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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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
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