SIMMONS, CLEVELAND KINLOCH (1815-1836). Cleveland Kinloch Simmons, officer of
the Alamo garrison, son of William and Sarah Clifford (Young) Simmons, was
born at Charleston, South Carolina, on June 8, 1815. He traveled to Texas in
January 1836 aboard the schooner Santiago. Simmons received a commission as a
lieutenant in the Regular Texas Cavalry from Henry Smith,qv before leaving
San Felipe for Bexar. He arrived at the Alamo as an officer of Capt. John H.
Forsyth'sqv cavalry company, which accompanied Lt. Col. William B. Travis.qv
Simmons died in the battle of the Alamoqv on March 6, 1836.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Albert Curtis, Remember the Alamo Heroes (San Antonio: Clegg,
1961). Daughters of the American Revolution, The Alamo Heroes and Their
Revolutionary Ancestors (San Antonio, 1976). Bill Groneman, Alamo Defenders
(Austin: Eakin, 1990).

Bill Groneman


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