Matías Ramos Mejía (February 24, 1810 - June 11, 1885) was an Argentine colonel. He joined the 1828 coup of Juan Lavalle against

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, and the 1839 rebellion of the Freemen of the South. He took part in the move of Lavalle's corpse to Potosí. He also fought in the

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. He is the father of historian José María Ramos Mejía.

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 Sevillian politician, who served as perpetual regidor of Buenos Aires.

References

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