HANNUM, JAMES (1815-1836). James Hannum, Alamo defender, son of Washington Lee and Martha (Robertson) Hannum, was born in Pennsylvania on August 8, 1815. He served in the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Daughters of the American Revolution, The Alamo Heroes and Their Revolutionary Ancestors (San Antonio, 1976 Bill Groneman, Alamo Defenders (Austin: Eakin, 1990).
