death_date death_place birth_place imagesize nationality birth_date birthname image article_title name occupation
january 26 , 1868 texas spanish town , jamaica 120px british june 6 , 1808 jacob raphael de cordova jacob raphael de cordova.jpg jacob de cordova
 jacob de cordova texas house of representatives
jacob de cordova

jacob de cordova , -lrb- june 6 , 1808 -- january 26 , 1868 -rrb- , 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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