Juan Martín de Veramendi
| Juan Martin de Veramendi | |
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| 7th Governor of Coahuila and Texas | |
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In office 1831–1833 |
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| Preceded by | Ramón Músquiz |
| Succeeded by | Juan José de Vidaurri y Villaseñor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 17, 1778 San Antonio, Spanish Texas, Viceroyalty of New Spain |
| Died | September 7, 1833 Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico |
| Spouse(s) | Josefa Navarro |
| Profession | Political |
Juan Martin de Veramendi (December 17, 1778–1833) was a Spanish (1778-1821, Mexican independence) and Mexican (1821-1833) politician that served as governor of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas from 1832 until 1833. Varamendi was also collector of foreign revenue (in Bexar in 1822 - 1823), alternate deputy of the Texas Provincial Depuration to the Mexican National Constitutional Congress, alcalde of Bexar (1824, 1825 and 1828) and Vice Governor (in Coahuila y Tejas province on September 6, 1830).
Veramendi was born on December 17, 1778, in San Antonio de Béxar, known as Béxar, which was then a part of Spanish Texas. He was the second son of Fernando Veramendi, a native of Pamplona, Spain, who had come to Béxar by 1775, and María Josefa Granados, a native of Béxar.
Fernando was a merchant. He owned four tracts of irrigated land as well as a stone house on Soledad Street, "one of the more substantial homes" in the town. Fernando Veramendi was killed in an Indian attack in May 1783, leaving his property to be divided between his children, José Maria (born 1777), Juan Martín, and Fernando Ramon (b 1782). Another child, daughter María Josefa, was born soon after Fernando's death.
Per the terms of his father's will, Juan Martín Veramendi and his brothers were under the oversight of Father Pedro Fuentes, who would see to their education, and Juan José de la Santa, who would oversee the property. His mother soon remarried, to Spaniard Juan Martin de Amondarain. By 1790, María Josefa Granados had died and Father Fuentes had left the area, leaving Amondarain to raise the children.
In 1810, Juan Martín Veramendi married María Josefa Navarro, the sister of his good friend José Antonio Navarro. Their first child, Ursula, arrived in October 1811, and they had six other children together. Veramendi and his wife also raised their goddaughter, Juana Navarro, daughter of José Navarro and Concepción Cervantes.
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