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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.
Portrait of Susanna Dickinson, photographer unknown. Susanna Wilkerson was born in Tennessee around 1814. On May 24, 1829, Susanna married Almaron Dickinson in Bolivar, Tennessee. The couple migrated to Texas in 1830, arriving in Gonzales on February 20, 1831.
Susanna Dickinson was one of the few people who survived the famous battle of the Alamo in 1836. She was charged with telling Sam Houston, the commander of the Texan army, about the defeat at the Alamo.
Oct 31, 2015 · The woman, Susanna Dickinson, was the wife of Alamo defender Almaron Dickinson. She and her baby were hiding in the Alamo's chapel when Mexican troops bayoneted her husband and took...
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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 Dickinson was one of the few Texans to survive the epic Battle of the Alamo (February–March 1836), during which a small Texan force fighting for independence from Mexico held off a much larger Mexican army for nearly two weeks.
