Ángel Navarro
Ángel Navarro (1748–1808) was a leading early Spanish settler and patriarch of San Antonio, Texas. The Navarro family played a prominent role in the Mexican and Texas revolutions. He was born in Corsica in 1748 and settled in Spanish Texas in 1769. Navarro was the alcalde (mayor) of San Antonio under Spanish Texas.[1]
He was the father of Texas statesman José Antonio Navarro, San Antonio alcalde José Ángel Navarro (elder), and the grandfather of Texas state legislator José Ángel Navarro III.
Ángel Navarro's daughter María Josefa Navarro married Juan Martín de Veramendi, the Governor of Coahuila y Tejas from 1832 to 1833. This couple's eldest daughter, Maria Ursula de Veramendi, was the wife of Texas revolutionary Jim Bowie.[2]
References
- ↑ "Mayors and Alcaldes". City of San Antonio. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
- ↑ de la Teja, Jesús F. (2010). Tejano Leadership in Mexican and Revolutionary Texas. College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press – via Questia (subscription required) . p. 36. ISBN 1-60344-166-2.
External links
- Ángel Navarro from the Handbook of Texas Online
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jose Antonio Saucedo |
Alcalde of San Antonio, Texas 1807–1808 |
Succeeded by Ignacio Perez |
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