Philip HoukJackson Township Bio, Pike County, Ohio
Philip Houk was born in Pennsylvania in 1811, a son of Jacob and Polly (Connor) Houk. He was married September 15, 1836, to Duanna Binns, daughter of William and Nancy (Wildman) Binns. They have no children. Mr. Houk is one of the most thrifty and enterprising farmers of Pike County. He owns and superintends the cultivation of 500 acres of land, situated three miles east of Waverly. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Church at Sharonville. His father, Jacob Houk, was a native of Pennsylvania, and was married when twenty-three years of age to Polly Connor. They had a family of nine children - Rebecca, William, Philip, Mary, John, Cornelius, Matilda, David and Jacob. Rebecca, William, John and Jacob are deceased. Mr. Houk came to Ohio with his family in 1819, locating in Scioto County, and six years later removed to Pike County. He subsequently went west to visit his sons, and started to return but was never after afterward heard from, and the date and cause of his death has never been known. Mrs. Houk died in 1828.
was born in Pennsylvania in 1811, a son of Jacob and Polly (Connor) Houk. He was married September 15, 1836, to Duanna Binns, daughter of William and Nancy (Wildman) Binns. They have no children. Mr. Houk is one of the most thrifty and enterprising farmers of Pike County. He owns and superintends the cultivation of 500 acres of land, situated three miles east of Waverly. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Church at Sharonville. His father, Jacob Houk, was a native of Pennsylvania, and was married when twenty-three years of age to Polly Connor. They had a family of nine children - Rebecca, William, Philip, Mary, John, Cornelius, Matilda, David and Jacob. Rebecca, William, John and Jacob are deceased. Mr. Houk came to Ohio with his family in 1819, locating in Scioto County, and six years later removed to Pike County. He subsequently went west to visit his sons, and started to return but was never after afterward heard from, and the date and cause of his death has never been known. Mrs. Houk died in 1828. History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - 1884
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