Juan Nepomuceno Seguín (October 27, 1806 – August 27, 1890) was
a 19th-century Texas Senator, Mayor, Judge, and Justice of the
Peace and a prominent participant in the Texas Revolution. Juan
Seguín was born in San Antonio de Bexar on October 27, 1806. He
was the older of two sons of Erasmo Seguín and María Josefa
Becerra. As the son of a postmaster, he would assist his mother
in the business, while his father was off writing the Mexican
Constitution of 1824. In 1825, he married María Gertrudis Flores
de Abrego. They had ten children. He was elected an alderman in
December, 1828 and served on numerous electoral boards before
becoming the San Antonio alcalde (mayor) in December 1833. He
then served as political chief of Bexar in 1834, when the
previous chief became ill. In 1835, he led a relief force to
Monclova, when the Federalist Governor appealed for help. Learn
more about Juan Seguin, free from the Handbook of Texas Online.