The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-24

#57 Supporters-on either side a grey
he1nd pr eo tDa cr agd 'aa n fme
81 HOUSTON FAMILY
We take IN to-day one Of the most re-
N.nowned families Of tho past, who N the
4 early days of the country thrilled the
i land with their bold and daring exploits
i in the West.
Sir William Houston, from whom me
y family descended in England, was q
general IN the English army G.. G.. 3. and
G. a. n, colonel OF Twentieth regiment;
born 10th August. 1766; was created baro-
not 1896 He married in 1SS Lady Jane
Maitland. daughter Of James. late Earl
e OF Lauderdale, ind relic of Samuel Long,
4 ESQ, by whom (who died at Gibraltar,
Z 1881 had George, Augustus, FREDERICK
\ present baron, William born lsll cap-l
tain Of Tenth Hussars married Matilda' !
daughter OF f. Jesse, Esq, and had issue
Sir George. of Blackadder county, Bruins
wick, colonel in the army born 1909 sue
\ ceeded as Cd BIT. On the decease Of his
father, In 1912, he married In l847; with
the additional surname Of Boswell, or
Blsckadder by this marriage he had
first, George, born 1877; second, another
son, born 1s4a; third, another son, born
1859. Sir George Houston, was heir and
representative of the ancient family OF
Houston of Cotriock, heritable balies
and judiclaries of the baronS Of Busbie,
in the shire of Wigtoun, and the Calder
* hall. in the county or Midlothian, Eng
land,
The arms for the house OF Houston are
described as follows: Arms, or, chevron,
Z chequy, sa and arg between three
rnartlets Of the second. Chest--a sand
glass. winged. ppr. Supporters-U3or
by the right of their being the ancient of
hereditary barons Of ScotlandD, on either
side a greyhound, ppr, collnrd and
chained. or Motto-Over the crest. IN
Time Observation-Disclosures House, CHM
side. Berwickshire, England.
In connection with the house of Bos-
we'll, Of Blackadder, we find that Sir
George Augustus Houston. ed BIT, after
death of his father in 1912, married In
ls47 Euphemia Boswell, of Tlackadder;
he assumed in consequence, the addi-
#tional name OF Blackadder. adding to his
X coat-of-nrms the supporters of grey
hounds, Ms found in the Boswell arms
Eunhemia Boswell was daughter of 81,
.,lJames Boswell, the celebrated author
friend and biographer OF DR.. samue
Johnson He was porn at Edinburs 174O
and became acquainted with DIR. John
son In 174S. In 1850 he published the life
of Johnson, which became very popular
y His son, Alexander, who succeeded him,
fell in a duel in 1892. on a political dis
pute
It's not known accurately who was the
emigrant OF the family to Virginia, but
1t is believed to have been the father or
grandfather Of Sam Houston, the most
renowned member Of the family The
emgrant was OF Scotch-Trlsh descent,
from the ancient house of Houston. Of
Middlesex county. England as has al
ready been shown. He settled In Rock
bridge county. about six miles from Lex
ington. Va. where his son. sam Hous-
ton, was horn in 1898. AT first young
Houston studied for the ministry and
taught school near the Natural Bridge,
which was called "Houston's Grammar
+ School," After the death of his father,
about 1890. his mother and children
moved to Tennessee. In 1913 Sam entered
the army under General Jackson in the
war with the Indians, whore he distin-
guished himself and. rose to lieutenant
He then studied. aw. ard in 1923 was
elected to Congress, where he was until
1897. when he became Governor Of Ten
nessee. In 1879 he resigned the office
and went to Arkansas he there sue
ceeded General Austin, founder Of tho
colony of Texas. and was made COM
mander-in- chief Of tho militia there. AZ
ter the battle of San Jacinto In 1885
and the signing of a treaty with Mexico,
acknowledging the independence of
Texas. he was made the same year the
= 'i'ht piesiSell VI iHt young TSpuDliC. III
ls41 he was again made its president.
and by his efforts, in 1916. Texas was
annexed 10 the United States. and Ger
eral Houston WAS sent to represent It In
the Senate of the United States where
he remained until 1852 when he was made
Governor of Texas. Thus, as he ex-
pressed 1t, he had risen from a sergeant
up to president of n republic. and down
10 United States senator. He was all,
ways called Sam, not Samuel, though
the latter was his Christian name. He
died at Huntsville, Texas In 1863 We
regret we cannot give name of his wife
and children; can any one do so? One
OF his descendants was George Houston,
who was born in Tennessee; became
congressman and Governor Of Alabama,
where he died In 1879 one OF the Vr-
glnla descendants is the present r. ii.
houston. Esq proprietor of the Hamp-
Ton Monitor and other periodicals. Many
OF the descendants of General Sam
Houston are scattered throughout the
"est, list of whom We VIII endeavor
10 give hereafter. large number OF
ltoustons early settled IN the colony of
Georgia before II became a State. but
tney were Of different family, spelling
lhelF name Houstoun Instead Of Iiolls-
ION; but they became quite prominent,
one OF whom was Governor OF the State.