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Samuel Frederick Houston
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q5722387 · wikidata
SACRED LEGACY ARCHIVES™
1820-10-01 – 1895-06-21

Henry H. Houston (October 3, 1820 – June 21, 1895) was a leading Philadelphia businessman and philanthropist. He worked in iron and transportation industries and invested in oil and precious metal concerns. He sat on boards of a number of railroad organizations and he was trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and Washington and Lee University. He developed Wissahickon Heights, an exclusive community in western Chestnut Hill.
businessperson
American Philosophical Society
Samuel Frederick Houston
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q5722387 · wikidata
Henry Howard Houston
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q5722387 · wikidata
Sallie Bonnell Houston
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Gertrude Houston Woodward
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Sallie Sherred Bonnell
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