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Sam Houston

Ancestry of
Sam Houston

1st President of the Republic of Texas

    Samuel "Sam" Houston

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    • 1st Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 1 
    • Birth Date:
    • 2 Mar 1793 
    • Birth Location:
    • Timber Ridge, Rockbridge, Virginia 
    • Christening Date:
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    • Christening Location:
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    • Death Date:
    • 26 Jul 1863 
    • Death Location:
    • Huntsville, Walker, Texas 
    • Burial Date:
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    • 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

  • 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

    • 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.