Antonio menchaca biography
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Veteran Bio
Captain Menchaca in applying for a Headright Certificate from the Bexar County Board of nation Commissioners, February 23, 1838, stated that he was married prior to March 2, 1836. His wife evidently died, for on January 31, 1842 he was married to Concepcion Galan at San Antonio.
Captain Menchaca became Mayor pro tem of San Antonio, July 20, 1838, succeeding William H. Daingerfield, who had resigned.
Captain Menchaca died at San Antonio, November 1, 1879, while a member of the Texas Veterans Association. The State of Texas had a monument erected at his grave in 1936 in San Fernando Cemetery No. 1, San Antonio. Mrs. J.B. Lacose, daughter of Captain Menchaca presented a photograph of her father to the Texas Veterans Association at the annual meeting of the Association at San Antonio in 1880. Another daughter present at the convention was Mrs. Antonio Neuendorf.
In the Archives of the State Library, Memorial 86, File 60, is a petition from Captain Menchaca addressed to
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Antonio Menchaca Careaga
Spanish novelist and poet (1921–2002)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Menchaca and the second or maternal family name is Careaga.
Antonio Menchaca Careaga (15 July 1921 – 2002) was a Spanish novelist and poet.[1] He was born at Las Arenas, province of Vizcaya, educated at Catholic institutions, Oxford University, and the University of Madrid. He had a maritime career at first but was committed to peace in the world. He is regarded as a liberal defender of democracy under the fascist dictatorship of Franco.[1] After he signed a manifesto ("of the 500") against the Law of Succession to the Headship of the State in 1947, the navy expelled him. Thereafter he worked for a shipping company, while continuing to write.[2]
Works
[edit]- Bandera negra (Black Flag). Ed. Plaza y Janés, Barcelona, 1964
- Mar de fondo (Sea of Background), novela, finalista Premio Nadal en 1965
- Las cenizas del esp
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Antonio Menchaca
Texas revolutionary
José Antonio Menchaca (1797-01 November 1879) was an American soldier and politician who fought in the Texas Revolution and was recognized by a Joint Resolution of the Republic of Texas on December 22, 1838. Following the war, Menchaca served on the city council of San Antonio, Texas. He later commanded militia troops and helped defend the town from a Mexican invasion by General Adrian Woll in 1842.
Personal life
[edit]Menchaca was born in Spanish Texas in January 1800 in the municipality of San Antonio de Béxar (present-day San Antonio, Texas).[1][2] He was baptized as a Roman Catholic on January 17, 1800.[3] His parents, Juan Mariano Menchaca and Maria Luz Guerra, were of Spanish descent.[1][2] His great-great grandfather, Antonio Guerra, was one of the founders of Béxar, who settled in Texas in 1718.[4] Menchaca was the sixth of ten children.[5] He was well-educat