Jacob De Cordova

Jacob Raphael De Cordova
Born
Jacob Raphael de Cordova

(1808-06-06)6 June 1808
Spanish Town, Colony of Jamaica
Died26 January 1868(1868-01-26) (aged 59)
Texas, US
OccupationTexas House of Representatives

Jacob Raphael De Cordova (6 June 1808 – 26 January 1868) was the founder of the Jamaica Gleaner. He settled in Texas in 1839 and lived in Galveston. After living in Galveston, De Cordova moved to Houston, Texas, where he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives to the second Texas Legislature in the year 1847.

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