Hester Margaret VAN HOUTEN
- Born: 18 May 1825, New Jersey
- Marriage (1): Alexander DARRAH on 20 Sep 1846 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States
- Marriage (2): Seth SLACK on 6 Mar 1860 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States
- Died: 24 Aug 1875, Washington, Van Wert, Ohio at age 50
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CORRECTION:The 8th child of David Van Houten and Margaret Leigheit/Lighthipe--Hester Margaret Van Houten b.May 18,1825 NJ d.Aug.24,1875 Washington Twp Van West CO,OH. Her first husband was Alexander Darrah b.1824 d.by 1860.Their 2 children were Alice S.Darrah b.Nov.16,1847-June 11,1858 and George W.Darrah b.April 9,1848-Sept 16,1851. Heater Margaret Van Houten married 2nd-Seth Slack on March 6,1860 in Deleware,OH. Seth Slack was born July 1,1827 Galena,OH d.Dec.21,1887 Marion ID (61-5-20) s/o Henry Slack and Mary Jane Denton.He is buried Marion I.O.O.F./Friends/Boots Estates Serenity Cem nesr Lincoln Blvd. The 2 children of Hester and Seth Slack are:1.Cora Slack b.Feb.21,1862 OH d.Feb.17,1899 IN. She married Hiram Elder b.Aug.14,1860 OH d.Jult 18,1929 IN.Their 2 children 1.Mae Elder b.July 27,1884IN-Aug9,1913 (an invalid for years) 2.Ray Elder b.March 1883IN.
2.Charlotte Bird Slack b Feb.21,1862 OH-1940 OH.buried Sunbury Cem.Sec.Lot55 Grave8. She married Jesse Curtis Jackson b.Apr.20,1857 Marion CO.IN d.Mar.11,1929 OK.s/o Curtis Jackson and Jane Griffin. He divorced Charlotte and married Elizabeth Bright and divorced her and married Lydia Jane Massey. Charlotte was in IN for several years with her sister.
Heater Margaret Van Houten is a sister of Rev.Peter R.Van Houten who married Alice E.White b.1817-Oct 19,1851 they had 3 children.When Alice died Peter married Sarah Thrall b.Sept.15,1818 or 1828 gainville,OH and died Nov.28,1895 Paola.KS Oak Grove Cem Lot 64. d/o Cotton Mather Thrall and Triphosa Cooley. Peter Van Houten and Sarah Thrall had a child Alice J.Van Houten b 1855 OH-d.Paola,KS buried Oak Grove Cem.Lot 64.She married M.H.Lowder.
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Berkshire, Delaware, Ohio; Roll: M432_675; Page: 99B; Image: 17.
Hester married Alexander DARRAH on 20 Sep 1846 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States. (Alexander DARRAH was born in 1824 in Ohio and died in 1860.)
Hester next married Seth SLACK, son of Henry SLACK and Mary Jane DENTON, on 6 Mar 1860 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States. (Seth SLACK was born on 1 Jul 1827 in Galena, Genoa, Delaware, Ohio, died on 21 Dec 1887 in Marion, Grant County, Indiana and was buried in Marion I.O.O.F./Friends/Boots Estates Serenity Cem.)
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