Plácido Benavides (1810 - 1837)

Born 1810 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Died 1837 at about age 27 in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States

De Leon's Colony Victoria, Texas

Biography

Plácido Benavides was a Texan.

In 1828, Benavides moved to Victoria, Texas with his brothers Ysidro, Nicolás and Eugenio.

He fought in the Battle of Agua Dulce Creek, the Siege of Bexar in the fall of 1835. He even sent a warning to Bowie at the Alamo regarding the approaching Mexican Army. Benavides became known as the Paul Revere of Texas for his 1836 journey from San Patricio to Goliad to Victoria, warning residents of the approaching Mexican army. He was twice elected alcalde of Victoria, Texas. He married into the powerful De León family, and with his wife Agustina became the father of three daughters.

Benavides and his family were evacuated by Rusk and they fled to Louisiana

Texas Historical Marker number 6563 placed in 1936 at the SW Corner of S. Main and Juan Linn in Victoria, marks the site of the Benavides Round Top house

Sources

• Title: Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk #101; Author: Donald J. Hébert; Publication: Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; CD 101. copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard

BENABIDES, Placido Succ. dated Nov. 1837 (Opel. Ct. Hse.: Succ. #831)

His brother's child?

• BENABIDES, Placide (Icidro & Cajetana MORERO) b. 4 Aug. 1837 (Opel. Ch.: v.4, p.65)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl%C3%A1cido_Benavides