Mrs. Susan Simmons Winans
The Fort Dearborn Massacre. Susan was the last survivor of the Massacre. August 15, 1812 soldiers and settlers evacuating Fort Dearborn were savagely massacred by Pottawatomie Indians in a surprise attack, killing 53 soldiers, women and children. Susan's father, John Simmons, U.S. Army Corp. at Fort Dearborn, & her brother, David, born 1810 Oh, were killed in the massacre. Susan, born February 18, 1812 at the Fort, and her mother, Susan Millhouse Simmons survived the massacre. Survivors were taken prisoner by the Indians and were held captive. Susan and her mother were taken to Green Bay. On the march Susan's mother walked and carried her, the distance of over 200 miles. She was a captive for 8 months. In the fall of 1812 the Indians, with their prisoners, left Green Bay and marched to the ruins of Fort Dearborn, then around the end of Lake Michigan and up to Mackinas, to Fort Meigs where in April of the next year negotiations for the prisoners were opened, and she and her mother were set free and returned to OH.
Death of Noted Chicago Woman At Santa Ana. April 27. Mrs. Susan Simmons Winans of this city died at an early hour this morning, after an illness extending over several months. She was the first white child born in the city of Chicago, and was the sole survivor of the Fort Dearborn massacre in the year 1812, during which her older brother and father fell before the descending tomahawk of the savage Pottawatomies. The deceased was the daughter of Corporal John Simmons of Captain Whistler's company, First United States Infantry, and at the time of his tragic death, was six months old. Immediately after the Fort Dearborn massacre, Mrs. Simmons found her way back to her old home in Miami County, Oh, where she lived until Susan grew to womanhood and was married to John Winans, after which he removed to Illinois, and then to California. Mrs. Winans has been a widow for many years, and has made her home with her widowed daughter, Mrs. L. K. Glenn, in this city, at the corner of Parton and Hickey streets. She was 88 years of age. Los Angeles Times April 28, 1900.
Susan Simmons Winans - Drawing from the San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Jan 1897, p4. From the Cary Family Album website, & P. Frazzini, and Jonathan Robert De Mallie
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Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian
The Fort Dearborn Massacre. Susan was the last survivor of the Massacre. August 15, 1812 soldiers and settlers evacuating Fort Dearborn were savagely massacred by Pottawatomie Indians in a surprise attack, killing 53 soldiers, women and children. Susan's father, John Simmons, U.S. Army Corp. at Fort Dearborn, & her brother, David, born 1810 Oh, were killed in the massacre. Susan, born February 18, 1812 at the Fort, and her mother, Susan Millhouse Simmons survived the massacre. Survivors were taken prisoner by the Indians and were held captive. Susan and her mother were taken to Green Bay. On the march Susan's mother walked and carried her, the distance of over 200 miles. She was a captive for 8 months. In the fall of 1812 the Indians, with their prisoners, left Green Bay and marched to the ruins of Fort Dearborn, then around the end of Lake Michigan and up to Mackinas, to Fort Meigs where in April of the next year negotiations for the prisoners were opened, and she and her mother were set free and returned to OH.
Death of Noted Chicago Woman At Santa Ana. April 27. Mrs. Susan Simmons Winans of this city died at an early hour this morning, after an illness extending over several months. She was the first white child born in the city of Chicago, and was the sole survivor of the Fort Dearborn massacre in the year 1812, during which her older brother and father fell before the descending tomahawk of the savage Pottawatomies. The deceased was the daughter of Corporal John Simmons of Captain Whistler's company, First United States Infantry, and at the time of his tragic death, was six months old. Immediately after the Fort Dearborn massacre, Mrs. Simmons found her way back to her old home in Miami County, Oh, where she lived until Susan grew to womanhood and was married to John Winans, after which he removed to Illinois, and then to California. Mrs. Winans has been a widow for many years, and has made her home with her widowed daughter, Mrs. L. K. Glenn, in this city, at the corner of Parton and Hickey streets. She was 88 years of age. Los Angeles Times April 28, 1900.
Susan Simmons Winans - Drawing from the San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Jan 1897, p4. From the Cary Family Album website, & P. Frazzini, and Jonathan Robert De Mallie
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Bio;
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Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian
Mrs. Susan Simmons Winans
The Fort Dearborn Massacre. Susan was the last survivor of the Massacre. August 15, 1812 soldiers and settlers evacuating Fort Dearborn were savagely massacred by Pottawatomie Indians in a surprise attack, killing 53 soldiers, women and children. Susan's father, John Simmons, U.S. Army Corp. at Fort Dearborn, & her brother, David, born 1810 Oh, were killed in the massacre. Susan, born February 18, 1812 at the Fort, and her mother, Susan Millhouse Simmons survived the massacre. Survivors were taken prisoner by the Indians and were held captive. Susan and her mother were taken to Green Bay. On the march Susan's mother walked and carried her, the distance of over 200 miles. She was a captive for 8 months. In the fall of 1812 the Indians, with their prisoners, left Green Bay and marched to the ruins of Fort Dearborn, then around the end of Lake Michigan and up to Mackinas, to Fort Meigs where in April of the next year negotiations for the prisoners were opened, and she and her mother were set free and returned to OH.
Death of Noted Chicago Woman At Santa Ana. April 27. Mrs. Susan Simmons Winans of this city died at an early hour this morning, after an illness extending over several months. She was the first white child born in the city of Chicago, and was the sole survivor of the Fort Dearborn massacre in the year 1812, during which her older brother and father fell before the descending tomahawk of the savage Pottawatomies. The deceased was the daughter of Corporal John Simmons of Captain Whistler's company, First United States Infantry, and at the time of his tragic death, was six months old. Immediately after the Fort Dearborn massacre, Mrs. Simmons found her way back to her old home in Miami County, Oh, where she lived until Susan grew to womanhood and was married to John Winans, after which he removed to Illinois, and then to California. Mrs. Winans has been a widow for many years, and has made her home with her widowed daughter, Mrs. L. K. Glenn, in this city, at the corner of Parton and Hickey streets. She was 88 years of age. Los Angeles Times April 28, 1900.
Susan Simmons Winans - Drawing from the San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Jan 1897, p4. From the Cary Family Album website, & P. Frazzini, and Jonathan Robert De Mallie
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Bio;
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Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian
The Fort Dearborn Massacre. Susan was the last survivor of the Massacre. August 15, 1812 soldiers and settlers evacuating Fort Dearborn were savagely massacred by Pottawatomie Indians in a surprise attack, killing 53 soldiers, women and children. Susan's father, John Simmons, U.S. Army Corp. at Fort Dearborn, & her brother, David, born 1810 Oh, were killed in the massacre. Susan, born February 18, 1812 at the Fort, and her mother, Susan Millhouse Simmons survived the massacre. Survivors were taken prisoner by the Indians and were held captive. Susan and her mother were taken to Green Bay. On the march Susan's mother walked and carried her, the distance of over 200 miles. She was a captive for 8 months. In the fall of 1812 the Indians, with their prisoners, left Green Bay and marched to the ruins of Fort Dearborn, then around the end of Lake Michigan and up to Mackinas, to Fort Meigs where in April of the next year negotiations for the prisoners were opened, and she and her mother were set free and returned to OH.
Death of Noted Chicago Woman At Santa Ana. April 27. Mrs. Susan Simmons Winans of this city died at an early hour this morning, after an illness extending over several months. She was the first white child born in the city of Chicago, and was the sole survivor of the Fort Dearborn massacre in the year 1812, during which her older brother and father fell before the descending tomahawk of the savage Pottawatomies. The deceased was the daughter of Corporal John Simmons of Captain Whistler's company, First United States Infantry, and at the time of his tragic death, was six months old. Immediately after the Fort Dearborn massacre, Mrs. Simmons found her way back to her old home in Miami County, Oh, where she lived until Susan grew to womanhood and was married to John Winans, after which he removed to Illinois, and then to California. Mrs. Winans has been a widow for many years, and has made her home with her widowed daughter, Mrs. L. K. Glenn, in this city, at the corner of Parton and Hickey streets. She was 88 years of age. Los Angeles Times April 28, 1900.
Susan Simmons Winans - Drawing from the San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Jan 1897, p4. From the Cary Family Album website, & P. Frazzini, and Jonathan Robert De Mallie
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