Félix O'Neill (mayor) explained

Honorific Prefix:Coronel
Félix O'Neill
Order1:60th
Office1:Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Term Start1:24 July 1854
Term End1:August 1856
Predecessor1:Antonio E. Molina
Successor1:Pedro Juan Capó
Birth Date:c. 1800
Death Date:c. 1870
Profession:Military

Félix O'Neill (c. 1800  - c. 1870) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 24 July 1854 to August 1856.[1] [2] He was a Spanish military officer with the rank of Coronel.[3]

Mayoral term

He is well remembered for producing, on 20 August 1856, his 20-point edict titled "Disposiciones Acordadas Por la Municipalidad de Esta Villa, que deben observarse en caso de ser invadida esta Poblacion por la epidemia del Colera-morbo" (Dispositions Agreed Upon by the Municipal Government of this Village, to be observed in the event our People are invaded by the Cholera Morbus epidemic).[4] The gastroenteritis cholera had just invaded the town earlier that month.[5]

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References

  1. Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y la Campana de la Almudaina. page 72.
  2. Neysa Rodriguez Deynes. Brevario Sobre la Historia de Ponce. page 166.
  3. http://www.trebpr.com/municipios/ponce_e.php Municipios – Ponce
  4. Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y la Campana de la Almudaina. page 73.
  5. Socorro Girón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y la Campana de la Almudaina. page 72.

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