John Dillard at the Alamo
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John Dillard at the Alamo
The following was published in the Pioneer Exponent: 27 March 1908. State of Texas.
GRANDMA HICKEY DEAD
Mrs. Susan HICKEY DIED AT THE HOME of her daughter Mrs. R.A. Slack in this city Tuesday. The funeral took place from the residence Wednesday morning. A very large concourse of sorrowing friends following the remains to the last resting place. Rev. Gaines B. Hall conducted the services at the cemetery.
Susan DILLARD was born in Dyer county, Tenn, Aug. 6, 1831. Her father JOHN DILLARD came to Texas with Davy Crockett and was massacred at the ALAMO. Afterward Southerland Mayfield married his widow and moved to Texas in 1837 and was the first settler in Ellis county. Susan DILLARD lived there until she was about 20 years old. She married Benj. Hickey at the age 21 years and was left a widow at 27 with four children, who are now Mrs. Pete Willis of Priddy, Mrs. W.R. Hester of Goldthwaite, Mrs. R.A. Slack of Comanche and Dallas HICKEY of Duncan, Okla.
She moved from Ellis county to Hill county and lived there a number of years; then moved to Hamiliton County and from there to Comanche, where she lived twenty-three years. She professed religion at the age of 17.
She lived in Hill county during the civil was and underwent a great many hardships with her small children. She had one brother, John DILLARD, two half-brothers Sam and Henry Mayfield. John and Sam are dead, Henry is living in Jeff Davis county, Texas
(For additional info, check Jenkins, John H. PAPERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF Texas, AUSTIN, 1973, vol. 4, Page 13) This is a RARE book, found in the rara book section of UT El Paso. Dillard is listed as John H. Dillan, but my source at the ALAMO agrees what Dillan and DILLARD are one and the same.)
GRANDMA HICKEY DEAD
Mrs. Susan HICKEY DIED AT THE HOME of her daughter Mrs. R.A. Slack in this city Tuesday. The funeral took place from the residence Wednesday morning. A very large concourse of sorrowing friends following the remains to the last resting place. Rev. Gaines B. Hall conducted the services at the cemetery.
Susan DILLARD was born in Dyer county, Tenn, Aug. 6, 1831. Her father JOHN DILLARD came to Texas with Davy Crockett and was massacred at the ALAMO. Afterward Southerland Mayfield married his widow and moved to Texas in 1837 and was the first settler in Ellis county. Susan DILLARD lived there until she was about 20 years old. She married Benj. Hickey at the age 21 years and was left a widow at 27 with four children, who are now Mrs. Pete Willis of Priddy, Mrs. W.R. Hester of Goldthwaite, Mrs. R.A. Slack of Comanche and Dallas HICKEY of Duncan, Okla.
She moved from Ellis county to Hill county and lived there a number of years; then moved to Hamiliton County and from there to Comanche, where she lived twenty-three years. She professed religion at the age of 17.
She lived in Hill county during the civil was and underwent a great many hardships with her small children. She had one brother, John DILLARD, two half-brothers Sam and Henry Mayfield. John and Sam are dead, Henry is living in Jeff Davis county, Texas
(For additional info, check Jenkins, John H. PAPERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF Texas, AUSTIN, 1973, vol. 4, Page 13) This is a RARE book, found in the rara book section of UT El Paso. Dillard is listed as John H. Dillan, but my source at the ALAMO agrees what Dillan and DILLARD are one and the same.)