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Eliza Allen Houston Douglass (December 2, 1809 – March 3, 1861) was the first wife of Sam Houston. Their marriage, over after just eleven weeks, ended Houston's career as governor of Tennessee. Houston resigned and went to the home of his foster father John Jolly, a leader of the Cherokee people.
In 1829, after divorcing his first wife, Houston resigned from office, and moved to the Arkansas Territory. Houston settled in Texas in 1832. After the Battle of Gonzales , he helped organize Texas's provisional government and was selected as the top-ranking official in the Texian Army .
- 1813–1818 (U.S. Army), 1835–1836 (Texan Army)
- Edward Clark
Samuel Houston, a major in the American Revolutionary War, and his wife Elizabeth Paxton Houston, were the proud parents of nine children, their fifth son being Sam Houston, born on March 2, 1793.
23 de jun. de 2016 · Sam Houston and Margaret Moffette Lea were married the following year on May 9, 1840. This was Sam’s third marriage. The first ended in divorce and the second ended amicably in Indian Territory. However, this marriage was different. He and his new wife seemed to be destined to be together.
- Shannon Salas
She was the third wife of Sam Houston and remained with him until his death, bearing eight children during their marriage. Margaret was part of a close-knit family from Alabama, and many of her family members moved to Texas following her marriage to Sam Houston.
12 de sept. de 2018 · On April 11, 1829, Sam Houston and his bride of eleven weeks, Eliza Allen, abruptly ended their marriage. Neither would speak publicly of the cause for the rest of their lives. Eliza returned to her parents’ home in Sumner County.
9 de nov. de 2009 · In 1830, he married a Cherokee woman, Tiana Rogers, and they opened a trading post together. He also began traveling to Washington, D.C. as a member of the Cherokee delegation to the U.S....
