Ancestry of
Sam Houston
1st President of the Republic of Texas
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- 1st Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 1
- Father:
- Samuel Houston
- Mother:
- Elizabeth "Betsy" Paxton
- Birth Date:
- 2 Mar 1793
- Birth Location:
- Timber Ridge, Rockbridge, Virginia
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 26 Jul 1863
- Death Location:
- Huntsville, Walker, Texas
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker, Texas
- Notes:
1st and 3rd President of Texas
7th Governor of Tennessee, 7th Governor of Texas, and U.S. Senator from Texas
Samuel "Sam" Houston
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Marriages for Samuel "Sam" Houston
- Spouse:
- Eliza A. Allen
- Marriage Date:
- ABT 1829
- Spouse:
- Margaret Moffette Lea
- Marriage Date:
- 9 May 1840
- Marriage Location:
- Marion, Perry, Alabama
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Sources for Samuel "Sam" Houston
- 1 Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A057771.
- 2 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/26/2015).
- 3 Armstrong, Zella, comp., Notable Southern Families: Volume 2, Chattanooga, Tennessee: The Lookout Publishing Company (1922), 181-184.
- 4 Dorman, John Frederick, ed., The Virginia Genealogist, 1972, Vol. 16, p. 48.
- 5 Paxton, William McClung, The Marshall Family: Or A Genealogical Chart of the Descendants of John Marshall and Elizabeth Markham . . ., Cincinnati: Robert Clarke and Co. (1885), 158.
- 6 Paxton, William McClung, The Paxtons: Their Origin in Scotland and Their Migrations Through England and Ireland, to the Colony of . . ., Platte City, Missouri: Landmark Print (1903), 124-125.
- 7 Wikipedia, "Sam Houston", (accessed 05/26/2015).