HUSTON, AUGUSTUS O.

HUSTON, DAVIS, HOOKER, PECK, BRAGG

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The 1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

Sugar Creek Township

Page 681-2

HUSTON, AUGUSTUS O. - Stone-mason, Searsboro, Iowa. Was born on the state line between Illinois and Wisconsin, on the 18th day of April, 1845. He made his home at Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, until he was about fourteen years of age, where he was engaged in cooking for lumbermen. At the age above mentioned he went to Cook county, Illinois, where he engaged in teaming for about two years, and then removed to Whiteside county, Illinois, where he continued to live until the war of the Rebellion broke out, when he enlisted from Chicago, in battery M, first light artillery, in which battery he served his country for three months, being stationed in Cairo, Illinois. At the end of this time he returned to Whiteside county, and in August, 1862, enlisted in company C, Seventy-fifth Illinois volunteer infantry, with which company he served but a short time, and was transferred to company H, in the same regiment. The regiment was mustered in at Dixon, Illinois, and were sent immediately to Louisville, Kentucky, where they halted for one night, and then started South after Bragg, under Gen. Jeff. C. Davis. Followed Bragg through Kentucky and Tennessee, and participated in the battles of Percysville and Stone River, after which Mr. Huston was taken away from his regiment, and went to Chattanooga, where he was detailed for a teamster for the purpose of furnishing general supplies, after which he was taken to headquarters as a teamster. Though he was under no obligation to fight, when Hooker called on volunteers to ascend Lookout Mountain he was one of the brave fellows who stepped out and made the ascent, and he was in several skirmishes while he was a teamster, and received a charge of shot in his leg on one occasion. He was married on the 18th of August, 1862, to Miss Phebe E. Peck, who is still living, and by whom he has four children, whose names are: William F., Orville A., Emmit O., and Edward L.