The Alamo Defenders: John Hubbard Forsyth

FORSYTH, JOHN HUBBARD

(1797-1836)

Born in Avon, New York, John Hubbard Forsyth was the son of Alexander and Mary (Treat) Forsyth.  He was raised on his father's farm in Livingston County, New York. 

Although he studied medicine, he never went into actual practice.

On April 3, 1822, Forsyth married Deborah Smith.  When his wife died in 1828, Forsyth left New York in late December of that year, leaving his son, Edmund Augustus, with his father's family.

Forsyth traveled to Texas from Kentucky in 1835.  He was captain of a volunteer company before obtaining a commission as a captain in the Regular Texan Cavalry.  He used all of his available cash to outfit and supply his company.  Forsyth and his men traveled to the Alamo with Lt. Col. William B. Travis and arrived in San Antonio de Béxar in early February 1836. He died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.

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