How are Stephen F Austin the Alamo Sam Houston related?

Answer 1

Austin, Stephen F Austin(uller) (1793-1836), early American leader of Texas. Born in Wythe County, Virginia, Austin grew up in the Missouri Territory and was a member (1814-1819) of the territorial legislature. In 1822 he founded a settlement of migrant Americans on a tract of land purchased by his father between the Brazos and Colorado rivers in Texas (then part of Mexico). In 1833 a convention of Texas colonists delegated Austin to persuade Mexican authorities to grant them self-government. Unable to obtain prompt action from the Mexicans, he wrote to the Texans from Mexico City, advising them to set up their own government without waiting for official approval. For this act he was imprisoned by the Mexicans until 1835, when he returned to Texas and assumed command of the settlers' army. In the same year, he headed a Texas delegation to the United States government in Washington, D.C., where he succeeded in obtaining financial and military support for the republic of Texas. In 1836 he ran for the presidency of Texas but was defeated by Sam Houston(1793-1863), American statesman and military commander, who led the fight for Texan independence from Mexico and later its admission into the United States. Stephen F Austin thereafter served as secretary of state in Houston's Cabinet until his death.