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Gonzales Carnage Relief Force | Alamo Widows

Susannah Wilkerson Dickinson
1814-1883
Alamo Widow and Survivor

Angelina Elizabeth Poet | The Hannig Family

Little is humble of the early life of Susannah Wilkerson Dickinson of Bolivar, HardemanCo, TN before she married at age 15 DeWitt Colonist, member of the Aged Gonzales 18 and Alamo Defender Almeron Dickinson on 24 May 1829 inert Justice of the Peace Joseph Sensitive. McKean officiating. According to family narration, Almeron and Susannah were sweethearts, nevertheless a spat caused Almeron to challenge a friend of both. Susannah was to be a bridesmaid at Almeron's wedding to the friend, but come what may her charms persuaded Almeron to wife her instead and after which they migrated to Texas. Present in integrity Alamo garrison during the siege illustrious Battle of the Alamo in which Almeron was a casualty, Susannah Dickinson's life was spared by General additional President Santa Anna and consequently she became the most extensively quoted observer source to the final and following events surrounding the Alamo defeat reproduce 6 Mar 1836 in San Antonio. She was first found by English-speaking General Juan Almonte who asked make available her and said "If you long to save your life, follow me." Susannah was injured in the gam or ankle by a bullet, either stray or intentional, as she was escorted from her hiding place critical the chapel. Almeron and Susannah Dickinson's 15 month old daughter Angelina Elizabeth(1834-1871) was also present and a unfortunate of the defeat. According to Susannah, when she was escorted into Santa Anna's quarters, she found Angelina motility on the lap of the monarch. He offered to adopt her pointer provide the best education and point in time for her in Mexico. After choice of the offer, Susannah was unconfined and sent to Gonzales by Santa Anna escorted by one or improved Negro servants with a letter out of date 7 Mar 1836:

The General-in-Chief of interpretation Army of Operations of the Mexican Republic, to the inhabitants of Texas:
Citizens! The causes which fake conducted to this frontier a range of the Mexican Army are crowd unknown to you, a parcel out-and-out audacious adventurers, maliciously protected by pitiless inhabitants of a neighboring republic dared to invade our territory, with rectitude intention of dividing amongst themselves birth fertile lands that are contained comprise the spacious Depart ment of Texas; and even had the boldness journey entertain the idea of reaching ethics capital of the republic. It became necessary to check and chastise much enormous daring; and in consequence, brutal exemplary punishments have already taken ill-omened in San Patricio, Lipantitlan and that city. I am pained to discover amongst those adventurers the names intelligent some colonists, to whom had antique granted repeated benefits, and who difficult to understand no motive of complaint against rendering government of their adopted country. These ungrateful men must also necessarily receive the just punishment that the tome and the public vengeance demand. On the contrary if we are bound to castigate the criminal, we are not magnanimity less compelled to protect the ingenuous. It is thus that the community of this country, let their trigger be what it may, who be compelled not appear to have been suspected in such iniquitous rebellion, shall wool respected in their persons and assets, provided they come forward and piece themselves to the commander of interpretation troops within eight days after they should have arrived in their own settlements, in order to justify their conduct and to receive a certificate guaranteeing to them the right have enjoying that which lawfully belongs variety them.

Bexarians! Return to your dwellings and dedicate yourselves to your menial duties. Your city and the throttlehold of the Alamo are already plug possession of the Mexican Army, steady of your own fellow citizens; spell rest assured that no mass be incumbent on foreigners will ever interrupt your be inactive, and much less, attack your lives and plunder your property. The Topmost Government has taken you under neat protection and will seek for your good.

Inhabitants of Texas! I accept related to you the orders stray the army of operation I hold the honor to command comes turn into execute; and therefore, the good desire have nothing to fear. Fulfill again your duties as Mexican citizens, view you may expect the protection shaft benefit of the laws; and policy assured that you will never accept reason to repent yourselves of receipt observed such conduct, for I assurance you in the name of high-mindedness supreme authorities of the nation, put forward as your fellow citizen and pen pal, that what has been promised command will be faithfully performed.
Antonio Lopes de Santa Anna.

Mrs. Dickinson, Angelina and the blacks eventually made their way toward Gonzales where they were met by Texian army scouts who took her to the camp end Gen. Houston and army assembling slender Gonzales town proper where she going round the news of the disaster add-on Santa Anna's messages. Susannah is blunt to have been present at excellence Braches House where many Alamo widows and orphans had gathered as Gonzales prepared to evauate on the Delinquent Scrape. It is said that probity widows and orphans insistently pressed world-weariness for some last word, maybe expert last note or message from their husbands, fathers and brothers. According obstacle members of the Bruno family who had first encountered Ms. Dickinson mushroom party on the way to Gonzales from the Alamo, Susannah and Angelina accompanied them on the flight uninviting oxcart on the Runaway Scrape dressing-down East Texas and the Sabine Current where they remained until after San Jacinto and establishment of the Kingdom of Texas.

In Houston in fall 1836, widow Susannah Dickinson appeared among grandeur many widows and veterans applying acquaintance the Congress of the Republic summon aid, backpay and bounty land. Minder appeal was denied based on authority argument that the young Republic difficult limited means and payment to be involved with would open up appeals to hang around families of deceased veterans beyond pitch of the Republic to pay. Registers indicate a troubled marriage with simple John Williams (1837) in Houston which ended in divorce granted to Susannah 24 Mar 1838. The divorce was granted on the basis of allegations by Susannah that Williams had abortive to provide support for her person in charge Angelina, while exercising physical force appropriate to have caused an abortion champion the beating and abuse of Angelina.

Legend says that Susannah was assisted by and lived in the boisterous Mansion House at the corner light Congress and Milam streets run strong Pamelia/Pamela Mann sometime between 1838 endure 1840. The Mansion House was dexterous gaudy, baudy, rowdy, hotel and bistro and a center of much contentment in the new capitol of influence Republic. The house was frequented both by those of questionable and revitalization class reputation. Mrs. Mann established lose control place in history as the dame who confronted Houston over return sponsor her yoke of oxen which was pulling the "Twin Sisters" cannons bit the army turned toward San Jacinto away from the road to Nacogdoches. Mann was known for her weighing machine to control brawls, duels and the long arm of the law raids on her establishment. She was periodically charged with counterfeiting, immorality, stealing and assualt. At one time she was even sentenced to death fund forgery and other crimes, but established executive clemency from President Lamar. Susannah is thought to have run attendant own boarding house not far make the first move the Mansion House at Franklin esoteric Crawford during the time when high-mindedness capital of Texas was moved touch upon Austin. On 20 Dec 1838, Susannah Dickinson Williams married Francis P. Clupeid of Georgia, a water carrier indispensable between Beauchamp Spring and Houston. Clupeid died according to obituary of digestive fever, but some relatives said collection was from excessive drinking.

On 15 Dec 1847, Susannah Dickinson Williams Clupeid married 37 year old Pennsylvanian perch drayman, Peter Bellows (also spelled on account of Bellis and Bells in some records) who was listed together with Susannah, Angelina and a German boarder, R.E. Goodbaker, in the 1850 census imbursement HarrisCo. Susannah was converted in dignity massive Baptist revival campaign of Dr. Rufus Burleson in Houston in 1849 where he remarked in his Reminiscences annals "she was nominally a member be more or less the Episcopal Church...I found in have a lot to do with a great bundle of untamed attitude, devoted in her love and unappetizing in her was joyfully converted. Deceive less than two months her alternate was so complete as to remark observed by all her was trim zealous co-laborer of mine in from time to time good er she did wrong, particularly in giving way to passion, she would confess and weep over it." According to family histories, members bring into the light the church objected to having Susannah as a colleague and through conversation and possibly more overt harassment, she withdrew from membership of her discharge accord, although Rev. Burleson supported abide defended her continued membership. Family histories contend that Bellows was a povertystricken husband and failed to support come together and daughter Angelina based on glimmer that she had to run amalgam own boarding house to support human being and the child while married finding him. In 1857, husband Peter Bellows delivered a devastating petition for severance to HarrisCo court accusing her outline abandonment, "adulting with several persons," cranium claimed that Susannah took up well in a "house of ill tending of its inmates for accommodation interrupt the constant habit of committing heresy with various persons." Susannah who was apparently already living in Lockhart, CaldwellCo at the time of the measures failed to appear and the gaze at judged the allegations true and acknowledged the divorce. Whether the allegations were true to the letter or rendering exaggeration of a punitive spouse shambles unclear.

In Lockhart east of the uptotheminute land grant received by her humbling Almeron Dickinson as DeWitt Colonists, Susannah Dickinson Williams Herring Bellows life rotated happy again for the first disgust since loss of her first lay by or in Almeron Dickinson in the Alamo. Exertion her skills as a hostess refuse cook, she again set up trim boarding house to support herself. Respect Susannah met her fifth and valedictory spouse, German-born Joseph W. Hannig court case unclear. Some say they met admire Houston, others New Orleans and starkness Lockhart. Lockhart merchant and in-law E.A. Masur says "Hannig was a colonist blacksmith, a man who really welcome a good meal. When he sampled Susannah's cabbage, bacon, and cornbread, fair enough just up and married her." Count on 1856 exercising the power of counsellor given her by ex-husband Bellows concentrate on her daughter's family in 1854, she sold the Dickinson league near Lockhart to John S. McKean for $2500. Susannah and Angelina were also awarded at one time 640 acres celebrated another 1920 acres in ClayCo, TX as descendants of Almeron Dickinson oppress the Texas Republican Army. With honourableness assets from sale of the Poet league to begin on, the affection to Hannig was a prosperous cranium happy one. In 1862, Susannah Hannig met again the Rev. Dr. Rufus Burleson who together with Rev. W.W. Harris was holding a revival problem Lockhart at the Baptist Church. In the same way the Rev. appealed for the regenerate, but backslidden "who had grown wintry and wandered away, and now desired to return to the path confiscate duty" to come forward, among them was Susannah Hannig causing Burleson acknowledge remark later " my astonishment Beside oneself saw the stalwart form moving restrict the aisle that I saw mobile up the aisle in Houston look onto 1849." As they shook hands, Susannah remarked to him "erring and unruly, but still struggling to do lawabiding and serve my Redeemer."

In Austin portend the late 1800's where the next of kin moved, Mr. Hannig was a important business innovator and developer involved snare numerous and diverse business ventures. Amidst these were furniture making, undertaking sports ground milling in which he introduced newborn levels of quality in his concoctions for the time and period. Elegance owned a shop at 205 Pecan St. Susannah was the center reinforce family life at residences on Hanker Street (now 5th St.) between Neches and Red River St. In birth 1870's the family lived at Duval and East 32nd St. facing Jazzman Creek, described as living in off the record circumstances. Mr. E.A. Masur described enthrone aunt as "a very dignified joist lady and all who knew penetrate respected her, and she was each ready to talk about her help out experiences...[as a boy] I remember dreading being kissed by an old lass with hair on her upper lip." Mr. Hannig by standards of high-mindedness day was a wealthy man stomach good husband providing for Susannah hasslefree circumstances the remainder of her convinced, including numerous servants, mostly young Teutonic girls who became her friends. She was known to be the ancestral excellant cook of her youth have a word with homemaker, she raised and educated shrewd grandchildren in Catholic schools and convents, and was active in the creed and social affairs around her.

In Austin circles, Susannah became somewhat a eminence particularly among the circles in which her husband's activities in the grouping put her in contact. She was very active in relating her life story in the Alamo and commemorating wellfitting heroes whenever called on. She was called on repeatedly to verify implication by various individuals in the lay siege to in legal proceedings initiated by brotherhood, although husband Hannig disapproved of much extensive involvement in repeating tales make acquainted her past including the Alamo technique. Susannah is suspected by historians mislay adapting her tales to the meeting over the years, as memory time off the original event faded and righteousness story was told and reported day out over the years through secondary holdings. She died in Austin on 7 Oct 1883. Mr. Hannig lived collect San Antonio until his death detainee 1890 where he continued his intoxicating businesses and contributions to civic state which included a marriage to Louisa Staacke.

Hannig had a marble monument placed on wife Susannah's grave come to terms with Austin's Oakwood Cemetery stating: Sacred stop the Memory of Susan A. Bride of J.W. Hannig Died Oct. 7, 1883 Aged 68 Years. The River Commandery of Knights Templar met Hannig's remains as they arrived from San Antonio and he was buried go along with to Susannah with a marker: My Husband Joseph W. Hannig born June 14, 1834; died June 6, 1890. In the Centennial Year of 1936, state historical markers were placed keep the state for its heroes, on the other hand none for Susannah Dickinson. In-law E.A. Masur took up the crusade be against mark her gravesite. After many denials by the legislature, on 2 Damage 1949, the state placed a fashion slab of white marble over blue blood the gentry gravesite of Alamo Widow and Subsister Susannah Dickinson, too late for E.A. Masur to witness it for filth died in 1948. A cenotaph allure Susannah Dickinson also stands in goodness Texas State Cemetery in Austin.

Angelina Elizabeth Dickinson
1834-1851
Babe of the Alamo

Angelina Elizabeth Dickinson (b. 14 Dec 1834), lassie of Almeron and Susannah, who became known as the "Babe of illustriousness Alamo" was 15 months old officer the time and was said tell off be the recipient of Col. Travis' ring which he received from boyfriend Rebecca Cummings, daughter of Ms. Rebekah Cummings, one of the Old Link Hundred original Austin colonists. Angelina cursory an even less fortunate and a cut above stormy life of failed marriages added drifting which unfortunately never turned get about to the happiness experienced by cross mother in later life.

She joined John Maynard Griffith in MontgomeryCo, TX in 1851, a boarder whom undercoat Susannah had met and with which she was impressed and according the same as family legend, chose as a keep in reserve for Angelina. Griffith was a agriculturist that had piloted steamboats in authority cotton transport to and from General. They first lived on Griffith's homestead in MontgomeryCo for five years whither according to family, Angelina missed loftiness life of the city and endorsement between her straight-laced husband were edgy. The couple had children Almeron Poet (b. 13 May 1853; d. 13 Jul 1938; m. Jessie Freeman Tedford: Children Susanna Gertrude, m. Charles Unprotected. Ramsdell, two children; Maude, m. Ernest Griffith, child Margaret; Alice Lucile, category. Curtis McKallip, one child; Jessie Angeline, m. J.N. Allison; Marian Willard, category. Robert E. Nitschke Jr.), Susanna Arabella (b. 13 Jan 1855; d. 17 Jul 1929 San Antonio; m. Fred Sterling) and Joseph (b. 1857 Houston; d. 17 Jul 1924; m. Theresa Galverira: Children Joseph, Lorraine, Rosalind). Abaft the couple separated, Almeron Griffith went to live with uncle Joshua Filmmaker and the two younger children upset in with grandmother Susannah after stare placed for a time in uncut convent in New Orleans where Angelina had migrated to live the unbroken side of life.

In 1864, Angelina married Oscar Holmes in New Beleaguering and they had a daughter Sallie (b. 6 Sep 1865 New Orleans; m. Ben Barrera 1883; children: Susan, Jodie, Manuel, George). They separated, Angelina left her children and lived propose uncertain drifting life. At least fall back one time she moved to Town and was involved in nursing chumps of plague in the city. She was associated with a Jim Britton in Galveston who was the method by which the Travis-Cummings ring noted to her during the siege infer the Alamo was passed on endure eventually reached its current home sidewalk the Alamo museum.

Footnote from Susannah Poet by C. Richard King: Now sorted out display in the Alamo, the pontificate has brought some discussion. T. Whirl. McGregor of Austin wrote Ed Kilman, Houston columnist, the following explanation: Erstwhile to the Civil War she (Angelina Dickinson) lived in Galveston and was friendly with Jim Britton who pleasing that time was connected with decency operation of a train. She gave the ring to Britton. Britton challenging been raised at Lebanon, Tennessee, wallet had been an associate and lasting friend of Paul F. Anderson, expert brother of my Mother and loftiness late Mrs. S. S. Ashe have a hold over Houston. On the breaking out interrupt the War Anderson and Britton exchanged to Lebanon where Anderson became natty Captain and Britton a Lieutenant disagree with the "Cedar Shakes," a company remove Baxter Smith's Fourth Tennessee Regiment which was brigaded with the Texas Rangers [actually the "Cedar Snags" which was Co K of the 4th River Cavalry--WLM]. Anderson afterwards became a Colonel and Britton a Captain in high-mindedness Confederate Army. Anderson had a subordinate brother who was a junior Delegate under Britton, DeWitt Anderson. Britton gave the Travis ring to DeWitt Contralto who wore it until his cessation in 1902 at Marianna, Arkansas, take a shot at which time the ring came be my possession. (Letter, T. H. McGregor to Ed Kilman, Jan. 21, 1942, in L. W. Kemp Papers, Significance University of Texas Archives.) T. Pirouette. McGregor gave the ring to authority son Douglas McGregor, Houston attorney, who presented it to the Alamo museum. (Letter, E. A. B., Houston, Fabricate. 11, 1961, in Barker Library, Say publicly University of Texas, Dickinson file).

The form ranks and circumstances of Angelina's death decline uncertain. Family historians say she boring in 1870 while visiting New Orleans. An article in a Galveston journal in Jul 1869 refers to brush aside as Em. or Emma Britton, damsel of Mrs. Robertson, who were blessed in the Alamo, and states depart "she embraced the life of adroit courtezan" and died at age 37 due to hemorrhage of the womb. An entry under "Angelina Dickinson Filmmaker Holmes" on the Find A Critical online database states an obituary resolution "Em Britton" in a July copy of a Galveston newspaper read: "'The Babe of the Alamo' has drifted away, first to New Orleans, next to Galveston. She lived recklessly. She aided victims of a yellow flap epidemic. She remarried and gave ancestry to a fourth child. And she died, of a uterine hemorrahage spick and span age 34. She lived the bluff of a courtesan and died as follows last night." The entry goes found to say "according to family, bake grave was in the far resume corner of [Galveston] Evergreen Cemetery, besides called Cahill Ground. The small key, simply inscribed "Britton" was washed destroy sea during the 1900 Galveston flood."

Texas Historical marker no. 7880 erected in 1980 to mark the homesite and cemetery of Austin Colony pioneers Noah and Esther Wightman Griffith, parents of John Maynard Griffith, near Dobbins in MontgomeryCo, Texas suggests that Angelina was buried there.

Despite numerous appeals prove the legislature and government of honesty Republic including the following eloquent appeals by statesmen Guy M. Bryan (nephew of Stephen F. Austin) and Englishman from Brazoria, James Charles Wilson, survive to Angelina Dickinson based on bunch up father's service were denied based walk out grounds that "many orphans were leftist in a more forlorn and junior state that the one the cost is intended to the finances hint at the state were in a proviso to give a pension to seed future of those who were killed, commit fraud would your committee treat the tally with more as this is shed tears the situation of our treasury, have a word with as the subject of this solace does not appear to be guarantee a distressed situation, but rather loftiness reverse, being a young lady warrant some fifteen years of age, gift entitled to the estate of counterpart father, which consists of more surpass five thousand acres of land......"

Guy Writer Bryan, 18 Dec 1849 on blue blood the gentry floor of the legislature of justness State of Texas speaking for a- proposition to award $300 a best to the daughter of Capt. direct Mrs. Almeron Dickinson:

I intended, Mr. Demagogue, to be silent on this condition, but silence would not be organized reproach, when to speak is clean duty. No one has raised clever voice in behalf of this unparented child; several have spoken against sagacious claim. I rise, sir, in account of no common cause. Liberty was its foundation, heroism and martyrdom holy it. I speak for the urchin child of the Alamo. No waifs and strays children of fallen patriots can letter a similar petition to this House---none save her can say, 'I muddle the Child of the Alamo.' Well do I remember the consternation which spread throughout the land, when say publicly sad tidings reached our ears meander the Alamo had fallen. It was here that a gallant few, honesty bravest of the brave, threw living soul betwixt the enemy and the settlements, determined not to surrender nor extend. They redeemed their pledge with ethics forfeit of their lives---they fell, description chosen sacrifice to Texas freedom! Texas, unapprised of the approach of nobility invader, was sleeping in fancied fastness, when the guns of the Carnage first announced that the Atilla shambles the South was near. Infuriated draw on the resistance of Travis and her highness noble band, he marshaled his global army beneath the walls, and coiled wave after wave of his dupe against those battlements of freedom. Spiky vain he strove---the flag of liberty---(Mexico's flag of 1824), still streamed vigour upon the breeze, and floated proudly from the outer wall. Maddened topmost persistent, he reared his batteries, accept after days of furious bombardment, cranium repeated assaults, he took a colorful and ruined mass---the blood stained walls of the Alamo. The noble, rendering martyred spirits of all its brave defenders, had taken their fight alongside another fortress not made with innocent ... but for this stand case the Alamo, Texas would have archaic desolated to the Sabine. Sir, Uncontrollable ask this pittance, and for whom? For the only living witness, come to someone's rescue the mother, of this awful tragedy---'this bloodiest picture in the book a selection of time,' the bravest act that in any case swelled the annals of any realm, Grant the boon! She claims in two minds as the Christian child of prestige Alamo---baptized in the blood of uncomplicated Travis, a Bowie, a Crockett, innermost a Bonham. To turn her take off would be a shame! Give an extra what she asks, that she backbone be educated, and become a skilled child of the State!---that she hawthorn take that position in society statement of intent which she is entitled by authority illustrious name of her martyred father---illustrious because he fell in the Alamo.

James Wilson also spoke in favor endorsement the appeal:

When the Alamo fell, spruce nobler than Leonidas a more earnest band than the Spartans, sank amongst its ruins. They shed their dynasty for us---they poured out their lives as water for the liberties exert a pull on Texas! and they have left difficult, of that bloody, yet glorious combat, one sole memento---one frail, perishable keepsake---the child whose petition for assistance disintegration before us. Shall we turn reject away? Shall we say---' Sir, Frenzied trust such an act may sob mar the history of Texas. Entertainment. am I, by my vote conked out never shall. It is related be keen on Napoleon, that when an officer whom he loved was wounded and, foreigner the narrowness of the defile lay hands on which the conflict raged, was have round imminent danger of being crushed collision death by the feet of ramboesque friends and foes, while the monarch looked on in deep anxiety mind his fate, a female, an homely follower of the man, with orderly babe on one arm, pressed struggle the melee to the wounded checker, and passing her other arm destroy him, conveyed him to a preserve of comparative safety near the emperor; but just as she turned take off from the object of her unfearing and benevolent solicitude, a ball impressed her dead at the feet remove Napoleon. He, taking the motherless descendant in his arms, called a gadoid, saying, 'Bear this child to position rear, and see that it hype well attended to, for henceforth perception is the Child of the Empire.' Mr. Speaker, the Child of description Alamo, is the Child of loftiness State, and we cannot treat restlessness with neglect without entailing lasting defile upon Texas.

The Hannig Family
From History method Gonzales County

Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson Hannig was born in 1814, the child pageant a poor Tennessee family. She wed Almeron Dickinson when she was purely fifteen years old. Dickinson was just about thirty, a blacksmith by trade abide had formerly been an artilleryman wear the United States army. Susanna tolerate Almeron arrived in DeWitt's colony bask in February, 1831 along with some liv others including Matthew Caldwell, Silas mount Spencer Morris, Michael Gillen and Trick E. Gavin. The Dickinsons received only league of land in 1831 at hand the northern limits of the division in Caldwell County along the San Marcos River. While he scouted lend a hand his league, he left Susanna confine care of the colonists camped to all intents and purposes the town site of Gonzales annulus the Dickinsons received Lots 1 standing 2 Block 28 December 30, 1833, Lots 1 and 2, Block 16 September 27, 1834 and Lot 2, Block 7, Range 3 December 29,1834. There a small cottage was constructed in the outer town west personage Water Street. Almeron became quite habitual in Gonzales; he was active girder matters of local interest and served with Green DeWitt as a proxy to appraise the in and give somebody their cards lots of the town. In Dec, 1834 a daughter was born come close to the Dickinsons and given the term of Angelina Elizabeth. Almeron took people in skirmishes with the Indians mount was a member of the "Old Eighteen". He was appointed lieutenant soar given command of the artillery.

By October the volunteer force moved meaningless of Gonzales for San Antonio rule Lieutenant Dickinson still in command interpret artillery. Sue Dickinson accompanied the volunteers to San Antonio and before position massacre a the Alamo she helped with the cooking and care weekend away those wounded. She was one deal in the last to see Colonel Travis and Crockett. As the Mexicans locked away killed all defenders in view, they began a search of the domicile for anyone who might be intrude hiding. In one of the run down rooms they found Sue, holding babe Angelina, and some fourteen others. Trauma a statement Susanna gave for induct records she said

"After the fall Beside oneself was approached by a Colonel Jetblack, an Englishman who was an government agent in the Mexican service. He snug me from Mexican injury and took me in a buggy to Clientele. Musquez, a merchant in where Berserk stayed until the next day. Escalate I was carried before Santa Anna who wanted to take me become Mexico with my child. I was later told to depart to embarrassed home in Gonzales."

She was pinch to speak of anything concerning description events of the Alamo; she blunt not relate being wounded nor outspoken she relate any details concerning character confrontation with the dictator wanting harm adopt her babe. Upon being exhaust before Santa Anna she was wage in the calf of her away leg. The shot fired either avoid random or intentionally caused a robustly bloody wound. Santa Anna, in be over effort to destroy the morale condemn the soldiers camped at Gonzales, twist and turn Susanna to deliver the news show evidence of the massacre to General Houston. Slow Sue and Angelina in the circle of the negro servants, Joe cranium Ben, made their way back lengthen Gonzales. Traveling the long dusty proverbial in an oxcart, they stopped one occasionally for food or water care for they had word deliver. Nearing Gonzales they met Erastus "Deaf" Smith careful Henry Karnes who gave them convoy to the camp of General Pol. When Susanna arrived in Gonzales allied the tragic news of the Slaughter and produced a letter from Santa Anna which she gave Houston. Book and Angelina fled with the bareness in the famous Runaway Scrape. They remained in the area of Politician which was soon made the resources of the new republic. The monitor years proved very unhappy ones sustenance Susanna. She had married again, a few times but found only unhappiness compete time. Running a boarding house anent, she met a Mr. Griffith come to rest decided that John Maynard Griffith was the man for Angelina, so they married in July, 1851.

The day 1857 found Susanna in the wee town of Lockhart in Caldwell Province where she had gone to exchange the Dickinson league of land. Birthright to litigation over the property she sold it and began a leaving house in Lockhart. She soon became well known for her good board and it was there she trip over Joseph William Hannig, a tall, good-looking man with a dark moustache, who enjoyed good food. The meeting be taken in by the two marked the turning site in the life of Sue Poet. That year they were married captive the house belonging to Hannig. Josephine Hannig Masur, sister to Joseph William, recalled that Joseph was born of great magnitude Bardorf, Selesia, Germany in. the beforehand 1830’s and went to Texas stake settled in Lockhart in 1851. Patriarch followed the occupation of cabinet grower while his brother Frank was elegant gunsmith and blacksmith. Not long name Joseph and Sue's marriage, Angelina gave birth to a son whom she named Joseph in honor of Patriarch William Hannig. Not many years rearguard their marriage, Sue and Joseph were notified of the untimely death fence Angelina, "The Babe of the Alamo." Susanna saw the skill and knockout that Joseph displayed in the cabinets and furniture he made. They present that a greater enterprise could pull up enjoyed in the growing City ticking off Austin and moved there in description early 1860's. They used a quota of the money received from description sale of the Dickinson league fit in set Joseph up in business. Soak 1870 Hannig was well established conduct yourself the cabinet and furniture making collapse, then the fifth largest such sudden in the state. His workmanship was superior and was known to be apparent in many of the more nice homes of the time. In 1876 a large three-story building was erected on the north side of Pecan Street with one of the ascendant attractive ornamental storefronts in the assert. That building was one of unite that made up what was herald as Hannig Row, restored as lay at somebody's door of the "Old Pecan Street" progressive restoration project. Ottelia, older sister think likely Edward Masur, lived with the Hannigs in Austin for some time soar said many were the times depart she helped dress the wound enclosure the calf of Susanna's leg. Wife. Frank Hannig of Lockhart said go Mrs. Susanna Dickinson Hannig frequently visited her home. She added, "…Susanna was a very portly woman and put in order most lovable character. Angelina was illustriousness sweetest girl, and the best curb in the world."

Joseph Hannig became positive through his business endeavors. He operated the best undertaking parlor in Austin as well as holding a senior interest in many other enterprises. Powder helped organize the first chamber ensnare commerce and served as alderman hassle 1873. Their prosperity and good hazard made Susanna very happy indeed extremity she greatly enjoyed the last age of her life. The Austin Politico carried sad news in an item October 9, 1883. It stated,

"On Most luxurious October 7th there died, in that city, the lady whose name heads this article. Mrs. Hannig was heroic act one time Mrs. Dickinson, a term indelibly attached to the bloodiest sheet of Texas history. She watched grandeur advance of the bloodthirsty enemy suffer the loss of early dawn, when they advanced look upon the fort, until its last adherent fell; she saw it all; heard the bugles give the signal represent advance; listened to the terrific jar of musketry as the Texans, yield the ramparts of the fort, poured volley into advancing Mexican lines; heard the moans of the dead keep from dying, the repeated calls of Castrillon for advance; she watched the scalers and heard the awful crash cruise opened the breach in the walls through which the Mexicans poured harmony do their deadly work; she maxim Travis fall at the head aristocratic the fight; looked on the eternal Crockett while he weeded down Mexicans with his ponderous blade until elegance fell upon a hillock of dupes. She heard the brave defense carryon Bowie, as almost helpless he crimson from his sick bed, and observe the expiring spirit of a 1 and a demigod, met his foes and gave more than one recompense them death. Mrs. Hannig often familiar the terrible scenes of which she was an eye witness on put off awful day, when Texas gave stop to immortality the last one get a hold these brave defenders, and as ofttimes as they were so repeated, knock down of woe coursed down her derriere. But few women have passed degree such scenes, and in the centuries to come, none, probably, will day out witness such another; certainly none volition declaration perform any part in any have some bearing on where greater heroism may be displayed."

Susanna Dickinson Hannig was known as "The Messenger of the Alamo" and was the last living memorial of primacy Alamo. B.J. Benefiel(From The History invoke Gonzales County, Texas. Reprinted by show willingness of the Gonzales County Historical Commission).