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Juan Nepomuceno Seguin was born on October 27, 1806, in San Antonio de Bexar, Province of Texas, Viceroyalty of New Spain, to Juan José María Erasmo Seguin, a second-generation Bexareño, and Maria Josefa Becerra. As the son of a postal administrator, he would help his mother in business, while his father was one of the drafting rapporteurs ...
An affidavit was signed by Juan Seguin on February 6, 1875, affirming that Luciano was indeed a member of Seguin's company and had entered the Alamo with Seguin himself and Jim Bowie. Luciano was sent by Seguin and William Travis to fetch a trunk from Seguin's rancho. Upon returning, he was unable to reenter the Alamo due to Mexican patrols. [64]
José Gregorio Esparza (February 25, 1802 – March 6, 1836), also known as Gregorio Esparza, was the last Texan defender to enter the Alamo during the early days of March 1836 in the Siege of the Alamo [1] and was the only one that was not burned in the pyres.
Juan Seguín (1806–1890), Tejano soldier during Texas Revolution; John William Smith (1792–1845), fought at Battle of San Jacinto; later first mayor of San Antonio; Alfonso Steele (1817–1911), last survivor of Battle of San Jacinto; William B. Travis (1809–1836), commander of Texas forces at Alamo; Logan Vandeveer (1815–1855), hero of ...
Juan Jose Maria Erasmo de Jesús Seguín was born on May 26, 1782, to a family of French descent in San Antonio de Bexar (now San Antonio, Texas, USA). [1] His paternal grandfather, Bartolomé Seguin, had moved to Spanish Texas from the Mexican interior soon after the founding of the town in 1718. [2]
The Erasmo Seguin family had previously lived in San Antonio de Bexar, and also owned a 22,000-acre (89 km 2) ranch further south (in present Karnes County), but now chose to build and live in Floresville. Juan Seguín (born 1806, in San Antonio), one of Erasmo Seguin's sons, was also a prominent Texas military and political figure. He returned ...
Juan Seguin, 1841–1842; Sam Maverick, 1839–1840; Antonio Menchaca, 1838–1839; ... wife of actor-director Richard Benjamin and sister of Ann Prentiss;
Toribio Losoya was a private in the Mexican Army, serving at the Alamo with the Second Flying Company of San Carlos de Parras under Lt. Col. José Francisco Ruiz.During 1830, his company had built Fort Tenoxtitlán on the west bank of the Brazos River, 100 miles (161 km) above San Felipe.