Juan Lacot Feliú was
Mayor
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of the city of
Ponce from 1 September 1848 to 30 September 1849.
Biography
Lacot Feliú was born in
Catalunya, Spain, ca. 1816. He was a businessman in
Barrio Playa
Barrio Playa, also known as Playa de Ponce, Ponce Playa, or La Playa, is one of the thirty-one barrios that comprise the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Bucaná, Canas, Vayas, and Capitanejo, Playa is one of the municipality's ...
in Ponce, Puerto Rico, where he also resided.
Mayoral term
During
the pandemic of 1855 in Puerto Rico, Lacot lent one of his homes in Barrio Playa for the lodging of residents infected with the cholera bacterium. Juan Lacot was mayor of Ponce when the town received its charter as a ''villa'' by the Spanish Crown on 29 July 1848.
Family life
His wife was Matilde Martinez Caraballo and they had three children: Elisa, Juan, and Jose.
[Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. Pablo L. Crespo-Vargas, editor. ''A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto historico de la Playa de Ponce - Desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del siglo XX.'' First edition. June, 2017. Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste de Puerto Rico (CEISCO). Lajas, Puerto Rico. Pages 133. ]
References
See also
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List of Puerto Ricans
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List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
This is a list of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico's southern economic center, the island's second largest and second most important city.
From 1692 to 1840, the office of mayor in Ponce was filled either by local hacendados or by military office ...
Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Year of birth uncertain
1810s births
1866 deaths
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