My new iPhone 6 sends text messages from my email not from my cell number.  how to fix this?

I have a new iPhone 6.  I am having trouble with texting.  Why do my texts go out from my email instead of my cell phone number?  How can I fix this?

Settings->Messages->Send & Receive->Start New Conversations From
Make sure your number is checked.
Also if you reply to an iMessage sent to one of the email addresses listed in Settings->Messages->Send & Receive->You can be reached by iMessage at,
you'll answer by default from that address.

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