Samuel Rutherford Houston, (1805-1882)

This extract is taken from Houston, 1882:151

[Samuel Rutherford Houston] is the oldest son of the family, and was born March 12th, 1806, at Rural Valley, Rockbridge Co., Va. He was named after his famous ancestor, Samuel Rutherford, one of the "Westminister Divines", from whose brother, or brother's son, his genalogy has been traced on the maternal side (Margaret Walker); the Walkers having emigrated to America from Wigton, Scotland (vide Memoir of Dr. S.b> McPHeeters, by Dr. Grasty, p. 17).