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Texas Towns. A - Z. Texas | Features | People. TEMPLE LEA HOUSTON: SON OF SAM. Even with his father's fame; he made a hefty name for himself. by John Troesser. A lthough he was the first child born in the Governor's Mansion, Temple found out (upon reaching adulthood) that fact and a two-cent piece would buy him a cup of coffee.
Date of Death: August 18, 1905. Place of Birth: Governor’s mansion in Austin, Texas. Married Laura Cross in 1882. Four children. Descendants. Temple Lea Houston, the last son of the illustrious Texan Sam Houston, carved his own niche in the annals of the American West.
Temple Lea Houston, the youngest child of Texas governor Sam Houston, was born in 1860, when the latter was sixty-seven. His father died three years later, and yellow fever took his mother when he was seven.
Apr 8, 2021 · Temple Lea Houston – TEXAS HISTORY NOTEBOOK. Temple Lea Houston was born August 12, 1860 to Sam and Margaret Lea Houston. He was the youngest son of the couple and was the first child born in the Governor’s Mansion in what is now downtown Austin.
Meet Temple Lea Houston, youngest son of Texas hero Sam Houston and one of Texas’s first great trial lawyers. He was known for his quick mind, a silver tong...
Sep 18, 2015 · The photo, taken in the early 1880s, is that of Temple Lea Houston, son of Sam Houston, whose life in the shadow of his famous father was remarkable in and of itself.
Temple Lea Houston was an American attorney and politician who served from 1885 to 1889 in the Texas State Senate. He was the last-born child of Margaret Lea Houston and Sam Houston, the first elected president of the Republic of Texas.
