Jesús Carranza Neira (June 16, 1813 – May 25, 1899) was a Mexican mule driver, rancher, and landowner. He was a veteran who fought in the Mexican–Apache Wars, on the side of

Benito Juárez Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. A Zapotec peoples, Zapotec, he w ...

and the liberals during the

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, and for the republicans against the French intervention in Mexico. He supplied

Mariano Escobedo Mariano Antonio Guadalupe Escobedo de la Peña (16 January 1826 – 22 May 1902) was a Mexican Army general and Governor of Nuevo León. Early life Mariano Escobedo was born in San Pablo de los Labradores (which is today known as Galeana), ...

with weapons and horses and provided Juárez himself an interest-free loan in 1866. He was named political chief of

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and was repaid with a large land grant in

Coahuila Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the thi ...

after Juárez emerged victorious against the French. A patriarch with 15 children, his second son and eleventh child was

Venustiano Carranza José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920), known as Venustiano Carranza, was a Mexican land owner and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1917 until his assassination in 1920, during the Mexican Re ...

, who later became president of Mexico.

Personal life

Born on June 16, 1813, in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, he was the son of Rafael Carranza Ramón and María Ignacia Neira. His paternal grandfather was Juan José Carranza, the town's founder. As a child, he was orphaned by his mother and mistreated by his father's second wife, so he left home at the age of 12 with some Americans who arrived at the transit village for the city of Chihuahua, where they were going, to establish a trading house. Jesús Carranza was married to María de Jesús Garza and had 15 children.

Legacy

The

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town of Jesús Carranza was named in his honor.

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