Samuel Houston Research Paper
Anahuac Middle School
The Life of Samuel Houston
Christina Roberson
Rasbeary~7th
Christina Roberson
Anahuac Middle School
The life of Samuel Houston
Rasbeary~7th
Samuel Houston was born March 2 1793, in Rockbridge county, Virginia,he was the fifth of nine children. When Samuel was 14 years old his father died and his mother moved her 9 children to the frontier village of Maryville, Tennessee. After he worked in the Maryville general store Samuel joined the army at the age of 20. He attracted the admiring attention of commanding general Andrew Jackson,and established a distinguished record in the War of 1812. In 1818, Houston decided to abandon the military for the law. He completed a 18 month law course within 6 months. The following year he a district attorney in Nashville, where he could make important political connections. About 5 years later he ran for congress and won. Houston was the only American elected governor of two different states.The people in tennessee reelected him for a second term and twice made him their governor. Houston's personal life suffered while his political life was soaring. In 1829 his wife abandoned him,despondent he resigned from governorship, and moved to Arkansas to live with the cherokee indians. …show more content…
Sam Houston died.Margaret gently removed a ring from the pinkie on her husband’s left hand. His mother,Elizabeth Paxton Houston, had given her son the ring when he had joined the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Sam’s father had been an officer during the Revolutionary War, and the prospects of soldiering had also seemed better to Sam than teaching school in Maryville, Tenn. But in March 1813 Houston had been only 20 years old and required his mother’s consent—his father having died in 1806—to enlist. She had granted her permission, slipped the ring onto his finger and, if family lore is true, even gave him a musket. It was fitting Houston wore that ring until his death. The thin gold band had defined his
The Life of Samuel Houston
Christina Roberson
Rasbeary~7th
Christina Roberson
Anahuac Middle School
The life of Samuel Houston
Rasbeary~7th
Samuel Houston was born March 2 1793, in Rockbridge county, Virginia,he was the fifth of nine children. When Samuel was 14 years old his father died and his mother moved her 9 children to the frontier village of Maryville, Tennessee. After he worked in the Maryville general store Samuel joined the army at the age of 20. He attracted the admiring attention of commanding general Andrew Jackson,and established a distinguished record in the War of 1812. In 1818, Houston decided to abandon the military for the law. He completed a 18 month law course within 6 months. The following year he a district attorney in Nashville, where he could make important political connections. About 5 years later he ran for congress and won. Houston was the only American elected governor of two different states.The people in tennessee reelected him for a second term and twice made him their governor. Houston's personal life suffered while his political life was soaring. In 1829 his wife abandoned him,despondent he resigned from governorship, and moved to Arkansas to live with the cherokee indians. …show more content…
Sam Houston died.Margaret gently removed a ring from the pinkie on her husband’s left hand. His mother,Elizabeth Paxton Houston, had given her son the ring when he had joined the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Sam’s father had been an officer during the Revolutionary War, and the prospects of soldiering had also seemed better to Sam than teaching school in Maryville, Tenn. But in March 1813 Houston had been only 20 years old and required his mother’s consent—his father having died in 1806—to enlist. She had granted her permission, slipped the ring onto his finger and, if family lore is true, even gave him a musket. It was fitting Houston wore that ring until his death. The thin gold band had defined his