ISAIAS VALLADARES


BORN: December 18, 1919 in Sanderson (Terrell) Texas

RESIDENCE: Buriied at Rhineland, Texas Cemetery next to the local Catholic Church.

EARLY CHILDHOOD: Isaias was born in Sanderson,Texas, He is the fifth of ten children born to Rosalio Valladares and Maria Bonifacia Godina . He was baptized on January 29, 1920 by the Reverand Adolph Frenay. His godparents were Raymundo Peņa and Petra Garcia.

He was the third child born in the United States after his parents fled to the United States of America in 1914. They crossed the border somewhere near Ojinaga, across from the Big Bend, close to Presidio,Texas fleeing with an Army wagon loaded with weapons and ammunition. The wagon was so heavy at the river crossing that they had to dump all the weapons and ammunition in the Rio Grande. They arrived at the Terlingua,Texas (AKA Chisos) area where his father Rosalio obtained employment at the Chisos Mining Company (located in the Chisos Mountains). Sometime in early 1919 before he was born, the family moved to Sanderson, Texas in Terrell County (Judge Roy Bean used to have a saloon in town before he moved to Pecos). They stayed there a short while then moved on to San Angelo, Texas and by 1924 they were living in Loraine, Texas. They finally arrived at the Rhineland area sometime around 1927. His father died in 1932, when he was thirteen. He later died of pneumonia at the age of fifteen.

EDUCATION: Isaias did not have a formal education. He was taught to read and write by his mother.

MILITARY:Isaias did not serve in the Military, he died at a young age.

CAREER: Isaias worked in the cotton fields as a young mann. He also worked clearing mesquite from pastures to convert them into fields for agriculture.

OTHER ACTIVITIES: We do not know what other activities he enjoyed.

MARRIAGE: Isaias died before he was old enough to marry.

CHILDREN: Isaias had no children.

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Rosalio |Maria|Gregoria |Nina |Josefina |Salvador |Camila |Encarnacion | Jesus |Isabel | Rosalio | Valladares