Background
Houck, Louis was born on April 1, 1840 in Saint Clair Company, Illinois, United States. Son of Bartholomew and Anna (Senn) Houck.
Houck, Louis was born on April 1, 1840 in Saint Clair Company, Illinois, United States. Son of Bartholomew and Anna (Senn) Houck.
Educational public schools.
Admitted to Missouri bar, later engaged in farming. President board regents Southeast Missouri Teachers’ College, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, since 1884. Built about 500 miles of railroad in southeast Missouri.
Author: History of Missouri—Colonial and Territorial (3 volumes), 1908.
The Spanish Regime in Missouri (2 volumes), 1909. Home: Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Married Mary Hunter Giboney, December 24, 1872.