Gazlay Family History
Julia E. Houston
Parents
| Father | Michael Warnock Houston ( - ) |
| Mother | Mary A. Grayson ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 8 January 2023; Last Edited: 10 January 2023 |
| Person ID | 12926 |
| Name | Julia E. Houston |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 8 April 1842 in Indiana1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Married | 6 April 1873 in Walnut Township, Polk County, Iowa to David Blanchard Mott6 |
| Died | 28 January 1920 in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California1, 2 |
| Buried | in Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  David Blanchard Mott (son of Joseph Wood Mott and Mary Blanchard) |
| Born | 3 April 1847 in Knox County, Ohio |
| Married | 6 April 1873 in Walnut Township, Polk County, Iowa to Julia E. Houston |
| Died | 23 May 1915 in Walnut Township, Polk County, Iowa |
| Children | of Julia E. Houston and David Blanchard Mott: |
| +1. | Carl W. Mott |
| Born | 28 October 1878 in Iowa |
| Married | 12 June 1907 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa to Cleora L. Snider |
| Died | 25 April 1966 |
| 2. | Paul Mott |
| Born | 1881 |
| Died | March 1882 |
| 3. | Joseph Mott |
| Born | 1883 |
| Died | April 1885 |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, Julia E. Houston Mott, born: 1843; died: February 1920 (from record, which includes a note with details from her marriage record; a list of others buried in the same lot; and provides the names and links for her parents, siblings, husband, and son).
- California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994, Los Angeles County, Standard Certificate of Death, Julia Houston Mott, died: 28 January 1920 in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California; born: 8 April 1842 in Indiana; age 77 years 9 months 20 days; widowed; wife of: David Blanchard Mott; father: Michael W. Houston, born in Indiana; mother: Mary Grayson, born in Tenn.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Iowa, Polk County, Walnut Township, E.D. 175, Sheet No. 11, Charles P. Mott, 42, Ohio, farmer; wife Rose E. Mott, 37, Mich., son Freadrick Mott, 11, Iowa; son Augustus Mott, 9, Iowa; Bland Hardacre, 30, Indiana, divorced, farm laborer; Annie Brady, 15, Iowa, housekeeper. Living next door: David B. Mott, 33, Ohio, farmer; wife Julia E. Mott, 33, Indiana; son Carl Mott, 3, Iowa. Living next door: Joseph H. Mott, 76, New York, retail grocer; wife Elizabeth Mott, 76, Pennsylvania.
- Iowa State Census, 1885, Polk County, Walnut Township, Image 42 of 49, David B. Mott, 38, Ohio, farmer; Julia Mott, 38, Ind.; Carl Mott, 8; Joe Mott, 1. Living next door: Charles P. Mott, 48, Ohio, farmer; Rose Mott, 45, Mich.; George T. Mott, 17; Augustus B. Mott, 15.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Iowa, Polk County, Walnut Township, E.D. 110, Sheet No. 25, David B. Mott, 53, Ohio, Apr. 1847, farmer; wife of 27 years Julia E. Mott, 50, Indiana, Aug. 1849, 3 children, 1 living; son Carl Mott, 23, Iowa, Sept. 1876, RR conductor; niece Mable Brown, 18, Iowa, Mar. 1882, school teacher.
- Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934; D.V.B. Mott [sic, while the handwriting has been interpreted as D.V.B., and indexed as such, it is more correctly interpreted as D. B., standing for David Blanchard, his known name] and Julia Houston, married on 6 April 1873 in Walnut Twp., Polk County, Iowa.