The following biography is adapted from research published by The National Society of James Madison Family Descendants and The Handbook of Texas Online:.
James Madison Rose was the youngest son of Dr. Robert Henry Rose (1775–1883) and Frances "Fannie" Taylor Madison (1774–1823). His mother was a sister of U.S. President James Madison.
Rose came to Texas from Arkansas at the time of the Texas Revolution joining David Crockett and the Texians sometime between early January and early February of 1836. He served in the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836. Alamo survivor Susannah W. Dickinson remembered Rose talking to her husband, Almeron Dickinson, about a narrow escape during the early stages of the Alamo siege. She described Rose as being of medium height and heavy set, having a full square face, and speaking very rapidly. She also stated that he had light freckled skin, sandy hair, blue grey eyes, and broad, stooped shoulders.
Following the bloody battle, Mexican general Santa Anna ordered the Texian bodies to be stacked and burned. The ashes were left where they fell until February, 1837, when Juan Seguín returned to Béxar to examine the remains. A simple coffin was filled with ashes from the funeral pyres. According to a March 28, 1837, article in the Telegraph and Texas Register, Seguín "buried the coffin under a peach tree grove. The spot was not marked and cannot now be identified". Seguín later claimed that he had placed the coffin in front of the altar at the San Fernando Cathedral. In July, 1936, a coffin was discovered buried in that location.
The following biography is adapted from research published by The National Society of James Madison Family Descendants and The Handbook of Texas Online:.
James Madison Rose was the youngest son of Dr. Robert Henry Rose (1775–1883) and Frances "Fannie" Taylor Madison (1774–1823). His mother was a sister of U.S. President James Madison.
Rose came to Texas from Arkansas at the time of the Texas Revolution joining David Crockett and the Texians sometime between early January and early February of 1836. He served in the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836. Alamo survivor Susannah W. Dickinson remembered Rose talking to her husband, Almeron Dickinson, about a narrow escape during the early stages of the Alamo siege. She described Rose as being of medium height and heavy set, having a full square face, and speaking very rapidly. She also stated that he had light freckled skin, sandy hair, blue grey eyes, and broad, stooped shoulders.
Following the bloody battle, Mexican general Santa Anna ordered the Texian bodies to be stacked and burned. The ashes were left where they fell until February, 1837, when Juan Seguín returned to Béxar to examine the remains. A simple coffin was filled with ashes from the funeral pyres. According to a March 28, 1837, article in the Telegraph and Texas Register, Seguín "buried the coffin under a peach tree grove. The spot was not marked and cannot now be identified". Seguín later claimed that he had placed the coffin in front of the altar at the San Fernando Cathedral. In July, 1936, a coffin was discovered buried in that location.
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