Margaret Lea Houston

Margaret Lea Houston was the third wife of politician Sam Houston of Texas. They met in between his two nonconsecutive terms as President of the Republic of Texas, and married during his service as a representative in the Congress of the Republic of Texas. When he was elected to a second term as the Republics president, she became the First Lady of the Republic of Texas.

Margaret Moffette Lea was born April 11, 1819 into a family of devout Baptists in Perry County, Alabama. Her father Temple Lea was a church deacon and the state treasurer of the Alabama Baptist Convention, and her mother Nancy Moffette Lea was the only woman delegate at the conventions formation. Margaret was the 5th ofchildren that included older siblings Martin, Varilla, Henry Clinton and Vernal, as well as younger sister Antoinette. The Lea cotton plantation had been acquired with money from a Moffette family inheritance, and was operated by Nancy.

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