Last updated: 6 June 2026
Lena Belle Glathart
1869-1949
Lena, aged 61
Lena was the oldest of seven children. She lived on a farm near Lawrence, Kansas, until she was five years old when her family moved to a farm near Findlay in Hancock County, Ohio. Her parents were originally from Hancock County and still had family there.
More information about Lena will be added in time. This website is a work-in-progress.
Father: Aaron J. Glathart (1844-1909)
Mother: Amanda Jane "Jennie" Strother (1841-1910)
Spouse: Col. Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston (1867-1938)
Children:
- Bernice "Bunny" Huston (1890-1943)
- Frances Huston (1891-1991)
- Harry Huston (1893-1893)
- Arthur Tillinghast Huston (1894-1964)
- Helen Huston (1896-1896)
Timeline
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1869
January 10 - Born in Lawrence, Kansas. The first of seven children born to Aaron and Jennie (nee Strother) Glathart. [1]
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1874
Aged 5 - Family moves to farm near Findlay in Hancock County, Ohio.[2]
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1890
February 27 - Marries Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston in Hancock County, Ohio.[3]
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1890
October 23 - Daughter Bernice born.
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1891
September 5 - Daughter Frances born.
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1893
Son Harry born January 17, but dies of typhoid fever July 20, aged 6 months.[4]
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1894
March 20 - Son Arthur Tillinghast born.[5]
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1896
Daughter Helen born March 9, but dies June 20 of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), aged 3 months.[6]
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1938
March 29 - Husband Tillinghast dies at home, aged 70, of heart attack while sitting at his desk.[7]
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1943
July 25 - Daughter Bernice dies, aged 52.[8]
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1949
November 4 - Dies in Brunswick, Georgia, aged 80 years. Buried in Frederica Cemetery, St Simons Island, Georgia.[9]
Footnotes and Sources
- [1] Date & place of birth: "Mrs. T.L. Huston Passes Away at Sea Island Home", The Brunswick News (Brunswick, Georgia), Friday 4 November 1949, page 10:4.
- [2] (Anon.), "Aaron J. Glathart", A Centennial Biographical History of Hancock County, Ohio (New York & Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1903), page 102.
- [3] Marriage Records vol. 8, 1890-1892, Probate Court, Hancock County, Ohio, LDS microfilm #1299107, page 19, Marriage License #54, granted 26 Feb 1890, and Marriage Record of 27 Feb 1890, for Tillinghast L. Huston and Lena B. Glathart.
- [4] Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99ZR-VLM1?cc=2128172&wc=7DZ2-GT7%3A1296038501%2C1296038802 : 30 September 2014), Hamilton > Death records, 1881-1893, vol 1 > image 354 of 599; county courthouses, Ohio. Of the 50 deaths listed on the page where Harry's death is recorded, 3 (including Harry) died of typhoid fever.
- [5] 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.
- [6] Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-66TS-9W7?cc=2128172&wc=7DZ2-GRR%3A1296038501%2C1296081788 : 30 September 2014), Hamilton > Death records, 1893-1908, vol 1B-2 > image 88 of 698; county courthouses, Ohio.
- [7] Certified copy of Death Certificate for Tillinghast L'Hommedieu HUSTON, 29 Mar 1938, State File #7098, Vital Records Service, Atlanta GA. Informant was his son, Arthur Huston.
- [8] "New York, New York, U.S., Index to Death Certificates, 1862-1948," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61778/records/2519363?tid=39509398&pid=141001609995&ssrc=pt : accessed 3 June 2026), death index, Bernice H. Leonard, 23 July 1943, New York City, Queens, New York, certificate no. 5940; citing New York City Department of Records & Information Services; New York City, New York; New York City Death Certificates; Borough: Queens; Year: 1943.
- [9] "Mrs. T.L. Huston Passes Away at Sea Island Home", The Brunswick News (Brunswick, Georgia), Friday 4 November 1949, page 10:4.