I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much after I started. I doubt if I had gone to school six months in all when my father died. I was fourteen at the time.
-- Sam Houston
   
Sam Houston   Name:
Sam Houston
Type:
Politician
Nationality:
American
Birth:
March 2, 1793
Death:
July 26, 1863
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