* Jonathan spent most of his Civil War service in Missouri, chasing notorious "bushwhackers" such as "Bloody Bill" Anderson, the Quantrell Gang, the James and Younger brothers, and fighting Confederate General Sterling Price's forces. He was mustered out of the Army at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on November 23, 1865. He had been paid $220.00 of his enlistment bounty, and was still owed $80.00. Upon discharge he was charged 30 cents for a saber knot, 37 cents for a screw driver, and 48 cents for a thong and a brush which he had lost. 

* On February 8, 1892, at age 47, Jonathan applied for a veteran's Invalid Pension, stating he was unable to work due to sun stroke and rheumatism.  The accompanying doctor's affidavit (Dr. Brookings of Woodward, Iowa) stated he had "a weak circulation attributable to a dilated heart, with it accompanying Symphous Palpitations, chilliness, wheezing, uneasiness & pain in Cardiac region, Rheumatism, & swollen ankles at times. From Catarrah of Pharynx and Post Nasal of a Chronic Type, causing much Debility. He is also a sufferer from Piles, internal sissitu and a frequent sufferer from digestive derangements usually termed billous attacts, and in my opinion he is disabled from performing Manual Laborer 12/18 of that of an able bodied man." Jonathan was granted pension 1090965.  Following Jonathan's death, his widow, Rebecca, applied for a Widow's Pension on May 25, 1908, at age 54. After a great deal of correspondence with the Pension Bureau regarding confusion over the name "John Houghton" as it appeared on Jonathan and Rebecca's marriage license, and the Veteral "Jonathan Houghton", Rebecca's application was approved and she was granted a Widow's Pension of $30.00 per month until her death on December 16, 1922.

* To further fill in Jonathan's family history, He farmed near Kingston Illinois (Illinois tax records 1876) ,this may have been his fathers farm , but in approximately 1881, Jonathan moved to a farm one mile north of Perry, in Dallas County, Iowa. In 1883, he moved to a farm one mile south of Woodward, also in Dallas County, Iowa, where he lived for a number of years before moving to a new house in the town of Woodward. This new house, still standing at 508 Walnut Avenue in Woodward, was built for Jonathan and Rebecca by Rebecca's brother- in- law, Cyrus "Doc " Lance.  

* Jonathan's daughter, Jessie, and son- in- law, August Louis Henry "Gus" Krasche, continued to live on what had to become known as the "Houghton Farm" south of Woodward. Gus and his wife built a new house on the property, but lost the house when a Woodward merchant purchased the Krasche's loan and foreclosed during the Depression. Unable to pay the remaining $300, they lost the farm but continued to live there as renters until Jessie's death and Gus' subsequent death in 1955. Gus' daughter , Mildred, then lived on the farm for several more years until she ,too, moved into Woodward. The Houghton/Krasche farm house and outbuildings were raised in 1995 to make way for a highway interchange for Iowa highway 210 upon the four- lane construction of Iowa highway 141.

* Military service: November 08, 1863, Enlisted at in Co C, 17 IL Vol. Cav.. Discharged Nov 23 1865, Ft Leavenworth KS.