Grave site for General Patrick Houston at
the Old Episcopal Cemetery.
Credit this photo: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory,
http://floridamemory.com/items/show/61153
(please include photographer's name when noted).
Title Grave site for General Patrick Houston at the Old Episcopal Cemetery.
Image Number n048877
Year 1901
Date Note Photographed in May 1901.
Biography Note Patrick Houston (1837-1901) was a military leader, politician, and
planter who resided in Tallahassee, Florida. Born in Savannah on September 30, 1837,
his family moved to Tallahassee in 1838. He served as Captain of Kilcrease Light
Artillery during the Civil War and fought in the Battle of Natural Bridge. He raised cattle
and horses on his Lakeland Plantation. He also served in the Florida Senate, of which he
was president in 1887. He was appointed Adjutant General in 1893, and served in that
position until his death on May 6, 1901. He was buried in Old Episcopal Cemetery in
downtown Tallahassee.