Sam houston and anna raguet nacogdoches

          On this day in , Anna W. Raguet, who was courted by Sam Houston, married Robert A. Irion instead....

          Sam Houston's First Home in Texas

          Nacogdoches in Nacogdoches County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

           

           

           

          Photographed by Brian Anderson, April 10, 2021

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          Houston, a frequent visitor with the Raguet family, became infatuated with Anna, the eldest daughter of Marcia and Henry Raguet.

          Sam Houston's First Home in Texas Marker

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          Sam Houston's First Home in Texas. . Sam Houston made his first home in Texas in the historic town of Nacogdoches.

          Anna W. Raguet Irion, who was courted by Sam Houston and married Robert A. Irion, the eldest of eight children of Marcia (Mercy) Ann (Towers) and Henry Raguet.

        1. “Houston had been engaged to be married twice some years before he was elected Governor of Tennessee and each of the women had broken it off.
        2. On this day in , Anna W. Raguet, who was courted by Sam Houston, married Robert A. Irion instead.
        3. 12, , Sam Houston wrote a letter to his Fourteen year old Anna Raguet had settled recently in Nacogdoches with her father Henry.
        4. The Irions honored the odd man out by naming their first son Sam Houston.

          5. A former Tennessee governor and U.S. congressman, Houston left Washington, D.C. for Texas in December of 1832. The presence of Tennesseeans and fellow masons Adolphus Sterne and Henry Raguet made Nacogdoches an agreeable place to settle., Houston boarded with the Sternes and soon set up a law practice.

          The Sternes sponsored his baptism into the Catholic Church, enabling him to own property under Mexican law. Houston's arrival in Nacogdoches came very soon after settlers of Anahuac, Velasco and Nacogdoches had driven out their Mexican garrisons in the first actions of the Texas Revolution, and he