HOUSTON, Campbell /ross, Rev (1874-1959)
Assembly memorial minute, 1959
One of a family which has given outstanding service to our Victorian Church, the Rev. Campbell Ross Houston was born in Glasgow on May 25th, 1874. His father, the Rev. A S. Houston, was an honoured member of this Assembly, and his brother, the Rev. A.S. Houston, held the moderatorial office in 1948. Another brother was the late Rev. Robert J. Houston.
Campbell Houston worked for years as a Home Missionary, at various centres, and was a student at the Ormond College Theological Hall from 1904 to 1906. He was ordained at Murtoa for work at Rainbow in 1907, and served at Yackandandah (1908), Edenhope (1914), Beeac (1926), and Tottenham (1940). Ch resigning from Tottenham he served with great acceptance on the supply list, being a very popular supply preacher. He died on June 12th, 1959.
His widow is a daughter of the late Rev. James Cameron, and he also left two daughters, Mrs. F. Werrin and Mrs. W D. Stevens, both of Melbourne.
To Mrs. Houston and her daughters the Assembly tenders sincere sympathy.
Gender
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