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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.
Mar 26, 2010 · Susannah Dickinson, wife of Captain Almaron Dickinson, provided an eyewitness account of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo as one of its few survivors.
Apr 30, 2022 · Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson (also spelled Dickerson), survivor of the Alamo, was born about 1814 in Tennessee, perhaps in Williamson County. Her first name has also been recorded as Susan, Susana, and Suzanna; her maiden name is sometimes given as Wilkinson.
Susanna passed away on October 7, 1883 after being ill for several months. Susanna is best remembered for her role as messenger following the Battle of the Alamo and the eyewitness accounts of the battle that she provided over the years.
Oct 31, 2015 · On a cold March dawn in 1836, Mexican officers escorted a shaken young woman and her infant daughter past the heaps of dead in the Alamo courtyard to Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna....
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Susannah. survivor of the Alamo. Born: circa 1814. Birthplace: possibly Williamson County, Tenn. Dickinson grew up poor and illiterate. When she was 15, she married Almaron Dickinson, a blacksmith.
Feb 4, 2019 · Tennessee native Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson (left) was in her early twenties when she and her 15-month-old daughter, Angelina, found refuge at the Alamo on February 23, 1836. After the Alamo battle, they were considered the only survivors.
