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Eliza (née Allen) Houston Douglass [a] (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. Allen returned to her family in ...
Sep 12, 2018 · Perhaps to overcome his reputation, perhaps for love, he courted young Eliza Allen, from a wealthy and politically connected Middle Tennessee family, whose father was Jackson’s old friend. Sam had known Eliza since she was about 13, when he first served in the U.S. Congress with her uncle Robert Allen.
Eliza H. Allen was born in Gallatin, Tennessee, the first of ten chil-dren on December 2, 1809, to Col. John and Laetitia Saunders Allen. Legend portrays her as a beauty, delicate and blond, but a friend and relative described her differently: "[H]er face . .. was of sweet, gentle, and winning expression. She was not pretty, but dignified ...
In his personal life, Houston was first married to Eliza Allen while Governor of Tennessee, a union which quickly ended in scandal and eventual divorce. Prior to his divorce in 1837, he lived for several years with a young Cherokee widow named Tiana Rogers.
Eliza Allen, Sam Houston's first wife, was born to Laetitia and Colonel John Allen, a wealthy Sumner county couple who believed that Houston was an acceptable match for their daughter. After Houston and Eliza's eleven-week marriage soured in 1829, Eliza went into seclusion and Houston left Nashville to live with the Cherokees in Arkansas.
May 25, 2024 · About Elizabeth Ann Douglass. Eliza (Elizabeth) H. ALLEN, on 22 January 1829, in Gallatin, Tennessee, was married to Samuel Rutherford HOUSTON (2 March 1793, Timber Ridge, Maryville, Rockbridge County, Virginia - 26 July 1863, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, Confederate States of America). Sam HOUSTON, at the time of this marriage, was the ...
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Jun 27, 2020 · Biography. Eliza Allen b. 1809 d. 1861 m. 22 Jan 1829, Gov. of TN and future Gov. of Texas, Sam Houston, soon after the marriage they separated. Eliza made a public statement that Sam was emasculated during the Creek War of 1814. Subsequent to their separation and her statement, Sam resigned as governor in April 1829.
