Juan Seguín
Juan Seguín
Juan Nepomuceno Seguín
Born
27 October 1806
San Antonio, Texas
Died
August 27, 1890 ( age 83)
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
Allegiance
Republic of Texas
Service/branch
Texan Army, Republic of Texas Militia, Republic of Texas Army
Years of service
1835–1836, 1836–1842
Rank
Colonel
Unit
Texan volunteer and regular army
Battles/wars
Battle of Concepcion
Siege of Bexar
Siege of the Alamo
Runaway Scrape
Battle of San Jacinto
Texas-Indian Wars
Juan Nepomuceno Seguin – Was a 19th-century Texas Senator, mayor, judge, and Justice of the Peace and a prominent participant in the Texas Revolution. Juan Nepomuceno Seguin was born in San Antonio de Bexar on October 27, 1806. He was the older of two sons of Erasmo Seguin and Maria Josefa Becerra. Around 1700, a Frenchman named Guillaume Seguin had traveled from Paris. As the son of a postmaster, Seguin would assist his mother in the business, while his father was off writing the 1824 Constitution of Mexico. In 1825, Juan married Maria Gertrudis Flores de Abrego. They had ten children. He was elected an alderman. Then he became San Antonio the mayor in December 1833. He then served as political chief and mayor of Bexar until 1834; he led a relief force to Monclova. Texas Revolution
As a teenager in Mexico, Seguin had a strong interest in politics. He was very critical of his contemporary Mexican leader and joined the Texas Revolution to rid Texas of Santa Anna's rule. In 1835–1836, Seguin recruited and commanded troops for the Texan Army. He was commissioned a captain by Stephen F. Austin in October 1835. Seguin sent out scouting parties to the Missions of San Antonio. He drove the troops of Santa Anna out of Texas.
In January 1836, he was commissioned as a Captain in Texas, upon the return of Santa Anna's army; Juan Seguin entered the Alamo with fifteen recruits to join William B. Travis in the battle of the Alamo. Although serving at the Alamo during the thirteen-day siege, he was dispatched
Juan Nepomuceno Seguín
Born
27 October 1806
San Antonio, Texas
Died
August 27, 1890 ( age 83)
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
Allegiance
Republic of Texas
Service/branch
Texan Army, Republic of Texas Militia, Republic of Texas Army
Years of service
1835–1836, 1836–1842
Rank
Colonel
Unit
Texan volunteer and regular army
Battles/wars
Battle of Concepcion
Siege of Bexar
Siege of the Alamo
Runaway Scrape
Battle of San Jacinto
Texas-Indian Wars
Juan Nepomuceno Seguin – Was a 19th-century Texas Senator, mayor, judge, and Justice of the Peace and a prominent participant in the Texas Revolution. Juan Nepomuceno Seguin was born in San Antonio de Bexar on October 27, 1806. He was the older of two sons of Erasmo Seguin and Maria Josefa Becerra. Around 1700, a Frenchman named Guillaume Seguin had traveled from Paris. As the son of a postmaster, Seguin would assist his mother in the business, while his father was off writing the 1824 Constitution of Mexico. In 1825, Juan married Maria Gertrudis Flores de Abrego. They had ten children. He was elected an alderman. Then he became San Antonio the mayor in December 1833. He then served as political chief and mayor of Bexar until 1834; he led a relief force to Monclova. Texas Revolution
As a teenager in Mexico, Seguin had a strong interest in politics. He was very critical of his contemporary Mexican leader and joined the Texas Revolution to rid Texas of Santa Anna's rule. In 1835–1836, Seguin recruited and commanded troops for the Texan Army. He was commissioned a captain by Stephen F. Austin in October 1835. Seguin sent out scouting parties to the Missions of San Antonio. He drove the troops of Santa Anna out of Texas.
In January 1836, he was commissioned as a Captain in Texas, upon the return of Santa Anna's army; Juan Seguin entered the Alamo with fifteen recruits to join William B. Travis in the battle of the Alamo. Although serving at the Alamo during the thirteen-day siege, he was dispatched