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James Bowie

James Bowie. By: Dalton Crouch. James Bowies . Bowie was born in Kentucky in 1796. While still very young, he moved with his family, first to Missouri, then in 1802 to Louisiana, where he spent most of his young life. Ursula Veramendi. Ursula Veramendi was James Bowie’s wife.

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James Bowie

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  1. James Bowie By: Dalton Crouch

  2. James Bowies Bowie was born in Kentucky in 1796. While still very young, he moved with his family, first to Missouri, then in 1802 to Louisiana, where he spent most of his young life.

  3. Ursula Veramendi Ursula Veramendi was James Bowie’s wife.

  4. James Bowie’s Death James died in the battle of the Alamo. But he was not fighting. He was in a room in the Alamo sick. He was sick with pneumonia.

  5. Battle of the Alamo In February and March 1836 one of the most heroic battles in history was fought at the Alamo. The Texas forces commanded by William B. Travis, renowned knife fighter James Bowie, and famed frontiersman and former congressman from Tennessee Davy Crockett. Reduced to a mere 157 men, Travis appealed for help and 30 additional men joined the defenders. According to legend, with the possibility of additional help fading, Colonel Travis drew a line on the ground and asked any man willing to stay and fight to step over and all except one did.

  6. Alamo The construction of the mission started on May 8, 1744. It was built with blocks of locally-quarried limestone. Originally, the Alamo was designed to have two bell towers and a domed roof. Everything but the outer walls of the building collapsed while it was being built, and the towers and vaulted roof were never completed. The date 1758 is carved in the keystone over the front doorway. The Alamo was used as a church until 1793, when it was abandoned.

  7. Sources http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbo45 http://strongfamilytree.org/getperson.php?personID=I17504&tree=STR06

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