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Juan Rondón
Juan Rondón Martínez (c. 1790 – c. 1843) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1843. Municipal works Rondón Martinez is best known for having inaugurated, in 1843, Ponce's old cemetery (Viejo Cementerio de Ponce) on Calle Simon de la Torre. This cemetery, also called Antiguo Cementerio de Ponce, became the Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro. Rondon Martínez was the first person to be buried in the cemetery.United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places. Nomination Form #84003149. Cementerio Antiguo de Ponce (a.k.a., Cementerio Civil de Ponce) 6 December 1983. Page 3. Honors In Ponce there is a street in Urbanización Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes named after him. See also *List of Puerto Ricans References Further reading * Fay Fowlie de Flores. ''Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada.'' Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 124. Item ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Ortiz De La Renta
José Ortiz de la Renta (c. 1765 – c. 1850) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1812 to 1814, 1815 to 1816, 1820 to 1821, 1823 to 1826, 1837 to 1838, 1842 to 1843, 1843 to 1844, and in 1846. He has the distinction of having held the office of mayor of Ponce the most — eight times. He was an hacendado. Background Like José Casimiro Ortíz de la Renta and Francisco Ortíz de la Renta, José Ortiz de la Renta was a descendant of the founders of San Germán, on the hills of Santa Marta, next to Río Guanajibo, in 1573. He was an hacienda owner and in 1827 owned 16 slaves. First mayoral term (1812) As Ponce has had a municipal council since 1812, Mayor Ortiz de la Renta was the first mayor of Ponce with a legislative council. José Ortiz de la Renta was the first '' alcalde constitutional'' elected by popular vote, in 1812, as a result of the '' Constitución de Cádiz'' (Cádiz Constitution). During his first mayoral term, Ortiz de la Renta was mayor from 1 January 1812 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |