Eliza H Allen

1809 - 1862  (52 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 2 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Eliza H Allen
  Birth	2 Dec 1809	Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 Mar 1862	Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States
  Initiatory (LDS)	5 Nov 1942	ARIZO
  FamilySearch ID	LHT3-73X
  Burial	Gallatin City Cemetery, Sumner, Tennessee, United States
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  Person ID	I95408	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	John Allen,   b. 24 Feb 1776, Pennsylvania, United States d. 19 Mar 1833, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Laetitia Sanders,   b. 27 Feb 1792, Caswell, North Carolina, United States d. 29 Nov 1832, Sumner, Tennessee, United States (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1800	Sumner, Tennessee, United States
  Family ID	F30789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Samuel Rutherford "Sam" Houston,   b. 2 Mar 1793, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States d. 26 Jul 1863, Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	22 Jan 1827	Allen Plantation, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Divorced	1837
  Family ID	F30783	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 May 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Dr Elmore Douglass,   b. 4 Mar 1798, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States d. 5 Sep 1862, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	8 Nov 1840	Sumner, Tennessee, United States
  Children	1. Martha Allen Douglass,   b. Abt 1841, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States d. 1866, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States (Age 25 years)   2. Harriet Louisa Douglass,   b. 2 Sep 1843, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States d. 26 Sep 1853, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States (Age 10 years)   3. William Howard Douglass,   b. 29 Jun 1848, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States d. 25 Feb 1849, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States (Age 0 years)   4. Susan Miller Douglass,   b. 28 Nov 1853, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States d. Bef 22 Jan 1879, Sumner, Tennessee, United States (Age < 25 years)
  Family ID	F30788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Dec 1809 - Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States Marriage - 22 Jan 1827 - Allen Plantation, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States Marriage - 8 Nov 1840 - Sumner, Tennessee, United States Death - 3 Mar 1862 - Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 5 Nov 1942 - ARIZO Burial - - Gallatin City Cemetery, Sumner, Tennessee, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Eliza and Sam Houston were only married for about six weeks before she l e ft him to return home. Niether of them would talk about the reason fo r t heir divorce. It was just a few days later that he resigned as Gover no r of TN and moved west. Eliza later married Dr. Elmore Douglass of Ga lla tin, TN. There are two reasons mentioned as probable reasons for the ir d ivorce. Sam is supposed to have had a wound which was not healed, a nd fe stered. Looking at it apparently made Eliza ill. Another reason g iven i s that Sam was insanely jealous and left Eliza locked up in thei r hotel r oom when he left. Several years after their divorce, noted cit izens of G allatin met to form a committee to ascertain Eliza's "Virtue" . After obt aining facts in the case, they determined that her virtue re mained intac t and she would be an acceptable wife.