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Born on December 2, 1809, near Gallatin, Tennessee, Eliza H. Allen, was the daughter of Laeticia Saunders and John Allen, a wealthy plantation owner of Allendale. His plantation was located along the Cumberland River near Gallatin in Sumner County, Tennessee.
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.
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
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...
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.
In January 1829, Houston married Eliza Allen, the daughter of wealthy plantation owner John Allen of Gallatin, Tennessee. The marriage quickly fell apart, possibly because Eliza loved another man. In April 1829, following the collapse of his marriage, Houston resigned as governor of Tennessee.
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.
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