Background
Houghton, George Clarke was born on December 17, 1852 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Frederick E. and Anna E. (Dawson) Houghton.
Houghton, George Clarke was born on December 17, 1852 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Frederick E. and Anna E. (Dawson) Houghton.
Bachelor of Arts, Saint Stephen’s College, New York, 1867, Master of Arts, 1870, Bachelor of Divinity, 1893 (Doctor of Divinity, 1895). Graduate General Theological Seminary, 1870.
Deacon, 1870, priest, 1871, Protestant Episcopal Church. Curate Trinity Parish, New York, 1870-1878. Rector Trinity Church, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1879-1897.
Also rector at same time of Saint John's, West Hoboken, and Grace Church, Weehawken, 1884-1894.
Rector Church of the Transfiguration (“Little Church Around the Corner”), New York, and of Church of the Transfiguration, Pine Hill, New York, November 20, since 1897. Superintendent public instruction, New Jersey, 1885-1897.
President Manual Training College, New Jersey, 1887-1895, chaplain National Guard, New Jersey, 1879-1892.
Married Mary Creemer Pirsson.