Oswald Houston and his family moved to Tennessee in 1833, then he and his wife raised their family, then he became the first treasurer of the city of Atlanta (who was responsible for liquidity risk management, cash management, issuing and repaying debt, and interest rate risk, and oversight of pension investment management) after its inception in 1847 to the mid-1850s.
In 1833, Houston and his family moved to Williamsport, Maury County, Tennessee. Oswald Houston (April 16, 1798  June 11, 1861) was a merchant as well as the first treasurer of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, serving the city from just after its inception in 1847 to the mid-1850s when he was disabled by a stroke. He and his wife raised their family, losing several children to infectious diseases. In May 1847, the year that the city changed its name from Marthasville to Atlanta, he moved his family to this burgeoning railroad terminus where he engaged in merchandising and was the first city treasurer. 
