Margaret Becker came to Texas with her parents and her younger brothers in 1825. They traveled in two Conestoga wagons, with everything they would need to set up a new home in Texas. Her father had come to take up a land grant in Stephen Austin's colony. On the day that she was twelve years old - the
very day that the Becker family arrived in Texas - a witch-woman looked
at her hands and foretold her future in frontier Texas; she foretold two
husbands for Margaret, the first of whom she would meet in exactly thirty days.
What did the witch-woman say about Margaret's two brothers? Only that she saw smoke around Rudi, and that water would be the savior of Carl.
And Margaret would survive. During her life, she would observe and participate in great events - the dreadful Runaway Scrape, when civilian women and children had to pack up and leave their homes at a moment's notice, for fear of the dreadful avenging army of the Mexican general, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Margaret would be within hearing of the siege of the 'Come and Take It'
Fight', the siege of the Alamo, and the final victory for the Republic
of Texas at San Jacinto. She would meet and pass her own judgment on
great men and lesser men as well; James Bowie, Sam Houston, William B.
Travis, Mirabeau Lamar, 'Deaf' Smith and Juan Seguin. Margaret would be a
loyal friend, a Texas patriot and an able political hostess in the new
capitol city of Austin. In the end, she would be a survivor and witness
to incredible historical events.
But in all of her life, there would be one man who would ever hold - and break - her heart!
very day that the Becker family arrived in Texas - a witch-woman looked
at her hands and foretold her future in frontier Texas; she foretold two
husbands for Margaret, the first of whom she would meet in exactly thirty days.
What did the witch-woman say about Margaret's two brothers? Only that she saw smoke around Rudi, and that water would be the savior of Carl.
And Margaret would survive. During her life, she would observe and participate in great events - the dreadful Runaway Scrape, when civilian women and children had to pack up and leave their homes at a moment's notice, for fear of the dreadful avenging army of the Mexican general, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Margaret would be within hearing of the siege of the 'Come and Take It'
Fight', the siege of the Alamo, and the final victory for the Republic
of Texas at San Jacinto. She would meet and pass her own judgment on
great men and lesser men as well; James Bowie, Sam Houston, William B.
Travis, Mirabeau Lamar, 'Deaf' Smith and Juan Seguin. Margaret would be a
loyal friend, a Texas patriot and an able political hostess in the new
capitol city of Austin. In the end, she would be a survivor and witness
to incredible historical events.
But in all of her life, there would be one man who would ever hold - and break - her heart!
