The Alamo Defenders: Gordon C. Jennings

JENNINGS, GORDON C.

(1780-1836)

Born in Connecticut, Gordon C. Jennings was married to Catherine Cynthia Overton with whom he had two sons and two daughters. Jennings, a farmer, immigrated to Texas from Missouri in 1835. He took part in the siege of Bexar as a corporal in Capt. William R. Carey's artillery company. Jennings was the Alamo's oldest defender at age 56.  He died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836. His brother, Charles B. Jennings, died in the Goliad Massacre.

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