Biographical Details
William was born in South Boston to John William Houghton and Carrie Maude Grant of Nova Scotia. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 14 during at evangelistic meeting in Lynn, Massachusetts. In June 1914, Houghton married Adelaide Franks and they had two children: Adelaide Maude and Everett Arthur. Mrs. Houghton died two years later, and Houghton remarried in December 1918 to Elizabeth Andrews. On 8 December 1919, they had a son: Firman Andrews. Houghton himself died of a heart attack in 1947 while still president of MBI.
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