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Post by Greg C. on Nov 18, 2007 12:44:08 GMT -5
HOWELL, WILLIAM D. (1797-1836). William D. Howell, Alamo defender, was born in Massachusetts in 1797. He was a doctor and lived in New York before traveling to Texas by way of New Orleans in 1835 as a member of Capt. Thomas H. Breece'sqv company of New Orleans Greys. He took part in the siege of Bexar and later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Capt. William Blazeby's infantry company. Howell died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
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