Juan Nepomuceno Padilla was a
Californio
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politician and soldier, who served as the 10th
Alcalde of San Francisco.
Life
Padilla was involved in a dispute with
José de la Cruz Sánchez
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and his brother
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, over the position. In 1845, Pio Pico awarded Padilla the four square league
Rancho Roblar de la Miseria, in
Sonoma County
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and later, the five square league
Rancho Bolsa de Tomales.
[Roger Rehm, 1996, ''Juan N. Padilla and Ranchos Roblar de la Miseria and Bolsa de Tomales'']
During the
Bear Flag Revolt in June 1846, a band of Californios led by Nepomuceno, killed two members of the Bear Flag Party, Thomas Cowie and George Fowler. Padilla and his band to retreated to
Rancho Olompali
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, and a group of Americans set fire to Padilla's Sonoma ranch.
He married María Marta Ávila in 1851.
In 1848, after he returned from Los Angeles, Padilla, who long had been blamed for the murders in
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, was attacked by a group of former Bear Flaggers in a
Sonoma hotel.
[Leonard Pitt, Ramon A. Gutierrez, 1999,''Decline of the Californios: A Social History of the Spanish-Speaking Californias, 1846–1890'', University of California Press,] In 1849, Padilla sold Rancho Bolsa de Tomales to Felix Berreyesa and Jesus Molina. In 1850 Padilla sold Rancho Roblar de la Miseria, and returned to Los Angeles. Juan Nepomuceno Padilla married Maria Marta Avila (1825–) in 1851.
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