Downtown Austin is fraught with hauntings, stories of murder and mystery, lynching’s, and accidents. We walk by these buildings every day; they are now bars or parking lots where homes once stood, office buildings where we spend our days. We see the names but know nothing about the people. You have to wonder if you've passed each other day in and day out? Are you in their home or are they in your office? On the exterior you read the stories but what you share is greater. You are inexplicably linked, you walk the same floor, you are separated by 1883 only by years. Now that you know where they live, what will you see?
Lesson #4: Face your fears.
Susannah Dickinson Williams Herring
1814-1883
Alamo Survivor
Susannah set up a boarding house to support herself. E.A. Masur says "Hannig was a pioneer blacksmith, a man who really appreciated a good meal. When he sampled Susannah's cabbage, bacon, and cornbread, he just up and married her."In Austin circles, Susannah became somewhat of a celebrity she was very active in relating her experiences in the Alamo and commemorating its heroes whenever called on. Hannig had a marble marker placed on wife Susannah's grave in Austin's Oakwood Cemetery stating: Sacred to the Memory of Susan A. Wife of J.W. Hannig Died Oct. 7, 1883 Aged 68 Years. She is known to haunt the 3rd floor of the Hannig Row Building located on 6th and Brazos.
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