| Enrique Jaramillo; A Biography of a Tejano | |
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Enrique Francisco de Jaramillo Born: February 6, 1793 Ethnic Group: Hispanic Nationality: Texan : Summary : Enrique Francisco de Jaramillo was on February 6, 1793 as the fourth son of a wealthy couple living on a ranch on the Rio Grande border. Jaramillo's first job was working with his father on the ranch, helping out his mother in their daily tasks. Jaramillo's first experience with politics was when his father and a Mexican government official quarreled over a land dispute, Jaramillo settled it and the official, Ernesto Garmelo, took an interest in him. Soon after he turned 17, Jaramillo became Garmelo's apprentice as the mayor of a town in and the Coahuila province at that time. Jaramillo served with Garmelo for 4 years until his master died and he became mayor, or alcalde, of San Patricio. Jaramillo first met an Anglo trader in 1823, when the man told him about the hardships American settlers were having to the north; thus, Jaramillo became involved with the quickly growing demographic group as he represented them in Mexico City to the south, when explaining the American way of life to his fellow countrymen. When Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana took power, Jaramillo was one of the first to join the Texas independence movement and helped set up many of the conventions during that time in favor of independence. When the first shots of the war of independence were fired, Jaramillo immediately joined Sam Houston's rebel army and campaigned with the man for a year and a half. In 1835, just a few months before the battle of Jacinto, Jaramillo left Sam Houston' army for his wife; who was dying back in San Patricio. Jaramillo came back home to find the whole family in turmoil and his wife dead, aggrieved, Jaramillo stayed in San Patricio until 1838, when he went into politics again and managed to persuade voters in his county to vote for him. |
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