Gaspar Flores de Abrego
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José Gaspar María Flores de Abrego | |
|---|---|
| 76th, 91st, and 96th Mayor of San Antonio | |
| In office 1943–1944 | |
| In office 1963–1964 | |
| In office 1969–1970 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 5, 1781 |
| Died | September 6, 1836 (aged 55) Villa de San Fernando, San Antonio, Texas |
| Spouse | Petra Zambrano |
| Profession | land commissioner and mayor of San Antonio |
José Gaspar Flores de Abrego (1781–1836) was a Tejano who served three terms as the mayor of San Antonio, Texas. He was also a land commissioner and associate of Austin's early colonists. Gaspar Flores was a member of a group opposing the dictatorial actions of the President of Mexico, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and is known to have attended their first meeting in Bexar as well as the first revolutionary convention ever held in the city on November 15, 1834 (held by the anti-centrist opposition). He was one of the 35 men who signed the anti-Centrist document which was presented at the convention.
José Gaspar María Flores de Abrego was born in San Antonio de Béjar as the son of Vicente Flores and Maria Antonia de las Fuentes Fernandes, descendants of Texas' first settlers, from the Canary Islands.
He was the great-grandson of the first alguacil mayor of San Antonio, Vicente Álvarez Travieso (1731–1779). In 1827, he was acting land commissioner for the Austin colony, issuing 35 land titles.[1] He was elected as mayor of San Antonio in 1811,[2] 1819, 1824, 1829, and 1834.[1]
