George HOUFSTATER

Father: Adam HOUFSTATER
Mother: Elizabeth Katherine //

Family 1: Elizabeth BARRE

(1) Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio (Chicago, J. H. Beers & co., 1894). Pages 302-303. Entry for JACOB P. HOUFSTATER. And other records.

  1. Almira HOUFSTATER
  2. Mary HOUFSTATER
  3. David B. HOUFSTATER
  4. Matilda HOUFSTATER
  5. Fidelia HOUFSTATER
  6. Jacob Peter HOUFSTATER
  7. Catharine HOUFSTATER
  8. Lucy Ann HOUFSTATER
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Notes

Updated March 14, 2021. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) In the matter of probate of the last will of Adam HOUFFSTATER, October 4, 1834.

- Listed as a son
- Resident of Niagara Co., New York

(2) 1840 United States Census for Ohio, Huron Co., Ripley Twp.

Geo HUFFSTATER is head of family. The household contains 11 free white persons as follows: one male age 10-15; two males age 15-20; one male age 40-50; two females age 5-10; two females age 10-15; two females age 15-20, one female age 40-50.

(3) 1850 United States Census for Ohio, Huron Co., Ripley Twp.: Page 216; November 11, 1850.

George HOUFSTETTER is head of household, married to Elizabeth [BARRE] HOUFSTETTER. He is 55 years old, born in Pennsylvania and is a farmer with real estate value at $5,000. Other members of the household are Fidelia, Jacob, Catherine, Lucy Ann and Soloman. David HOUFSTETTER lives in the adjacent household.

(4) 1850 United States Census Schedule 4 (Productions of Agriculture) for Ohio, Huron Co., Ripley Twp., District No. 78: Page 86; November 8, 1850.

- Name: George HOUFSTETTER
- Acres of Land: 170 improved / 20 unimproved
- Cash Value of Farm: $5,000
- Value of Farming Implements and Machinery: $123
- Live Stock: 7 horses; 7 milk cows; 2 working oxen; 7 other cattle; 30 sheep; 15 swine. (Value of live stock = $500)
- Produce: 250 bushels of wheat; 150 bushels of indian corn; 100 bushels of oats

(5) 1860 United States Census for Ohio, Huron Co., Ripley Twp. (Carson Post Office): Page 169, June 30, 1860.

George HAUFSTATER is head of household, married to Elizabeth [BARRE] HAUFSTATER. He is 63 years old, born in Pennsylvania and is a farmer with real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate valued at $600. Solomon HAUFSTATER (age 13, born in Ohio) also resides in the household.

(6) 1870 United States Census for Ohio, Huron Co., Ripley Twp. (Ripleyville Post Office): page 25; August 4, 1870.

Geo HOUFSTATER is head of household, married to Elizabeth [BARRE] HOUFSTATER. He is 74 years old, born in Pennsylvania and is a farmer with real estate valued at $5,000 and personal estate valued at $1,200.

(7) Find a Grave

- Name: George HOUFSTATER
- Birth: Apr 1797
- Death: 18 Jan 1875 (aged 77)
- Burial: Township Cemetery; Delphi, Huron Co., Ohio, USA
- Memorial ID: 68562871

(8) Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio (Chicago, J. H. Beers & co., 1894). Pages 302-303. Entry for JACOB P. HOUFSTATER.

"George HOUFSTATER, father of the subject, was born in 1797, in Pennsylvania, accompanied his parents to Niagara county, N. Y., when a boy, and was reared on the frontier. In New York State he met Elizabeth BARRE, also a native of Pennsylvania, to whom he was wedded, and after his marriage he began farming. Seven children were born to them on the homestead, namely: Almira, Mary, David, Matilda and Fidelia (twins), Jacob and Catherine; Lucy Ann, the eighth child, was born in Huron county, Ohio, October 15, 1836. In 1836 the family moved to Ohio, and settled on the farm which is now the property of Jacob P. HOUFSTATER, which territory was then a complete wilderness. While the new comers were surrounded by neighbors, the particular land selected was still in the forest, and the clearing of this tract devolved on the father and sons. He subsequently bought a farm of 186 acres, which he saw cleared before his death in 1874. Of a hard-working, economical disposition, he left a valuable property to his children, and died with success stamped upon his work. Prior to 1856 he was a Whig, and from that time until his death a Republican. In religion he affiliated with the Christian Church."

(9) Mathews family records, November 29, 2001.

- References Federal Census of Cambria, Niagara Co., NY: 1830