Houston family
Margaret Moffette Lea Houston (1819-1867) grew up in and met her future husband Gen. Sam Houston in Marion, Alabama.
They were originally introduced at a party hosted by her sister, Antoinette Bledsoe, and following a year of courtship, were married and moved to Texas. Margaret had a strong effect on her husband, convincing him to declare total abstinence from alcohol (a pledge he kept to with some difficulty) and to be baptized by the Baptist Church.
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