Samuel "Sam' Houston Perhaps the most well known resident of Oakwood Cemetery is Sam Houston, former President of the Republic of Texas.	George Fitz He was a writer, a practitioner of law, a pioneering sociologist, the first individual to use the word “sociology” in the title of a book, and a leading slavery apologist.	Henderson Yoakum Henderson King Yoakum (1810-1856) was a lawyer, soldier, politician, historian, and close friend of Sam Houston.
Joshua Houston Joshua Houston (1822-1902) was a very prominent African-American in Huntsville, Texas who was a slave of Sam Houston and became a politician and a champion of black education after Emancipation. Joshua’s life extended throughout the most turbulent times in American history and provides important lessons for perseverance through adversity and civic duty.	Samuel Walker Houston Samuel Walker Houston (1864-1945) born in Huntsville Texas to Joshua Houston, a former slave of General Sam Houston.