Arona: Don José de Frías y Hernández (1832-1915), 2nd Sergea

Member of a family with a long military tradition, our biographer also followed this career, but in a more modest way, since he joined as a soldier and only rose to the rank of 2nd Sergeant of the Militia. He stood out as an agricultural owner and, by virtue of this, acted as a tax-paying voter, which allowed him to participate in the elections of deputies to the Cortes and hold the position of mayor of Arona.

He was also a contributing member of the Prison Reform Board of the Judicial Party of La Orotava, appointed by the civil governor, and auditor of the Arona electoral table. He was born in the family Email Marketing List mansion in Altavista (Arona) on February 25, 1832, being the son of the wealthy landowners Don Juan Antonio de Frías Nieves y Sarabia and Doña María Antonia Agustina Hernández Montesino y de las Nieves.

Three days later he was baptized in the church of San Antonio Abad by the parish priest Don Miguel Rodríguez Guillama; He was named “José Matías del Jesús” and Mr. Basilio Sarabia and Mrs. Ceferina Espínola, residents of said place, acted as godparents…

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