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Houston founded Galilee Community School—Texas' first 1-12th grade school academy for African-Americans—on land donated by the Melinda and Sanford Williams family. The Galilee Community School later grew and morphed into the Samuel W. Houston Industrial and Training Institute in
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November 19, 1945, Samuel W. Houston died at the age of 81 and was buried in
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Harville wed. They raised three children: Samuel W. Houston Jr., (5/9/1916), Helen Hope (8/25/1917), and Hazel Sylvester (9/30/1919).
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Professor C. W. Luckie, Samuel W. Houston realized that education was the building block to success. A member of the intellectual elite, he was influenced by
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Houston first married Cornelia Orvis, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Orvis. They had a son, Harold Houston. Later, the mother and a baby daughter died in childbirth.
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Houston returned home to Texas to teach at the Red Hill Community School in Grimes County, TX. He also founded and published a local newspaper: The Huntsville Times.
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Source: “Pathfinders: A history of the pioneering efforts of African-Americans, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas" by Naomi W. Lede’
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