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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 · Eliza’s mother Laetitia Saunders Allen died in childbirth in November 1832 and her father John died in an accident the next April. Orphaned and the family estate sold, Eliza moved to Gallatin with her young siblings, where Mrs. E.L. Crockett claimed Eliza was “deeply respected by all” but “had only a few intimate friends.”
Sam Houston married Eliza Allen in 1829, when he was a rising star in Tennessee politics. At the time, he had served in the U.S. House of Representatives and was then the Governor of Tennessee. However, only 11 weeks after the marriage, Eliza left Houston under circumstances that were never publicly explained. What is known is that Houston ...
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 ...
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.
Eliza Allen was born January 27, 1826, to one of the most prominent families in Maine and enjoyed a comfortable early life on the family's estate. Eliza was well-educated and enjoyed reading. A Canadian family named Billings moved into the area and the family's father and his oldest son, William, worked as day laborers to support their large ...
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May 25, 2024 · Eliza Allen, Houston’s new wife, was believed to be a prim and proper Southern Belle from a well established and wealthy family of Tennessee’s landed aristocracy. Just 20 years old when they married, she was 16 years younger than Houston, but was very poised and intelligent, and she had much more formal education than her new husband.
