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Mar 26, 2010 · In February 1836, Susannah Dickinson’s husband, Captain Almaron Dickinson, was one of a group of soldiers defending the former Franciscan mission known as the Alamo, located near present-day...
Dec 10, 2015 · On February 23, 1836, upon the arrival of Mexican troops on the outskirts of San Antonio, Almeron moved his wife and daughter to the Alamo for protection.
- Texas General Land Office
Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson (c. 1814 – October 7, 1883) and her infant daughter, Angelina, were among the few American survivors of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. Her husband, Almaron Dickinson , and 185 other Texian defenders were killed by the Mexican Army .
Jun 14, 2012 · Susanna Dickinson was among the women inside the Alamo mission during this March 1836 battle and it is from her memoirs that the world learned of just how this battle unfolded. In fact, Susanna Dickinson had the distinction of being one of only two survivors among the Alamo’s Texan defenders.
Oct 22, 2020 · The Sons of DeWitt Colony wrote that Dickinson was found by the English-speaking Mexican general Juan Almonte, who then took her to see the commander of the Mexican forces, President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
The couple arrived in Texas in 1831 and received a land grant along the San Marcos River. They had a daughter, Angelina Elizabeth, in 1834. When the Mexican Revolution broke out in 1835, Almaron joined the army and left for San Antonio.
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Susanna Dickinson. In 1836, Susanna Dickinson left the ruins of the Alamo and traveled east on the Gonzales Road and into history. Born in Tennessee in 1814 as Susanna Wilkerson, she married Almaron Dickinson in Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee on May 24, 1829. She was only fifteen years old.
