Essay On Juan Seguin

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Juan Seguin was born on October 27, 1806 to Erasmo Seguin and Maria Josefa Becerra Seguin, in what is now known as San Antonio, Texas. He was the eldest of three son, and even though they did not have formal schooling their father encouraged them to read and write. Seguin started public service at a very young age by working with his mother at his father’s post office. Juan’s father was the Head Postmaster of San Antonio. The postmaster was the person responsible for running the local post office, that person being Erasmo Seguin. When Juan was 19, he married Maria Gertrudis Flores de Abrego. They had ten children, four sons and six daughters. In 1837 Seguín became the first Tejano to serve in the Republic of Texas Senate, a position he held …show more content…

Austin. In October 1835, Juan was appointed to the rank of captain , in the Texas army by Commander and Chief Stephen F. Austin. Juan organized a group of Tejanos soldiers to defend against the Mexican troops in 1835. Then he fought alongside of Jim Bowie in the battle of Concepcion. During the battle of Concepcion the Texans army only suffered one death and one wounded, while the Mexican army suffered fourteen killed and thirty nine wounded.Then after the battle of Concepcion Juan Seguin joined the grass fight to slowen Santa Anna and his army's pase. They stole many pack horses supossedly holded the army's payroll, only to find that it was grass for the Mexican's Animals. After the Grass Fight Seguin and some of his men went to the Almo to help fight, but was sent out as courier to send a message for help from Houston’s army. Sam wouldn’t let Seguin return to the Alamo when he delivered the message, so he stayed and fought with Sam and his army.The battle was only eighteen minutes long but the Texans won. After accepting the Mexican’s surrender of San Antonio on June 4, 1836, he served as the city’s military commander through the fall of 1837. Juan directed burial services for the remains of the Alamo dead during this time. Then Juan Seguin retired to Nuevo Laredo, where his son lived. Juan soon died in Nuevo Laredo on August 27, 1890. After his death and burial his remains were moved to a city named in his

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