Houston family collection, 1836-1987.

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Houston family collection, 1836-1987.

1836-1987

Letters, transcripts, poetry, and clippings on or by several members of the family of Sam Houston. Included are letters written and received by Sam Houston, including several personal letters to his wife Margaret, written during his service in the U.S. Senate. Other items, including letters, poems and biographical material, are associated with Margaret Lea Houston, Nancy Houston Morrow, Margaret Houston Williams, and Nettie Houston Bringhurst. Two letters from Elisabet Ney discuss her work on a statue of Sam Houston. Collected biographical and genealogical information concerns the Lea, Moffett and Power families.

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Lea family.

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Morrow, Nancy Elizabeth Houston, 1846-1920.

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Power family.

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Houston family.

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Moffett family.

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Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

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Texas politician, soldier, and frontier hero. He was the first president of the Republic of Texas and served as a United States Senator for that state. From the description of Letter, ca. 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699442 From the description of Letter, 1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435304 Sam Houston's colorful public life began with his heroic action during the war of 1812. He served as congressman and governor of Tennessee, spent years amon...

Williams, Margaret Lea Houston, 1848-1906

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Bringhurst, Antoinette Power Houston, 1852-1932

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Daughter of Sam and Margaret Lea Houston; married William Lorraine Bringhurst (1844-1913) in 1877. From the description of Antoinette Power Houston Bringhurst papers, 1906-1932. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 70950007 The daughter of Sam Houston, Antoinette Houston Bringhurst was active in a number of organizations. From the description of Antoinette Power Houston Bringhurst papers, 1906-1932. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas...

United States. Congress. Senate

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Lea family.

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Houston family.

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Moffett family.

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Power family.

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Morrow, Nancy Houston, 1846-1920

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Roberts, Madge Thornall, 1929-....

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San Antonio, Texas resident and direct descendant of Sam Houston. From the description of Houston family collection, 1836-1987. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 310364916 Author, of San Antonio, Tex. From the description of Houston family collection, 1836-1987. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 70964927 ...

Lee family.

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Houston, Margaret Lea, 1819-1867

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Margaret Lea Houston was Sam Houston's third wife. From the description of Letter : Huntsville, Tex. to Sam Houston, Washington D.C. 1848 March 16. (Southwestern University). WorldCat record id: 58796459 ...

Ney, Elisabet, 1833-1907

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From the Handbook of Texas Online : Franzisca Bernadina Wilhelmina Elisabeth Ney, one of the first professional sculptors in Texas, was born in Münster, Westphalia, on 1833 January 26 to Johann Adam and Anna Elizabeth (Wernze) Ney, a Catholic stonecarver and his wife. Ney enrolled at the Munich Academy of Art in 1852 and, after her graduation two years later, moved to Berlin, where she studied with Christian Daniel Rauch, one of the foremost sculptors in Europe in the mi...

Powers family.

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