Richard Schooler Hooton1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 19498, (abt 1870 - bef 1915)
FatherJ. Smith Hooton2,6
MotherMartha A. Schooler4,5,2 (abt 1833 - )

Key Events:

Birth: about 1870, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa7,8,9
Marriage: 8 Dec 1894, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, Cora E. Huffman (about 1877 - )2,10
Marriage: 23 Sep 1907, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, Minnie Belle Howard (21 Aug 1890 - 17 Jul 1966)11,12,13
Death: before 191514

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Richard Schooler Hooton was born about 1870 in Pottawattamie Co., Iowa.7,8,9 He appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, in the household of his mother, Martha A. Schooler.4 He appeared on the 1885 State Census of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, in the household of his mother.15
     Richard married first Cora E. Huffman, daughter of Isiah Huffman and Samantha Darrel, on 8 Dec 1894 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa.2,10
     Richard and Cora appeared on the 1895 State Census of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. Her mother, Samantha Darrel, was listed as living with them.16
     Richard appeared on the 1905 State Census of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, at 106 Main St., reporting that he did not own his home.17
     Richard married second Minnie Belle Howard, daughter of Francis Thomas Howard and Mary Elizabeth [surname unknown], on 23 Sep 1907 in Pottawattamie Co., Iowa.11,12,13
     Richard and Minnie appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Hamburg, Fremont Co., Iowa, at Washington Park, enumerated 7 May 1910, reporting they rented their home. Their children William and Charles were listed as living with them.18
     He was a bill poster in 1895, and an awning maker in 1905. That year he reported he had been unemployed four months the prior year. By 1910 he had become a house painter.16,17,19
     Richard died before 1915.14

Children:
     There were no children with Cora E. Huffman

Children:
     Children with Minnie Belle Howard:

Citations

  1. [S5498] Enoch Crosswaite household, 1880 U.S. Census, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, shows name as Richard S. Hooten.
  2. [S4746] "County Marriages, 1838-1934," FamilySearch.org, record for Richard S. Hooton and Cora E. Huffman, citing FHL # 1476864.
  3. [S12459] William Edwin Hooton, Certificate of Death, shows name as Richard Schooler Hooton.
  4. [S5498] Enoch Crosswaite household, 1880 U.S. Census, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa.
  5. [S5500] Martha A. Hooton household, 1885 Iowa State Census, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, Council Bluffs ward 1, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S5498] Enoch Crosswaite household, 1880 U.S. Census, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, shows the boy as son of his widow.
  7. [S5498] Enoch Crosswaite household, 1880 U.S. Census, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, shows age 10 and state.
  8. [S5500] Martha A. Hooton household, 1885 Iowa State Census, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, Council Bluffs ward 1, shows age 15 and county.
  9. [S5527] Richard Hooton household, 1895 Iowa State Census, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, Des Moines, shows age 25 and county.
  10. [S5527] Richard Hooton household, 1895 Iowa State Census, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, Des Moines, shows married.
  11. [S5499] "Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992," FamilySearch.org, record for Richard S. Hooton and Minnie Howard, citing FHL # 1476873, shows date, county, and state.
  12. [S5451] Richard Hooton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Fremont Co., Iowa, shows married two years, and as his second marriage and her first.
  13. [S5457] Stephen A. Scott household, 1925 Iowa State Census, Fremont Co., Iowa, Walnut, shows state in listing of her children's parents.
  14. [S5453] Minnie Belle Hooton card, 1915 Iowa State Census, Freemont Co., Iowa, Hamburg ward 2, shows her as a widow.
  15. [S5500] Martha A. Hooton household, 1885 Iowa State Census, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, Council Bluffs ward 1.
  16. [S5527] Richard Hooton household, 1895 Iowa State Census, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, Des Moines.
  17. [S5528] Richard S Hooton card, 1905 Iowa State Census, Pottawatomie Co., Iowa, Council Bluffs ward 3.
  18. [S5451] Richard Hooton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Fremont Co., Iowa.
  19. [S5451] Richard Hooton household, 1910 U.S. Census, Fremont Co., Iowa, shows occupation as pinter[?] and industry as house.
  20. [S5457] Stephen A. Scott household, 1925 Iowa State Census, Fremont Co., Iowa, Walnut.
  21. [S8070] Iowa Marriages Records 1880-1922, Iowa, 4:546, no. 78-16579, William Hooton and Eva Rosline Miller.
  22. [S5452] Stephen A. Scott household, 1920 U.S. Census, Fremont Co., Iowa, shows the girl as step-daughter and his former wife as wife to head of household, and child's surname as Hooton.