Charlotte allen biography

Wife of a co-founder of Houston, Texas

Charlotte Baldwin Allen (July 14, 1805 – August 3, 1895) is known in Texan history as the "mother of Houston".^[1] She was the wife of Augustus Chapman Allen, who used her inheritance to finance the founding of this city.

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Early life

Charlotte (Mary) Baldwin Allen was born July 14, 1805, in Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, New York, to Eliza and Jonas Cutler Baldwin. She married Augustus Chapman Allen on May 3, 1831. In 1832, her husband and his brother John Kirby Allen left New York state for Texas, settling temporarily in San Augustine, Texas (Mexico).

Charlotte Allen probably rejoined her husband in Texas in 1834. She established a residence in Nacogdoches, Texas (Mexico).^[1][2][3]

Founding of Houston

When John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen bought land for the town site of Houston, they had been investing some of Charlotte Allen's inheritance