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Cabaza, Juan N. (1827–unknown)

Alicia A. Garza Biography

Juan N. Cabaza, farmer, one of the 100 wealthiest Texans in 1860, was born around 1827 in Mexico and lived and worked in Cameron County. At age thirty-three he owned real property worth $339,000 and $15,000 in personal property.

Ralph A. Wooster, "Wealthy Texans, 1860," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 71 (October 1967).

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Alicia A. Garza, “Cabaza, Juan N.,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed September 29, 2020, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cabaza-juan-n.

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Cabaza, Juan N. (1827–unknown)

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