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Manuel Flores (Jose Manuel Nepomunceno Paublino Flores) (ca. 1801-1868) served as a volunteer in the Texas army in 1835-1838. Fighting and commanding, he would rise through the ranks to reach Sergeant status during the fight for Texas independence and would be commissioned a Captain during the Republic Years. ==Family History- Early Years== Manuel Flores was born in Spanish Texas on June 16, 1799〔Birth date most commonly used and referenced in the Handbook of Texas, is 1801〕 in La Villa de San Fernando de Bexar. He was a skilled vaquero and ranchero that lived on the San Antonio river below San Antonio. He married Maria Josefa Courbière in 1835. He married Margarita Garza in 1858.〔(Descendants of Pedro Flores de Abrego by S. Gibson June 24, 2007 )〕 He was the son of Jose Flores De Abrego and Maria Rodriquez 〔de la Teja (1991), p. 18.〕〔(Flores de Abrego )〕 They were a prominent family of Bexar, rich in the ranching history of Texas and steeped in the cause of freedom.〔(Handbook of Texas )〕 Supporting the 1835-1836 Texas independence movement were four Flores De Abrego sons,〔 Captain Salvador Flores〔SRT77 (2001) Pg.77〕 Captain Manuel Flores,〔Handbook of Texas Online,s.v. "," () (accessed April 27, 2013).〕 Lieutenant Nepomuceno Flores,〔Banks (2001), p. 51.〕 and Private Jose Maria Flores,〔TAMU Dewitt, Pvt. Jose (Manuel) Maria Flores () - 2nd Regiment Volunteers 9th Company〕〔() Bexar Genealogy Flores〕 having participated in the Texas Revolution, serving at Bexar〔Matovina (1995), p. 34.〕 and San Jacinto.〔Texas Historical Society (5335 Floresville, Texas (1986) )〕 Manuel was the brother-in-law of Col. Juan Nepomuceno Seguín.〔Groneman (1990), p. 97.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manuel N. Flores」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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