James L. Ewing, Alamo defender, was born in Tennessee in 1812. He took part in the Siege of Béxar as a member of Capt. William R. Carey’s artillery company and later served as secretary to Lt. Col. James C. Neill, commander of the Texan forces occupying Béxar. Ewing died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.

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Juan Abamillo, Alamo defender, was born in Texas and was one of twenty-four native Texans who enlisted for six months’ service during the Texas Revolution under the command of Juan N. Seguín. Abamillo took part in the Siege of Béxar. He returned to San Antonio in January 1836 with part of Seguín’s company. On February 23, 1836, he entered the Alamo with the rest of the Texan garrison at the approach of the Mexican army and died in the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.

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Alexandro de la Garza, Alamo defender and courier, was born in Texas. He was one of the company of native Texans who enlisted for six months’ service under Juan N. Seguín in the Texas Revolution. Garza took part in the Siege of Bexar and later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain Seguín’s cavalry company. Later in life Seguin stated that Garza was sent from the Alamo as a courier.

Squire Daymon, Alamo defender, was born in Tennessee in 1808. He was a resident of Gonzales, Texas, in 1836. After taking part in the Siege of Bexar, he served in the Bexar garrison as a member of Capt. William R. Carey’s artillery company. Sometime after February 2, 1836, Daymon may have left Bexar for his home and then returned to the Alamo, possibly with the relief force from Gonzales on March 1, 1836. He died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.

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William Charles M. Baker, Alamo defender, was born in Missouri. He came to Texas as a volunteer from Mississippi during the Texas Revolution and joined Capt. Thomas F. L. Parrott’s company at Béxar on November 26, 1835, and took part in the Siege of Bexar. During the subsequent reorganization of the Texan forces he became part of Capt. John Chenoweth’s company. Baker left Béxar but returned with the rank of captain as commander of the volunteers accompanying James Bowie on January 19, 1836. He died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.