An ID card issued to Arthur Huston when serving in Europe during WWI
Arthur Tillinghast Huston
1894-1964
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Arthur graduated from Columbia University and served as a cavalry captain overseas during World War I. He had a paid singing job in a New York City church choir and wanted to pursue a singing career, but his father would not allow it.
Arthur joined the Fleischmann Co. in New York where he served in sales promotion until moving to Georgia in 1926 to help his father run the Butler Island Plantation which his father had newly purchased. When his father died in 1938, Arthur continued to run the business.
After WWII, the business collapsed and Arthur and his wife, Isabelle, moved to Washington, DC to a job with the Dairy Corporation. With a change of government, however, he lost this job.
Arthur divided his time between New York, Pennsyvania and Flemington, NJ, after retirement in 1948 until 1956 when he and his wife Isabelle returned to St. Simons Island, Georgia. They maintained an apartment in Flemington, NJ, in addition to their home on 10th Street, East Beach.
He was a member of the Brunswick, GA, Rotary Club and the Flemington, NJ, Lions Club. He was a communicant of Christ Episcopal Church, Frederica, GA.
Much more information about Arthur will be added in time. This website is a work-in-progress.
Father: Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston (1867-1938)
Mother: Lena Belle Glathart (1869-1949)
Spouse: Isabelle Dinsmore Johnson (1892-1984)
Children:
- Edyth Alexandra "Alex" Huston (1924-2019)
- Judith Tillinghast Huston (1926-2021)
Timeline
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1894
March 20 - Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. The son of Tillinghast L'Hommedieu and Lena Belle (nee Glathart) Huston.[1]
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1923
June 6 - Marries Isabelle Dinsmore Johnson in Philadelphia PA.[2]
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1924
August 4 - Daughter Alex born.
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1926
July 16 - Daughter Judy born.
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1926
Moves to Georgia to work for his father managing Butler Island Dairy & Plantation. His wife and two daughters follow about a year later.
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1938
March 29 - His father dies and Arthur finds that the tails of his father's "aristocratic cows had been dipped in red ink".[3]
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1949
November 4 - Mother dies in Brunswick, Georgia, aged 80 years.[4]
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1964
December 9 - Dies in Brunswick, Georgia, aged 70 years, of acute congestive cardiac failure. Buried in Frederica Cemetary, Christ Episcopal Church, St. Simons Island, Georgia.[5]
Stories
Stories to come
Courier in Europe during WWI,
Trying to save the farm
Photo Galleries
Footnotes and Sources
- [1] Sources:
- Copy of the original application for a Social Security account number for Arthur Tillinghast Huston, 3 Jun 1940. Number 253-22-9038.
- Certified copy of Death Certificate for Arthur T. Huston, 9 Dec 1964, State File #36128, Vital Records Service, Atlanta GA. Informant was his widow, Isabelle Huston.
- [2] Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Philadelphia, Marriage License and Application #1923-479033, 4 Jun 1923, plus Duplicate (Marriage) Certificate, 6 Jun 1923, for Arthur Tillinghast Huston and Isabelle D. Johnson, Orphan's Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia Co, PA. True copy issued 13 May 1993 to Hope Stewart.
- [3] Georgia, Dept. of Human Resources, Vital Records Service, Atlanta GA, Certificate of Death no. 7098 (1938), Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston, died 29 March 1938; certified copy issued 2 July 1993 to Hope Stewart, Melbourne, Australia. Informant was his son, Arthur Huston.
- [4] Georgia, Dept. of Human Resources, Vital Records Service, Atlanta GA, Certificate of Death no. 24393 (1949), Lena Belle Huston, died 4 November 1949; certified copy issued 2 July 1993 to Hope Stewart, Melbourne, Australia. Informant was her daughter, Frances H. McKim.
- [5] Georgia, Dept. of Human Resources, Vital Records Service, Atlanta GA, Certificate of Death no. 36128 (1964), Arthur T. Huston, died 9 December 1964; certified copy issued 2 July 1993 to Hope Stewart, Melbourne, Australia. Informant was his widow, Isabelle Huston.
Last updated: 26 August 2026