José Ángel Navarro (elder) explained

José Ángel Navarro (1784–1836), known as José Ángel Navarro (the elder), was born in San Antonio de Béxar and became a soldier under Spanish Texas. He was the son of Ángel Navarro, a brother to Texas statesman José Antonio Navarro, and an uncle to Texas legislator José Ángel Navarro III.^[1]

Navarro was two-term alcalde (mayor) of San Antonio in Spanish Texas.^[2] As alcalde, he was one of the seven community leaders to sign the December 19, 1832, Béxar Remonstrance, a petition to the Mexican government regarding what they felt was "the historic neglect of San Antonio in particular and Texas in general".^{[3] [4] [5]}

He died June 13, 1836, at his home.

External links

• Memoria of the Bexar Seven San Antonio de Bexar, 1832-1833, Texas A & M University

Notes and References

1. Web site: Camilla. Campbell. José Ángel Navarro (the elder). Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. February 23, 2016.
2. Web site: Mayors and Alcaldes. City of San Antonio. February 23, 2016.
3. Web site: On This Day in Texas History, December 19, 1832: The Bexar Remonstrances . medium.com/@OfficialAlamo . 2016-12-19 . 2020-07-23.
4. Book: Thrall, A. M.. H. S.. A History of Texas. 1876. University Publishing Company. New York, NY. 54.
5. Garrison. George P.. Letter from Stephen F. Austin dated April 17, 1833. The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association. 1907–1908. 11. 173.