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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 Republic ...
Margaret Lea Houston's great-great granddaughter Jean Houston Baldwin Daniel also served as First Lady of Texas 1957–1963. Frances Cox Henderson , wife of the state's first governor James Pinckney Henderson , was an outgoing supporter of women's suffrage , and a multi-linguist who had been a book translator before she met Henderson.
Temple Lea Houston (August 12, 1860 – August 15, 1905) was an American attorney and politician who served from 1885 to 1889 in the Texas State Senate. He was the last-born child of Margaret Lea Houston and Sam Houston , the first elected president of the Republic of Texas .
Margaret Lea Houston. In 1837, after becoming President of the Republic of Texas, he was able to acquire, from a district court judge, a divorce from Eliza Allen. [103] In 1839, he purchased a horse which became one of the foundation sires of the American Quarter Horse breed named Copperbottom. He owned the horse until its death in 1860. [104 ...
Margaret Lea Houston (April 11, 1819 – December 3, 1867) was First Lady of the Republic of Texas, First Lady of the state of Texas, and a founding member of Concord Baptist Church in Grand Cane. She was a poet and an accomplished musician. Her influence on husband Sam Houston persuaded him to
Sam Houston Jr. (May 25, 1843–1894) was the oldest of eight children born to Sam Houston and Margaret Lea Houston, and was the only Houston child born in the Republic of Texas, before its December 29, 1845 annexation to the United States. He was home-schooled by his mother, and later attended both Bastrop Military Institute and Baylor University.
Margaret Lea Houston was First Lady of the Republic of Texas, First Lady of the state of Texas, and a founding member of Concord Baptist Church in Grand Cane, Texas. She was a poet and an accomplished musician. Her influence on husband Sam Houston persuaded him to give up alcohol and profane
Mrs. Sam Houston House is a historic house on Farm to Market Road 390 in Independence, Texas. [2] Sometimes known as the Root house, this Greek Revival house was built probably around 1855. [ 3 ] Margaret Lea Houston , the widow of politician and Texas statesman Sam Houston , bought the house in 1864 from Major Eber Cave , a family friend.