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Matías Ramos Mejía (February 24, 1810 - June 11, 1885) was an Argentine colonel. He joined the 1828 coup of
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, and the 1839 rebellion of the
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. He is the father of historian
José María Ramos Mejía José María Ramos Mejía (1849–1914) was an Argentinian politician and historian. Biography He was born in Buenos Aires in 1849, son of colonel Matías Ramos Mejía and Francisca Madero. He made studies of medicine, promoting changes to the a ...
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Biography

Matías was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Francisco Ramos Mejía and María Antonia de Segurola. He was married to María Francisca Madero, daughter of Juan José Madero and María del Carmen Viaña, belonging to patrician families of Buenos Aires. His paternal grandfather was Gregorio Ramos Mejía, a prominent
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politician, who served as perpetual regidor of Buenos Aires.


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1810 births 1885 deaths Argentine military personnel of the Paraguayan War Argentine colonels Members of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies Unitarianists (Argentina) {{Argentina-hist-stub