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Eliza (née Allen) Houston Douglass (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.
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...
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.
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.
Born to Colonel John and Laetitia Allen, in Gallatin, Tennessee, Eliza Allen (ca. 1810-1861) married Governor Sam Houston on January 22, 1829. The couple settled in Nashville while Houston prepared for his gubernatorial reelection campaign.
May 25, 2024 · Eliza (Elizabeth) H. ALLEN, on 22 January 1829, in Gallatin, Tennessee, was married to Samuel Rutherford HOUSTON (2 March 1793, Timber Ridge, Maryville, Rockbridge County, Virginia - 26 July 1863, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, Confederate States of America).
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