HOUGHTON, HENRY ARVIN – Biographies – History of Homeopathy

OUGHTON, HENRY ARVIN, M. D., of Keeseville, Clinton county, N. Y., was born on Christmas day, the 25th
of December, 1826, at Lyndon, Vt. He is the second son of Paul Houghton, Esq., of Lyndon, and received his education at the Lyndon Academy. So great was
his desire for knowledge that he undertook to defray his own scholastic expenses by working during a portion of each year in the well-known scale
manufactory of Messrs. E. & T. Fairbanks, of St. Johnsburg, Vt., where he doubtless imbibed that interest in manufacturing pursuits which
characterized him in after life.

     He commenced his medical studies under Dr. Darling, of Lyndon -the second convert in the State to the
doctrines of homœopathy. He afterwards attended a course of lectures at an allopathic college in Woodstock, Vt., finally finishing his course of study
at Philadelphia, Pa., where he graduated in March, 1852.

     He now began practicing homœopathy, in partnership with his old preceptor, in his native town ;
his success being so satisfactory that he felt justified in assuming the responsibilities of a family. He found a congenial companion in Miss Sarah D.
Page, of St. Johnsburg, and was united in marriage to her about this time.

     After practicing four years in Lyndon, he removed, by urgent invitation, to Keeseville, a picturesque
and thriving village on the Au Sable river, where he has resided for seventeen years, constantly occupied with an extensive practice and numerous
consultations, at the same time, however, finding leisure to interest himself deeply in the schools and various manufacturing industries of the district
in which he resides.

     He was last year President of the New York. State Homœopathic Society, and a very enthusiast in his
profession, taking great delight in training the younger aspirants for medical honors, of whom he has already launched on the sea of life twenty, who
are now successful physicians.

     The character of Dr. Houghton is a happy mixture of the stern unyielding nature of the Green Mountain
State and that generous sympathetic spirit which renders its possessor happy by the reflected happiness of others. Living in the Adirondack region, he
is passionately fond of nature, and a ride through some of the mountain passes is a high day and festival for him ; the healthy bracing air
invigorating his frame and the glorious mountain scenery imparting strength and calmness to his mind. Such men never grow old.

Source : Cleave’s Biographical Cyclopædia of Homœopathic Physicians and Surgeons By
Egbert Cleave