Merchant, business and sheep farmer. By the age of 25 Jose Leandro was one of the most prominant men in Albuquerque and one of the wealthiest and influential in business and politics by the age of 40.
According to Jose's will he wished to be buried in the Bernalillo Cemetery.
According to the book 'Buried Treasures: Famous and Unusual Gravesites in New Mexico History' By Richard Melzer, Jose was buried in the cemetery in front of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Chuch which is now (Oct 2011) a paved parking lot. I have not been able to find out if and where his body may have been moved to.
Other Children with 1st wife Maria Delores Longina CHAVEZ:
Josefa Castillo (1845- )
Soledad Castillo (1846- )
Barbara (1850- )
Pedro Perea (1852-1906) FAG #7099183 (Requested to be linked)
Benicio F. (1853- )
Felipe (1854-?)
Cesaria Hubbell Buisson (1861-1929)
Jacobo (1861-1934) FAG# 92463996
Children with 2nd wife Biviana Guadelupe PEREA:
Jose Leandro Jr.(1879-1887)
Julian (1883-1887/9)
Following provided by FAG contributor Dan & Helen Conner Dansro. Published in the Albuquerque Journal April 3 & 4, 1883 - Jose L Perea- The announcement of the death of Jose Leandro Perea will carry sorrow to many households. No man in this section of the United States could number more friends among all classes of people than he. A large number of our business men owe their successes in life to assistance rendered by him, and they remember him with the kindest of feelings. Far sighted as well as liberal, he was one of the first of the Spanish-Americans to grasp and take advantage of the business situation. When eastern men began to pour into New Mexico his doors were thrown open to them, and they enjoyed a hospitality equaled only by the south in the palmy days before the war. He was progressive in his ideas, and always lent a willing ear to any project during the development of the Territory, or for the improvement of the people. He helped to establish the First National Bank in the Territory, at Santa Fe, and was vice president for several years. A colonel and brigadier general of millita he took part in some of the earlier Indian wars, and also in the battle of Valverde in 1862. At different times he has filled some of the minor civil offices, and has always acquitted himself with credit. Jose L. Perea, with a few thousand dollars has built up a princely fortune. His business interests extend from Denver to Chihuahus. Banks, stores, vineyards, ranches and thousands of cattle, sheep and horses, bear ample proof of his indomitable energy and business tact. While managing his large business he yet found time to dispense to his numerous friends, the hospitality of his delightful home, binding them to his soul with cords of steel, by practice of those amenities of social life which he understood to perfection. A generation furnishes few characters, so worthy of imitation, as his. Eninity was a feeling which had no resting place in his heart and thousands of mourners today bear testimony to his cultivation of the flower of friendship. During the dark days of our government his arm and means were freely given for the support of his adopted country/ Of his life little can be said that is not known to the public. With others we wish to offer our tribute to the memory of one who has smoother over many of the rough places in our intercourse with the native people, and who was among the first to take the stranger by the hand and make him welcome. Humanity has sustained a loss hard to repair. To the bereaved family we extend our heartfelt sympathy.
The funeral of Jose L., Perea, a notable and good man, as announced in yesterday's issue of THE JOURNAL, will take place this morning at 10 o'clock from the family residence at Bernalillo. A large number of citizens will attend the last rites paid to the illustrious dead. Friends of the family from all parts of the Territory will be present. The funeral cortege will be the largest and most imposing ever witnessed in New Mexico.
According to Jose's will he wished to be buried in the Bernalillo Cemetery.
According to the book 'Buried Treasures: Famous and Unusual Gravesites in New Mexico History' By Richard Melzer, Jose was buried in the cemetery in front of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Chuch which is now (Oct 2011) a paved parking lot. I have not been able to find out if and where his body may have been moved to.
Other Children with 1st wife Maria Delores Longina CHAVEZ:
Josefa Castillo (1845- )
Soledad Castillo (1846- )
Barbara (1850- )
Pedro Perea (1852-1906) FAG #7099183 (Requested to be linked)
Benicio F. (1853- )
Felipe (1854-?)
Cesaria Hubbell Buisson (1861-1929)
Jacobo (1861-1934) FAG# 92463996
Children with 2nd wife Biviana Guadelupe PEREA:
Jose Leandro Jr.(1879-1887)
Julian (1883-1887/9)
Following provided by FAG contributor Dan & Helen Conner Dansro. Published in the Albuquerque Journal April 3 & 4, 1883 - Jose L Perea- The announcement of the death of Jose Leandro Perea will carry sorrow to many households. No man in this section of the United States could number more friends among all classes of people than he. A large number of our business men owe their successes in life to assistance rendered by him, and they remember him with the kindest of feelings. Far sighted as well as liberal, he was one of the first of the Spanish-Americans to grasp and take advantage of the business situation. When eastern men began to pour into New Mexico his doors were thrown open to them, and they enjoyed a hospitality equaled only by the south in the palmy days before the war. He was progressive in his ideas, and always lent a willing ear to any project during the development of the Territory, or for the improvement of the people. He helped to establish the First National Bank in the Territory, at Santa Fe, and was vice president for several years. A colonel and brigadier general of millita he took part in some of the earlier Indian wars, and also in the battle of Valverde in 1862. At different times he has filled some of the minor civil offices, and has always acquitted himself with credit. Jose L. Perea, with a few thousand dollars has built up a princely fortune. His business interests extend from Denver to Chihuahus. Banks, stores, vineyards, ranches and thousands of cattle, sheep and horses, bear ample proof of his indomitable energy and business tact. While managing his large business he yet found time to dispense to his numerous friends, the hospitality of his delightful home, binding them to his soul with cords of steel, by practice of those amenities of social life which he understood to perfection. A generation furnishes few characters, so worthy of imitation, as his. Eninity was a feeling which had no resting place in his heart and thousands of mourners today bear testimony to his cultivation of the flower of friendship. During the dark days of our government his arm and means were freely given for the support of his adopted country/ Of his life little can be said that is not known to the public. With others we wish to offer our tribute to the memory of one who has smoother over many of the rough places in our intercourse with the native people, and who was among the first to take the stranger by the hand and make him welcome. Humanity has sustained a loss hard to repair. To the bereaved family we extend our heartfelt sympathy.
The funeral of Jose L., Perea, a notable and good man, as announced in yesterday's issue of THE JOURNAL, will take place this morning at 10 o'clock from the family residence at Bernalillo. A large number of citizens will attend the last rites paid to the illustrious dead. Friends of the family from all parts of the Territory will be present. The funeral cortege will be the largest and most imposing ever witnessed in New Mexico.
Merchant, business and sheep farmer. By the age of 25 Jose Leandro was one of the most prominant men in Albuquerque and one of the wealthiest and influential in business and politics by the age of 40.
According to Jose's will he wished to be buried in the Bernalillo Cemetery.
According to the book 'Buried Treasures: Famous and Unusual Gravesites in New Mexico History' By Richard Melzer, Jose was buried in the cemetery in front of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Chuch which is now (Oct 2011) a paved parking lot. I have not been able to find out if and where his body may have been moved to.
Other Children with 1st wife Maria Delores Longina CHAVEZ:
Josefa Castillo (1845- )
Soledad Castillo (1846- )
Barbara (1850- )
Pedro Perea (1852-1906) FAG #7099183 (Requested to be linked)
Benicio F. (1853- )
Felipe (1854-?)
Cesaria Hubbell Buisson (1861-1929)
Jacobo (1861-1934) FAG# 92463996
Children with 2nd wife Biviana Guadelupe PEREA:
Jose Leandro Jr.(1879-1887)
Julian (1883-1887/9)
Following provided by FAG contributor Dan & Helen Conner Dansro. Published in the Albuquerque Journal April 3 & 4, 1883 - Jose L Perea- The announcement of the death of Jose Leandro Perea will carry sorrow to many households. No man in this section of the United States could number more friends among all classes of people than he. A large number of our business men owe their successes in life to assistance rendered by him, and they remember him with the kindest of feelings. Far sighted as well as liberal, he was one of the first of the Spanish-Americans to grasp and take advantage of the business situation. When eastern men began to pour into New Mexico his doors were thrown open to them, and they enjoyed a hospitality equaled only by the south in the palmy days before the war. He was progressive in his ideas, and always lent a willing ear to any project during the development of the Territory, or for the improvement of the people. He helped to establish the First National Bank in the Territory, at Santa Fe, and was vice president for several years. A colonel and brigadier general of millita he took part in some of the earlier Indian wars, and also in the battle of Valverde in 1862. At different times he has filled some of the minor civil offices, and has always acquitted himself with credit. Jose L. Perea, with a few thousand dollars has built up a princely fortune. His business interests extend from Denver to Chihuahus. Banks, stores, vineyards, ranches and thousands of cattle, sheep and horses, bear ample proof of his indomitable energy and business tact. While managing his large business he yet found time to dispense to his numerous friends, the hospitality of his delightful home, binding them to his soul with cords of steel, by practice of those amenities of social life which he understood to perfection. A generation furnishes few characters, so worthy of imitation, as his. Eninity was a feeling which had no resting place in his heart and thousands of mourners today bear testimony to his cultivation of the flower of friendship. During the dark days of our government his arm and means were freely given for the support of his adopted country/ Of his life little can be said that is not known to the public. With others we wish to offer our tribute to the memory of one who has smoother over many of the rough places in our intercourse with the native people, and who was among the first to take the stranger by the hand and make him welcome. Humanity has sustained a loss hard to repair. To the bereaved family we extend our heartfelt sympathy.
The funeral of Jose L., Perea, a notable and good man, as announced in yesterday's issue of THE JOURNAL, will take place this morning at 10 o'clock from the family residence at Bernalillo. A large number of citizens will attend the last rites paid to the illustrious dead. Friends of the family from all parts of the Territory will be present. The funeral cortege will be the largest and most imposing ever witnessed in New Mexico.
According to Jose's will he wished to be buried in the Bernalillo Cemetery.
According to the book 'Buried Treasures: Famous and Unusual Gravesites in New Mexico History' By Richard Melzer, Jose was buried in the cemetery in front of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Chuch which is now (Oct 2011) a paved parking lot. I have not been able to find out if and where his body may have been moved to.
Other Children with 1st wife Maria Delores Longina CHAVEZ:
Josefa Castillo (1845- )
Soledad Castillo (1846- )
Barbara (1850- )
Pedro Perea (1852-1906) FAG #7099183 (Requested to be linked)
Benicio F. (1853- )
Felipe (1854-?)
Cesaria Hubbell Buisson (1861-1929)
Jacobo (1861-1934) FAG# 92463996
Children with 2nd wife Biviana Guadelupe PEREA:
Jose Leandro Jr.(1879-1887)
Julian (1883-1887/9)
Following provided by FAG contributor Dan & Helen Conner Dansro. Published in the Albuquerque Journal April 3 & 4, 1883 - Jose L Perea- The announcement of the death of Jose Leandro Perea will carry sorrow to many households. No man in this section of the United States could number more friends among all classes of people than he. A large number of our business men owe their successes in life to assistance rendered by him, and they remember him with the kindest of feelings. Far sighted as well as liberal, he was one of the first of the Spanish-Americans to grasp and take advantage of the business situation. When eastern men began to pour into New Mexico his doors were thrown open to them, and they enjoyed a hospitality equaled only by the south in the palmy days before the war. He was progressive in his ideas, and always lent a willing ear to any project during the development of the Territory, or for the improvement of the people. He helped to establish the First National Bank in the Territory, at Santa Fe, and was vice president for several years. A colonel and brigadier general of millita he took part in some of the earlier Indian wars, and also in the battle of Valverde in 1862. At different times he has filled some of the minor civil offices, and has always acquitted himself with credit. Jose L. Perea, with a few thousand dollars has built up a princely fortune. His business interests extend from Denver to Chihuahus. Banks, stores, vineyards, ranches and thousands of cattle, sheep and horses, bear ample proof of his indomitable energy and business tact. While managing his large business he yet found time to dispense to his numerous friends, the hospitality of his delightful home, binding them to his soul with cords of steel, by practice of those amenities of social life which he understood to perfection. A generation furnishes few characters, so worthy of imitation, as his. Eninity was a feeling which had no resting place in his heart and thousands of mourners today bear testimony to his cultivation of the flower of friendship. During the dark days of our government his arm and means were freely given for the support of his adopted country/ Of his life little can be said that is not known to the public. With others we wish to offer our tribute to the memory of one who has smoother over many of the rough places in our intercourse with the native people, and who was among the first to take the stranger by the hand and make him welcome. Humanity has sustained a loss hard to repair. To the bereaved family we extend our heartfelt sympathy.
The funeral of Jose L., Perea, a notable and good man, as announced in yesterday's issue of THE JOURNAL, will take place this morning at 10 o'clock from the family residence at Bernalillo. A large number of citizens will attend the last rites paid to the illustrious dead. Friends of the family from all parts of the Territory will be present. The funeral cortege will be the largest and most imposing ever witnessed in New Mexico.
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