1. Francisco Perea was a cousin of Pedro Perea, and grandson of Governor Francisco Xavier Chavez, the first Governor of the Departamento de Nuevo Mexico under the independent First Mexican Empire.
19 Facts About Francisco Perea
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Francisco Perea was elected to serve as a delegate for the Territory of New Mexico to the 38th United States Congress from March 4,1863, to March 3,1865.
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Francisco Perea was born January 9,1830, in Los Padillas, New Mexico.
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Francisco Perea was the third child of Juan Perea and his wife, Josefa Chaves de Perea, a family of Hispanos whose roots in the area dated to colonial era.
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Francisco Perea was a maternal grandson of Governor Francisco Xavier Chavez, the first Governor of the Departamento de Nuevo Mexico under the independent First Mexican Empire shortly after Mexican War of Independence from Spain ended in 1821.
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Francisco Perea attended the Jesuit College, St Louis, Missouri, from 1843 to 1845.
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When Francisco Perea returned to New Mexico, it had been annexed by the US; Congress authorized it as a Territory in 1850 after Texas gave up its claims.
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Shortly after his return from the east, Francisco Perea married Dolores Otero on March 15,1851.
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Francisco Perea transported merchandise by mule train along the Santa Fe Trail from St Louis and Independence, Missouri, to Mexico.
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Francisco Perea traveled to California, and had an extended trip to New York City during the 1850s.
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In 1858 Francisco Perea was elected to represent Bernalillo County in the Territorial House.
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Francisco Perea commanded the unit to defend New Mexico against the Texas Rangers and Navajo.
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Francisco Perea took part in the Battle of Glorieta Pass, in March 1862, where the Union defeated Confederate forces.
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Francisco Perea resigned from the battalion and worked to repair his home, destroyed during the war.
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Francisco Perea was elected in 1862 as a Republican Territorial delegate to the Thirty-Eighth Congress, serving from March 4,1863, to March 3,1865.
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Francisco Perea was at Ford's Theatre when Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth in April 1865.
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Francisco Perea was elected to the Territorial Council of New Mexico for a third time in 1866, and a fourth time in 1884.
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Francisco Perea moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1906 and died there May 21,1913.
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Francisco Perea first married Delores Otero on March 15,1851.