Susanna Dickinson Research Paper
Has anyone ever wonder who Susanna Dickinson was or what she was know for. Susanna was a very brave independent woman. She was also know for the few American survivors of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo. Susanna was born in 1814 in Tennessee. She lived in Blue Grass country of Hardeman County till she was 15 years old. She got married to Almeron Dickinson at the age of 15 too. Almeron was 20 years old when they got got married. The same day that they got married they got their marriage license. Soon after Susanna and Almeron got married they migrated to Texas. Almeron was a captain of one group of soldiers that defending the former Franciscan mission. They got to Texas before 1831 two years after they got married. They settled down in DeWitt Colony after she arrived in Texas. Three years later
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Susanna was expected to have a daughter.
On December 14, 1834 Susanna had her daughter, and her daughter name was Angelina Elizabeth.
Almeron helped with the Alamo. Angelina was fifteen months old while the Alamo was going on. Susanna would always think that Almeron showed more strength then the people talking. When the Alamo was going on Susanna and Angelina were hiding with other people so they wouldn’t get injured. She couldn’t see what was going she could only hear what was going on outside. It sounds would alway worry her, and Angelina would cry sometimes too. Susanna would always think that Almeron showed more strength than other people fighting at the Alamo. She always believed in her husband during the war. On the morning of March 6, 1836, as the troops of Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna stormed the mission, Almeron ran to his wife, reported that all was lost, and expressed hope that she could save herself and the child. Her husband died in the Alamo. After the battle of the Alamo on March 6, Mexican soldiers found her—some accounts say in the powder magazine, others in the church—and took her
and Angelina, along with the other women and children, to Músquiz's home. All the women were later interviewed by Santa Anna, and were given each a blanket with two dollars in silver before letting them go. Santa Anna sent Susanna and her daughter, accompanied by Juan N. Almonte's servant Ben, to Sam Houston with a letter of warning dated March 7. Susanna displayed her husband's Masonic apron to a Mexican general in exchange for help and that Santa Anna offered to take Angelina to Mexico. Susanna went to Gonzales to hope to find Sam Houston. Susanna would send letters to Sam Houston non stop. She was forced to tell all the women that none of the men survived just the ones that Colonel Travis sent for help. She would never forget all the men that fought in the Alamo. She was hunted sometimes by saying ” I failed you, Almeron. I failed all of you.”. She was very mad that Santa Anna got away. When we caught Santa Anna she almost cried. By 1839 Almeron Dickinson’s heirs had received rights to 2,560 acres for his military service; they sold the land when Angelina reached twenty-one. She married Francis P. Herring on December 20, 1838, in Houston. Herring, formerly from Georgia, had come to Texas after October 20, 1837. He died on September 15, 1843. On December 15, 1847, Susanna married Peter Bellows before an Episcopalian minister. In 1850 they Angelina which was Sixteen now living with them. Susanna later divorced him. Susanna received praise from the Baptist minister Rufus C. Burleson for her work nursing cholera victims in Houston, where he baptized her in Buffalo Bayou in 1849. She married Joseph William Hannig in 1857. They moved to Austin, where Hannig became with a cabinet shop and he also owned a store in San Antonio. Susanna became ill in February 1883. She died in October 7, 1883. She was buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
Susanna was a very brave lady all through her life. She was know for be brave in the Alamo, Independant women, and being one of the few American survivors of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo.
Susanna was expected to have a daughter.
On December 14, 1834 Susanna had her daughter, and her daughter name was Angelina Elizabeth.
Almeron helped with the Alamo. Angelina was fifteen months old while the Alamo was going on. Susanna would always think that Almeron showed more strength then the people talking. When the Alamo was going on Susanna and Angelina were hiding with other people so they wouldn’t get injured. She couldn’t see what was going she could only hear what was going on outside. It sounds would alway worry her, and Angelina would cry sometimes too. Susanna would always think that Almeron showed more strength than other people fighting at the Alamo. She always believed in her husband during the war. On the morning of March 6, 1836, as the troops of Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna stormed the mission, Almeron ran to his wife, reported that all was lost, and expressed hope that she could save herself and the child. Her husband died in the Alamo. After the battle of the Alamo on March 6, Mexican soldiers found her—some accounts say in the powder magazine, others in the church—and took her
and Angelina, along with the other women and children, to Músquiz's home. All the women were later interviewed by Santa Anna, and were given each a blanket with two dollars in silver before letting them go. Santa Anna sent Susanna and her daughter, accompanied by Juan N. Almonte's servant Ben, to Sam Houston with a letter of warning dated March 7. Susanna displayed her husband's Masonic apron to a Mexican general in exchange for help and that Santa Anna offered to take Angelina to Mexico. Susanna went to Gonzales to hope to find Sam Houston. Susanna would send letters to Sam Houston non stop. She was forced to tell all the women that none of the men survived just the ones that Colonel Travis sent for help. She would never forget all the men that fought in the Alamo. She was hunted sometimes by saying ” I failed you, Almeron. I failed all of you.”. She was very mad that Santa Anna got away. When we caught Santa Anna she almost cried. By 1839 Almeron Dickinson’s heirs had received rights to 2,560 acres for his military service; they sold the land when Angelina reached twenty-one. She married Francis P. Herring on December 20, 1838, in Houston. Herring, formerly from Georgia, had come to Texas after October 20, 1837. He died on September 15, 1843. On December 15, 1847, Susanna married Peter Bellows before an Episcopalian minister. In 1850 they Angelina which was Sixteen now living with them. Susanna later divorced him. Susanna received praise from the Baptist minister Rufus C. Burleson for her work nursing cholera victims in Houston, where he baptized her in Buffalo Bayou in 1849. She married Joseph William Hannig in 1857. They moved to Austin, where Hannig became with a cabinet shop and he also owned a store in San Antonio. Susanna became ill in February 1883. She died in October 7, 1883. She was buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
Susanna was a very brave lady all through her life. She was know for be brave in the Alamo, Independant women, and being one of the few American survivors of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo.