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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.
Sep 12, 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. Sam fled to Arkansas territory to.
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.
In January 1829 Sam Houston, then Governor of Tennessee, married 19-year-old Eliza Allen. The marriage lasted 11 weeks. Neither Houston nor Eliza ever gave a reason for their separation, but Eliza refused to sanction divorce.
Sam Houston and Eliza Allen: The Marriage and the Mystery ELIZABETH CROOK* AM HOUSTON NURTURED HIS SECRETS. BENEATH HIS BYRONIC POS-turing, drunken rantings, and fiery pronouncements was an as-tonishing capacity for covert schemes and private ponderings. Washington Irving, who met him in 1832, described him as "given to
Apr 27, 2010 · Former Tennessee Gov. Samuel Houston left office in 1829 after his bride of 11 weeks, Eliza Allen of Gallatin, left him. Houston’s and Allen’s marriage was widely considered a political...
Apr 2, 2014 · Houston was a known drinker, and following the marriage to his first wife, Eliza Allen, rumors circulated about his alcoholism and apparent infidelity.
