Juan Seguín

Juan Nepomuceno Seguín was a Spanish-Tejano political and military figure of the Texas Revolution who contributed to the state's independence. The county seat of Seguin in Guadalupe County, the Juan N. Seguin Memorial Interchange in Houston, the Juan Seguin Monument in Seguin, the World War II Liberty Ship SS Juan N. Seguin, and Seguin High School in Arlington are all named after him. When the siege began, Tejano revolutionary Juan Seguín (played by Ral Méndez) was in the Alamo, but he was dispatched with a letter to Sam Houston requesting reinforcements.

As the rear guard for Houston's army, Seguín and the Tejano unit he recruited took part in the Battle of San Jacinto. After serving as mayor of San Antonio and serving in the Senate of the Republic of Texas (1837–40), Seguín fled to Mexico in 1842 amid accusations that he had helped the Mexican government attempt to retake Texas. He was treated like a traitor there as well and offered the option of joining the Mexican army or going to jail. In the Mexican-American War, he opted for the latter and fought against the US. However, business brought him back to Mexico on occasion, and in 1883 he relocated in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, to be near his son Santiago, who was mayor. On August 27, 1890, he died there.