Colusa County Biographies

Samuel Houchins

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            Samuel Houchins is a native of Mercer County, Kentucky, born January 
14, 1827.  His father died when Samuel was twelve years old, leaving a widow and 
eleven children.  Samuel being the oldest, upon him to a great extent devolved 
their maintenance.  He labored on the farm nine months of the year and attended 
the local school the remaining three months.  In 1844 he entered Bacon College, 
at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and remained in that institution four years.  On 
leaving college he entered regularly the profession of teaching, in which 
profession he has mainly continued ever since.  In 1849 he married Miss Belinda 
Burks, a native of Kentucky, and in the following year he removed to Monroe 
County, Missouri, locating near Paris, the county seat.  He came to Colusa 
County in 1872, meeting here many of his friends whom he had known in Kentucky 
and Missouri.
            He was elected superintendent of schools in 1875, holding that 
office by re-election till 1883.  He also served from 1876 to 1878 as principal 
of the Primary Department of Pierce Christian College, and in 1888 was elected 
auditor of Colusa County, and re-elected in 1890.
 
�Colusa County� � by Justus H. Rogers � Orland, CA � 1891 � pp 459-460