1810s), trader, financed settlement of Galveston Island Burnet (1788–1870), interim President of Republic of Texas 1770–1829), grantee, settler, and namesake of Padre Island
John Kirby Allen (1810–1838), founder of Houston.Charlotte Baldwin Allen (1805–1895), financed founding of Houston, known as the 'mother of Houston'.Augustus Chapman Allen (1806–1864), founder of Houston.