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2. Thomas Lopton Campbell Jr. - Wikipedia

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   1839-1861. Unit. volunteer army. Battles/wars. Black Hawk War Mexican-American War East Texas Indian War. Thomas Lopton Campbell Jr. (December 27, 1809 – September 22, 1893) was a nineteenth-century American pioneer and Texas Ranger. Campbell pioneered the American frontier in New York, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

3. History of Houston - Wikipedia

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   History of Texas. The city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas was founded in 1837 after Augustus and John Allen had acquired land to establish a new town at the junction of Buffalo and White Oak bayous in 1836. Houston served as the temporary capital of the Republic of Texas. Meanwhile, the town developed as a regional transportation and ...

4. Sam Houston - Wikipedia

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   Sam Houston. Samuel Houston (/ ˈhjuːstən / ⓘ, HEW-stən; March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution. He served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas and was one of the first two individuals to represent Texas in the United States Senate.

5. Margaret Lea Houston - Wikipedia

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   Margaret Lea Houston (April 11, 1819 – December 3, 1867) was First Lady of the Republic of Texas during her husband Sam Houston 's second term as President of the Republic of Texas. They met following the first of his two non-consecutive terms as the Republic's president, and married when he was a representative in the Congress of the ...

6. List of counties in Texas - Wikipedia

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   List of counties in Texas. The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [ 1 ] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.

7. Same-sex marriage in Texas - Wikipedia

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   According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, approximately 2,500 same-sex couples had married in Texas by September 2015, [ 68 ] accounting for about 6% of all marriages performed in the state in that time. Most marriage licenses were issued in Harris, Travis, and Tarrant counties.