How did this lady NOT KNOW that Joe escaped to the Travis Family Farm in Alabama, and that the journey took roughly 40 days. When Nickolas Travis (William’s brother) had a son he named him Joseph and because of its similarity to Joe he was FORCED to change his name. Joe picked Ben for his new name which was in honor of his older brother. Susanna Dickinson (an Alamo survivor) in an interview with a Texas newspaper in 1878 not only called Joe by his new name Ben but also claims that she has always stayed in touch with him. Ben was mentioned again in 1905 in the newspaper “The Montgomery Advertiser” saying that William’s youngest brother James had visited the Alamo with William’s former manservant “Old Ben”. If I KNOW these things how didn’t she know them!?!
I wish the slides/presenter would have been closer on screen.
How did this lady NOT KNOW that Joe escaped to the Travis Family Farm in Alabama, and that the journey took roughly 40 days. When Nickolas Travis (William’s brother) had a son he named him Joseph and because of its similarity to Joe he was FORCED to change his name. Joe picked Ben for his new name which was in honor of his older brother. Susanna Dickinson (an Alamo survivor) in an interview with a Texas newspaper in 1878 not only called Joe by his new name Ben but also claims that she has always stayed in touch with him. Ben was mentioned again in 1905 in the newspaper “The Montgomery Advertiser” saying that William’s youngest brother James had visited the Alamo with William’s former manservant “Old Ben”. If I KNOW these things how didn’t she know them!?!