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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.
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.
Eliza Allen was born January 27, 1826, to one of the most prominent families in Maine [4] 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 ...
Although separated from Eliza Allen, Houston was still legally married to her, but the Cherokee were not concerned about that. [49] Diana was the daughter of Chief John "Hellfire" Rogers (1740–1833), a Scots-Irish trader, and Jennie Due (1764–1806), Jolly's sister. [ 58 ]
Eliza Allen (1826–1851) was an American writer from Maine. Eliza Allen may also refer to: Eliza Allen (1809–1861), First Lady of Tennessee and the first wife of Sam Houston. Eliza Allen (c. 1840–c. 1910), African American activist, clubwoman, and banker
Hannah Estey Burnet's husband David G. Burnet was ad interim Republic president before Sam Houston became the official first president. During Houston's first term, he was in the process of obtaining a divorce from Eliza Allen, his estranged wife in Tennessee. [1] Houston's 1838-41 successor Mirabeau B. Lamar was a widower during his term in ...
Acquaintances in Texas were well versed with his personal history and aware that he only recently obtained a divorce from his first wife, Eliza Allen of Gatlin, TN. The original divorce paperwork, in 1829, was lost and not filed; Houston was unaware until 1837 so he filed the paperwork immediately to finalize his divorce.
Betsy Love Allen (died 1837), Chickasaw plantation owner who influenced the first Married Women's Property Act in the United States; Eliza Allen Houston (1809–1861), first wife of Tennessee governor Sam Houston; Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, American film and television director; Eliza Allen Starr (1824–1901), American artist known for her ...