Augustus Alfred Van Houten

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1838-04-28

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1864-10-06

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"Augustus Alfred Van Houten" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00019866, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Montgomery County, Ohio, student. Ohio native. Son of George Van Houten and Gertrude L. Van Houten. Attended school in Madison County, Ohio, in 1850. Laborer in Pickaway County in 1860. Enlisted in the 155th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment on May 2, 1864, but did not muster into the unit. Student at Miami Commercial College in Montgomery County in 1864. Murdered by George Maxwell in Montgomery County on October 6, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Madison County, West Jefferson, p. 266A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Pickaway County, Scioto, p. 11.
Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 - 1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942, NARA RG 15, Publication # T289, Roll 0434.
"Shocking Affair," Dayton Daily Empire (Dayton, Ohio), October 7, 1864, p. 3.
"Augustus A Van Houten (1838-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial 177456280, accessed May 1, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177456280.

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