busy with his team, he listened to her shrewd guesses and her sisters' bantering remarks, with some amusement but a blank expression, until ready to return the pail, and then he thanked her very elaborately -- in German. They went away from there -- right now. After he married his second wife, Nancy Hawes, he built her a sturdy, two story log dwelling. Grandfather Houser was born there on May 16, 1840.
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Solomon was first married in 1823 to Elizabeth Bixler. (she died in 1838)
Then married about 1839 to Nancy Hawes. (she died in 1841)
Then married about 1841 to Sallie Howser-Clarke, daughter of John Howser and Anna Maria Arnspiger.)
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1805 and a birth location of Kentucky.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 55 on the 1860 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Division 1, Oldham County, KY on 11 August 1850. ²

1850 US Census
Page 135A, Dwelling 147, Family 152, Roll 216
Division 1, Oldham County, KY
Solomon Houser..39..KY..Farmer

(Living with 3rd wife, 2 children from his 1st wife, and 4 step-children.)
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Atlanta, IL on 29 June 1860. ⁷

1860 US Census
Page 98, Dwelling 737, Family 739, Roll 200
Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois
Solomon Howser..55..Ky..Farmer

(Living with 3rd wife and 1 step daughter and 1 step-granddaughter.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 3 May 1801, then his age should have been 59 instead of 55.
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 30 June 1870. ⁸

1870 US Census
Page 22, Dwelling 150, Family 154
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
Solomon Howser..68..KY..Farmer

(Living with 3rd wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 3 May 1801, then his age should have been 69 instead of 68.
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• He was buried after 15 September 1874 in the Niblick Cemetery in Atlanta, IL.

Find A Grave Memorial #18106229
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Solomon married Elizabeth Bixler, daughter of John Bixler and Nancy Hostetter, on 20 April 1823 in , Shelby County, KY. (Elizabeth Bixler was born in 1807 in , Shelby County, KY, died in 1836 in Tallula, IL ¹ and was buried in 1836 in , Menard County, IL.)

Solomon next married Nancy Hawes, daughter of John Washington Hawes and Sarah Phillips, about 1839. (Nancy Hawes was born on 19 November 1814 in , Shelby County, IL, died on 20 February 1841 in , Logan County, IL and was buried after 20 February 1841 in Atlanta, IL.)

Solomon next married Sarah Lilly Howser, daughter of John Howser and Anna Maria Arnspiger, about 1841. (Sarah Lilly Howser was born in 1812 in Kentucky ^{7 8} and died after 15 September 1874 ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in District 1, Spencer County, KY on 11 August 1850. ²

1850 US Census
Page 135A, Dwelling 147, Family 152, Roll 216
Division 1, Oldham County, KY
Solomon Houser..39..KY..Farmer
Sarah Houser..36..IL
Eliza Clark..18..KY
Sarah Clark..15..KY
Gordan Clark..17..KY..Laborer
Ellis Clark..12..IL
John A. Houser..17..KY..Laborer
Nancy Houser..20..KY
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Atlanta, IL on 29 June 1860. ⁷

1860 US Census
Page 98, Dwelling 737, Family 739, Roll 200
Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois
Solomon Howser..55..Ky..Farmer
Sarah Howser..48..Ky
Eliza Sharp..27..Ky
A. H. Sharp..3..IL

NOTE - Living next door was Sarah's youngest son, Ellis Clarke, age 21 with 3 infant children with the surname of Shirley and also Richard Howser, age 25, relationship unknown.
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 30 June 1870. ⁸

1870 US Census
Page 22, Dwelling 150, Family 154
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
Solomon Howser..68..KY..Farmer
Sarah Howser..58..KY..Keeps House
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