SUSANNA WILKERSON DICKINSON
Name: Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson
Born: 1814
Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson or Dickenson was born in 1814 in the U.S. state of
Tennessee, but little is known of her early life. On May 24, 1829, at the age of
15, she married Almeron Dickinson. He was a DeWitt Colonist and a member of the
Old Gonzales 18. Justice of the Peace Joseph W. McKean officiated the ceremony.
She was present in the Alamo compound during the 15-day siege and subsequent
Battle of the Alamo, in which her husband Almeron was a casualty on March 6,
1836, in San Antonio, Texas. Dickinson's life was spared by General and
President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and she would later become the most
extensively quoted eyewitness source to the final and subsequent events of the
Alamo defeat.
During the
"Sacred to the Memory of Susan A. Wife of J. W. Hannig Died Oct. 7, 1883 Aged 68
Years."
The marble marker was placed there by Hannig. The marble slab was later added by
the state on March 2, 1949. Her second husband Hannig was buried beside her
after he died in 1890.
A cenotaph honoring Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson was placed in the Texas State
Cemetery in Austin, Texas.
Name: Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson
Born: 1814
Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson or Dickenson was born in 1814 in the U.S. state of
Tennessee, but little is known of her early life. On May 24, 1829, at the age of
15, she married Almeron Dickinson. He was a DeWitt Colonist and a member of the
Old Gonzales 18. Justice of the Peace Joseph W. McKean officiated the ceremony.
She was present in the Alamo compound during the 15-day siege and subsequent
Battle of the Alamo, in which her husband Almeron was a casualty on March 6,
1836, in San Antonio, Texas. Dickinson's life was spared by General and
President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and she would later become the most
extensively quoted eyewitness source to the final and subsequent events of the
Alamo defeat.
During the
"Sacred to the Memory of Susan A. Wife of J. W. Hannig Died Oct. 7, 1883 Aged 68
Years."
The marble marker was placed there by Hannig. The marble slab was later added by
the state on March 2, 1949. Her second husband Hannig was buried beside her
after he died in 1890.
A cenotaph honoring Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson was placed in the Texas State
Cemetery in Austin, Texas.