Houston, Sam b. March 2, 1793 d. July 26, 1863 Texas Republic Army General, Texas Republic President, Tennessee Governor, Texas Governor. He is best remembered as the General who defeated the Mexicans to win Texas independence. Born in Virginia in 1793, his family moved to Tennessee when he was 13 years old and lived in a frontier settlement, where Houston worked as a clerk in a trader's store. When he was 15, he ran away from home and lived with the Cherokee Indians in eastern Tennessee, where the Indians adopted him and taught him much...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA
b. March 2, 1793 d. July 26, 1863