'Our Generation One'..........

George Oliver Houseman
Born Nov. 1, 1841 in St. Louis, Missouri
Died Oct. 1886 in Freeport, Florida

According to a Sept. 24, 1935 copy of the record from the War Department,

"The records show that G. O. Houseman, private, Company B, 3rd Battalion Florida Cavalry, Confederate States Army, enlisted April 24, 1862, at Pensacola, Florida.  This Company  subsequently became Company L (or D), 15th Regiment Confederate States Cavalry, C.S.A. about September, 1863, and Muster roll of that Company for May and June, 1864, last on file, shows him present.  No later record of him has been found.  Signed, E. T. Conley, Brigadier General, Acting the Adjutant General, By H.L.T., W.H.10 10 35."

George married 1861 in Pensacola, Florida:

Catherine Wilkinson Rosson *
Born about July 22, 1844
Died Feb. (or July) 15, 1892 in Freeport, Florida
 [*LDS  Ancestral files has her named spelled " Bookson."  Our records and spelling are taken from an application made to United Daughters of the Confederacy by a granddaughter, Julia Houseman Humphries Damico.]

George and Catherine had the following children:

(I)--**Asbury B. Houseman - (Oct. 22, 1862 or 1863 - March 14, 1951) m. MaryWilliams Collinsworth  [two other spellings are indicated in a letter and on a photo written by her children:  "Colingworth" and  "Collingworth"]**Information on Asbury Houseman and Mary Williams Collinsworth continued on next page - 'Our Generation Two'

(II)----Thomas E. Houseman

(III)---Frederick R. Houseman

(IV)--George Washington Houseman - (Feb. 14, 1869 - July 12, 1936) m. twice: (1) Sally Florence Wise and  (2) Ellen Brewer   [Our information is taken from the LDS Ancestral Files]

  George was born in Camp Walton, Santa Rosa County, Florida and died in Point Washington, Walton, Florida...Buried July 12, 1936 in Point Washington.

(1) George married Ellen Brewer Dec. 5, 1885 in Walton, Florida

(2)  George married Sally Florence Wise March 23, 1896 in New Orleans, Louisiana

   Sally was the daughter of Floyd Wise and Emmaline Halley and was born Sept. 22, 1876 in Point Washington, Walton, Florida and died May 19, 1945 in Pensacola, Escambia, FL and buried May 21, 1945 in Point Washington.

(1)--Mynna Zoe Houseman - (born Nov. 23, 1895 in Vancleave, Jackson, MS - died April 4, 1958)

(2)--Henry Eugene Houseman - (born Oct. 22, 1897 in Vancleave, Jackson, Miss. - died May 12, 1957)

(3)--Mae Thressa Houseman - (born Dec. 23, 1899 in Orange, Texas)

(4)--Robert Homer Houseman - (born April 7, 1907 in Point Washington, Walton, Florida - died May 27, 1977)

(5)--Joseph Bayliss Houseman - (born Dec. 17, 1910 in Point Washington, Walton, Florida - died Oct. 20, 1912)