Manuel OTERO

____ - ____

Father: Manuel OTERO
Mother: Josefita SANCHEZ

Family 1 : Jesusita LOPEZ
  1. +Cruz OTERO
  2.  Josefita OTERO
  3.  Erlinda OTERO
  4.  Bolias OTERO
  5.  Eduardo OTERO
  6.  Benny OTERO
  7.  Sara OTERO
  8.  Teresa OTERO
  9.  Lola OTERO

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 _Manuel OTERO _______|
| (1832 - ....) m 1857|
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|                                                |_______________________|_________________________
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|--Manuel OTERO 
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|                                                                        |                         
|                                                 _Juan Cruz SANCHEZ ____|_________________________
|                                                |  m 1808                                         
|                      _Jose Miguel SANCHEZ _____|
|                     |                          |
|                     |                          |                        _Jose Lorenzo GABALDON __
|                     |                          |                       | (1762 - ....) m 1787    
|                     |                          |_Maria Luisa GABALDON _|_Maria Josefa ARAGON ____
|                     |                             m 1808                 (1771 - ....)           
|_Josefita SANCHEZ ___|
  (1844 - ....) m 1857|
                      |                                                   _Juan Antonio VIGIL _____+
                      |                                                  | (1759 - ....) m 1781    
                      |                           _Pedro VIGIL __________|_Maria Rosalia QUINTANA _
                      |                          | (1784 - ....) m 1808    (1762 - ....)           
                      |_Maria del Refugio VIGIL _|
                        (1826 - ....)            |
                                                 |                        _Antonio Asencio LUCERO _+
                                                 |                       | (1772 - ....)           
                                                 |_Margarita LUCERO _____|_Maria Dolores ORTEGA ___
                                                   (1792 - ....) m 1808    (1772 - ....)           

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____ - ____

Family 1 : Micaela Gertrudes CABEZA DE BACA

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Private - ____

Father: Tomas OTERO
Mother: Bartola CHAVES


                                                                     _Jose Antonio OTERO _________________
                                                                    |  m 1827                             
                                               _Ramon OTERO ________|_Maria Juliana Encarnacion GABALDON _
                                              | (1830 - ....) m 1859  (1794 - ....)                       
                       _Oscar OTERO __________|
                      | (1865 - ....) m 1888  |
                      |                       |                      _Rumaldo CHAVES _____________________+
                      |                       |                     |                                     
                      |                       |_Maria Pabla CHAVES _|_Josefa SILVA _______________________
                      |                         (1844 - ....) m 1859                                      
 _Tomas OTERO ________|
| (1892 - ....) m 1921|
|                     |                                              _Jesus CORDOVA ______________________
|                     |                                             |                                     
|                     |                        _Cresencio CORDOVA __|_Josefa COINTRERAS __________________
|                     |                       | (1833 - ....) m 1861                                      
|                     |_Francisca CORDOVA ____|
|                       (1869 - ....) m 1888  |
|                                             |                      _____________________________________
|                                             |                     |                                     
|                                             |_Polonia LUNA _______|_____________________________________
|                                                m 1861                                                   
|
|--Manuel OTERO 
|  
|                                                                    _____________________________________
|                                                                   |                                     
|                                              _____________________|_____________________________________
|                                             |                                                           
|                      _Bonifacio CHAVEZ _____|
|                     |                       |
|                     |                       |                      _____________________________________
|                     |                       |                     |                                     
|                     |                       |_____________________|_____________________________________
|                     |                                                                                   
|_Bartola CHAVES _____|
  (1902 - ....) m 1921|
                      |                                              _____________________________________
                      |                                             |                                     
                      |                        _____________________|_____________________________________
                      |                       |                                                           
                      |_Preoliconda CASTILLO _|
                                              |
                                              |                      _____________________________________
                                              |                     |                                     
                                              |_____________________|_____________________________________
                                                                                                          

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Manuel OTERO

____ - ____

Father: Juan John Q.A. OTERO
Mother: Rebecca LUCERO


                                                                             _Vicente Antonio CHAVES ____________________+
                                                                            | (1781 - ....) m 1808                       
                                               _Antonio Jose Rodrigo OTERO _|_Maria Gertrudis DURAN Y CHAVES ____________
                                              | (1812 - ....) m 1834          (1784 - ....)                              
                         _Manuel Rito OTERO __|
                        | (1841 - ....) m 1860|
                        |                     |                              _Francisco Xavier DURAN Y CHAVES ___________+
                        |                     |                             | (1769 - ....) m 1799                       
                        |                     |_Maria Francisca CHAVES _____|_Ana Maria del Carmen ALVAREZ DEL CASTILLO _
                        |                       (1819 - ....) m 1834          (1784 - ....)                              
 _Juan John Q.A. OTERO _|
| (1872 - ....)         |
|                       |                                                    _Vicente Antonio CHAVES ____________________+
|                       |                                                   | (1781 - ....) m 1808                       
|                       |                      _Juan Antonio OTERO _________|_Maria Gertrudis DURAN Y CHAVES ____________
|                       |                     | (1813 - ....) m 1837          (1784 - ....)                              
|                       |_Ana Maria OTERO ____|
|                         (1842 - ....) m 1860|
|                                             |                              _Francisco Xavier DURAN Y CHAVES ___________+
|                                             |                             | (1769 - ....) m 1799                       
|                                             |_Mercedes CHAVES ____________|_Ana Maria del Carmen ALVAREZ DEL CASTILLO _
|                                               (1821 - ....) m 1837          (1784 - ....)                              
|
|--Manuel OTERO 
|  
|                                                                            ____________________________________________
|                                                                           |                                            
|                                              _____________________________|____________________________________________
|                                             |                                                                          
|                        _____________________|
|                       |                     |
|                       |                     |                              ____________________________________________
|                       |                     |                             |                                            
|                       |                     |_____________________________|____________________________________________
|                       |                                                                                                
|_Rebecca LUCERO _______|
                        |
                        |                                                    ____________________________________________
                        |                                                   |                                            
                        |                      _____________________________|____________________________________________
                        |                     |                                                                          
                        |_____________________|
                                              |
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                                              |                             |                                            
                                              |_____________________________|____________________________________________
                                                                                                                         

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____ - ____

Family 1 : Barbara CHAVEZ
  1.  Antonio OTERO

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ABT 1832 - ____

Family 1 : Josefita SANCHEZ
  1.  Maria Clara OTERO
  2.  Eloisa OTERO
  3. +Manuel OTERO
  4.  Agripina Guadalupe OTERO
  5.  Jose Alcario OTERO
  6.  Maria Mauricia OTERO
  7.  Samual OTERO

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[117510] [S164] Census 1870, NM, Valencia Co.

[174197] [S421] Tome Marriages 1856 thru 1900

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[5671] [5672]

5 SEP 1883 - ____

Father: Manuel Basilio OTERO
Mother: Eloisa de LUNA

Family 1 : Lucy GRYGLA
  1.  Margaret OTERO
  2.  Eloisa OTERO

                                                                                     _Pedro DURAN Y CHAVES OTERO ________________+
                                                                                    | (1734 - ....) m 1759                       
                                                 _Vicente Antonio CHAVES ___________|_Maria Juliana ALARI _______________________
                                                | (1781 - ....) m 1808                (1740 - ....)                              
                         _Manuel Antonio OTERO _|
                        | (1815 - 1883) m 1852  |
                        |                       |                                    _Domingo DURAN Y CHAVES ____________________+
                        |                       |                                   |                                            
                        |                       |_Maria Gertrudis DURAN Y CHAVES ___|_Gertrudis ARAGON __________________________
                        |                         (1784 - ....) m 1808                                                           
 _Manuel Basilio OTERO _|
| (1860 - ....) m 1879  |
|                       |                                                            _Francisco Xavier DURAN Y CHAVES ___________+
|                       |                                                           | (1769 - ....) m 1799                       
|                       |                        _Jose DURAN Y CHAVES ______________|_Ana Maria del Carmen ALVAREZ DEL CASTILLO _
|                       |                       | (1805 - ....) m 1830                (1784 - ....)                              
|                       |_Dolores CHAVES _______|
|                         (1837 - ....) m 1852  |
|                                               |                                    _Juan Nepomuceno ARMIJO ____________________+
|                                               |                                   | (1788 - ....)                              
|                                               |_Maria Manuela ARMIJO _____________|_Maria Rosalia ORTEGA ______________________
|                                                 (1817 - ....) m 1830                (1790 - ....)                              
|
|--Manuel OTERO 
|  (1883 - ....)
|                                                                                    _Antonio de LUNA ___________________________+
|                                                                                   |                                            
|                                                _Jose Enrique de LUNA _____________|_Ana Maria Catalina PINO ___________________
|                                               | (1771 - ....) m 1796                (1753 - ....)                              
|                        _Antonio Jose de LUNA _|
|                       | (1808 - ....) m 1835  |
|                       |                       |                                    _Miguel Baltasar GABALDON __________________+
|                       |                       |                                   | (1749 - ....) m 1775                       
|                       |                       |_Juana Maria GABALDON _____________|_Maria Gertrudis DURAN Y CHAVES ____________
|                       |                         (1780 - ....) m 1796                (1759 - ....)                              
|_Eloisa de LUNA _______|
  (1864 - ....) m 1879  |
                        |                                                            _Juan Jose BACA ____________________________+
                        |                                                           | (1765 - ....) m 1789                       
                        |                        _Juan Cruz BACA ___________________|_Margarita CHAVES __________________________
                        |                       | (1791 - ....) m 1813                (1769 - ....)                              
                        |_Isabel Nestora BACA __|
                          (1821 - ....) m 1835  |
                                                |                                    _Joaquin Jacinto ALVAREZ DEL CASTILLO ______+
                                                |                                   | (1747 - ....) m 1781                       
                                                |_Maria Lusia ALVAREZ DEL CASTILLO _|_Ana Maria Andrea VALLEJOS _________________
                                                  (1795 - ....) m 1813                (1768 - ....)                              

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[5671]

Manuel B. Otero Jr. was an Internal Revenue Collector for both New Mexico and Arizona; Republican, born Sept 5, 1880, Los Lunas, N.M.; son of Manuel B and Elosia (Luna) Otero; educated in public schools in Los Lunas, N.M.; Goss Military Institute, Albuquerque, 1896-1899; N. Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Las Cruces, 1900; Normal University, Las Vegas, N.M., 1901-2; Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, 1903; engaged in insurance business, 1904-6 and 1907-9; in sheep business, 1904-6; employed by R.G. Dun Mercantile Agency, City of Mexico, 1907; assistant postmaster, Santa Fe, N.M., 1909-12; appointed internal revenue collector, 1912; member of Elks; Beavers. Address: Santa Fe, New Mexico.

[5672] [S3] NM Chronicles-Los Lunas/Los Chávez--Lopopolo

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AUG 1889 - ____

Father: Jose Antonio OTERO
Mother: Tomasa LUCERO

Family 1 : Manuela HERRERA
  1. +Elias OTERO
  2.  Lupe OTERO
  3.  Tomasita Montano OTERO

                                                                               _Pedro DURAN Y CHAVES OTERO _+
                                                                              | (1734 - ....) m 1759        
                                                  _Jose Estanislado OTERO ____|_Maria Juliana ALARI ________
                                                 | (1783 - ....) m 1813         (1740 - ....)               
                       _Antonio Jose OTERO ______|
                      | (1821 - ....) m 1844     |
                      |                          |                             _Jose Francisco GARCIA ______
                      |                          |                            | (1760 - ....) m 1780        
                      |                          |_Maria Bárbara GARCIA ______|_Ana Maria MOLINA ___________
                      |                            (1798 - ....) m 1813         (1770 - ....)               
 _Jose Antonio OTERO _|
| (1845 - ....) m 1866|
|                     |                                                        _Juan Lorenzo HERRERA _______+
|                     |                                                       | (1773 - ....) m 1794        
|                     |                           _Francisco Antonio HERRERA _|_Maria Rafaela MALDONADO ____
|                     |                          | (1795 - ....) m 1819         (1777 - ....)               
|                     |_Maria Gertrudes HERRERA _|
|                       (1829 - ....) m 1844     |
|                                                |                             _Juan Jose ORTEGA ___________
|                                                |                            |                             
|                                                |_Francisca Antonia ORTEGA __|_Gertrudis SANCHES __________
|                                                  (1805 - ....) m 1819                                     
|
|--Manuel OTERO 
|  (1889 - ....)
|                                                                              _____________________________
|                                                                             |                             
|                                                 ____________________________|_____________________________
|                                                |                                                          
|                      _Jose Abino LUCERO _______|
|                     |                          |
|                     |                          |                             _____________________________
|                     |                          |                            |                             
|                     |                          |____________________________|_____________________________
|                     |                                                                                     
|_Tomasa LUCERO ______|
  (1854 - ....) m 1866|
                      |                                                        _____________________________
                      |                                                       |                             
                      |                           ____________________________|_____________________________
                      |                          |                                                          
                      |_Alfonsa MIRABAL _________|
                                                 |
                                                 |                             _____________________________
                                                 |                            |                             
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[174186] Padrinos were Manuel Otero's step-grandfather Juan Chaves and Ramona Chavez.

[174187] [S682] Lincoln County Marriages

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[23407] [23408]

20 MAR 1815 - BEF 1883

Father: Vicente Antonio CHAVES
Mother: Maria Gertrudis DURAN Y CHAVES

Family 1 : Maria Victoria CHAVES
Family 2 : Dolores CHAVES
  1.  Beatris OTERO
  2.  Guadalupe OTERO
  3.  Juana OTERO
  4.  Eduardo OTERO
  5.  Francisca OTERO
  6.  Manuel Antonio OTERO
  7. +Manuel Basilio OTERO
  8.  Adelaida OTERO
  9.  Emilia OTERO
Family 3 : Maria de la Cruz CHAVEZ
Family 4 : Josefita ARMIJO
  1. +Carlota OTERO

                                                                                                            _______________________________
                                                                                                           |                               
                                                                 _Cayetano OTERO __________________________|_______________________________
                                                                | (1701 - ....)                                                            
                                   _Pedro DURAN Y CHAVES OTERO _|
                                  | (1734 - ....) m 1759        |
                                  |                             |                                           _Pedro DURAN Y CHAVES _________+
                                  |                             |                                          | (1677 - ....) m 1703          
                                  |                             |_Quiteria DURAN Y CHAVES _________________|_Juana MONTOYA ________________
                                  |                               (1716 - ....)                              (1690 - ....)                 
 _Vicente Antonio CHAVES _________|
| (1781 - ....) m 1808            |
|                                 |                                                                         _______________________________
|                                 |                                                                        |                               
|                                 |                              _Juan Bautista D'ALARIE __________________|_______________________________
|                                 |                             | (1720 - ....) m 1741                                                     
|                                 |_Maria Juliana ALARI ________|
|                                   (1740 - ....) m 1759        |
|                                                               |                                           _Juan FERNANDEZ DE LA PEDRERA _+
|                                                               |                                          | (1669 - ....) m 1710          
|                                                               |_Maria Francisca FERNANDEZ DE LA PEDRERA _|_Maria PELAEZ _________________
|                                                                 (1717 - ....) m 1741                       (1695 - ....)                 
|
|--Manuel Antonio OTERO 
|  (1815 - 1883)
|                                                                                                           _Nicolas DURAN Y CHAVES _______+
|                                                                                                          | (1686 - ....) m 1714          
|                                                                _Antonio DURAN Y CHAVES __________________|_Juana MONTAÑO ________________
|                                                               | (1725 - ....) m 1750                       (1691 - ....)                 
|                                  _Domingo DURAN Y CHAVES _____|
|                                 |                             |
|                                 |                             |                                           _Diego de PADILLA _____________+
|                                 |                             |                                          | (1680 - ....) m 1713          
|                                 |                             |_Maria Bárbara Francisca PADILLA _________|_Maria VASQUEZ DE LARA BACA ___
|                                 |                               (1735 - ....) m 1750                       (1692 - ....)                 
|_Maria Gertrudis DURAN Y CHAVES _|
  (1784 - ....) m 1808            |
                                  |                                                                         _Nicolas ARAGON _______________+
                                  |                                                                        | (1701 - ....)                 
                                  |                              _Manuel ARAGON ___________________________|_Margarita GALLEGOS ___________
                                  |                             | (1731 - ....) m 1756                       (1706 - ....)                 
                                  |_Gertrudis ARAGON ___________|
                                                                |
                                                                |                                           _Bernardo VALLEJOS ____________+
                                                                |                                          | (1707 - ....) m 1725          
                                                                |_Maria VALLEJOS __________________________|_Francisca Xaviera de SILVA ___
                                                                  (1740 - ....) m 1756                       (1710 - ....)                 

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Manuel A. Otero, of Valencia County, New Mexico, moved to the Tome area where he built a grist mill and with William Skinner established a large freighting outfit, consisting of many mule teams which carried his wool and pelts to the railroad, and took back merchandise and other consigned freight belonging to his neighbors on the Rio Grande. He also built a magnificent mansion there, which he named "La Constancia." He served as probate judge at Tome from 1874-76 when Tome was the county seat of Valencia County. The old courthouse and jail are still standing. The date it was built and the name of Judge Manuel A. Otero are carved in sandstone over the door. Manuel A. Otero was a director of the First National Bank in Albuquerque.

The Las Vegas Daily Optic of Monday, February 27th, had this mention of his death: "Another link that binds us to the past has been severed by the death at a ripe old age of Don Manuel A. Otero at La Constancia, Valencia County, on Saturday. The disease that carried him off was typhoid pneumonia. Don Manuel was an older brother of Don Miguel A. Otero, and the father of Mrs. Dr. Henriquez of this city. The deceased was surrounded by every comfort that heart could wish; he was an excellent man, kind, considerate, thoughtful and his life was singularly free from the vices and follies of our common humanity.
All respected him for his many virtues. In the several spheres of husband, father, and citizen, he occupied a position of worthy of emulation. One by one the old settlers are passing away. They will all soon be gone." Don Manuel was born on March 20th, 1815 and had not quite reached the age of sixty-seven years.

According to Tibo A. Chavez and Gilberto Espinoza, authors of "El Rio Abajo", "There were three small Spanish land grants in this area- The Bosque de los Pinos, now the Bosque Farms area, claimed by the Otero family, the Ojo de la Cabra, known as Goat Springs, which was claimed by Manuel A. Otero under a family grant, and the Lo de Padilla Grant, which was located just south and east of the Isleta lands." "The Valencia area began to progress and develop. In the middle 1840's, the Otero brothers, Juan Jose, Antonio and Manuel A. Otero, were prominent merchants and stock raisers in the Valencia area. These families are not mentioned in the original families of Valencia. Soon the Oteros became the leading businessmen and politicians in the community, and began to take control and direct its destiny. The intermarriage of the Luna and the Otero families brought advantages and further prestige to both families. Antonio Jose Otero moved to Peralta, where he maintained his business headquarters. The Oteros and Lunas soon became the wealthiest and most influential families in the state."

"Governor Bartolome Baca established his hacienda in the vicinity of Belen in the early 1800's. Bartolome Baca served as Governor of New Mexico from 1823 to 1825. He served as the third governor under Mexican rule. Governor Baca also served as Captain of the militia for the Rio Abajo, and at one time served as Alcalde of Tome and Belen in the early 1800's. Governor Baca acquired large holdings of land on the east side of the Manzano Mountains, known as the Estancia Valley. It is estimated that at one time the land grant of Baca on the east side of the mountain contained over a million acres, where he pastured his large flock of sheep and herds of cattle and horses."

"Manuel A. Otero, of the distinguished Otero family, originaly from Valencia, moved to the Tome area and located a grist mill in the area of La Constancia, which he named. The grist mill was a water-wheel type of a mill which was operated by the flow of water taken from the local acequia. Wheat and corn were plentiful in th rich valley, and soon the mill was grinding all of the corn and wheat up to capacity. The local farmers had no money to pay the miller, so they paid him in kind for milling their grain. Soon, however, difficulties developed between the farmers in the upper ditch and Don Manuel A.
Otero. The farmers felt that Senor Otero was using too much of the water for his mill and the farms were suffering. The matter ended up in the Juez de Paz, or Justice of the Peace Court, where an amicable agreement was reached as to the use and disbursement of the water as between the parties affected. Prior to the death of Governor Baca, Manuel A. Otero claimed to have purchased the Estancia Land Grant from the Baca family. Manuel B. Otero, son of old Manuel, decided to take possession of the Estancia Land Grant in the late 1880's. However, the Whitney family of Boston, late-come millionaires, also claimed the land grant. In true western style and tradition, bad blood developed between the Whitney and Otero factions. Both of them were well-surrounded by their vaqueros. At a "shoot-out" between the Otero supporters and the Whitney faction, which was partly arranged and partly by accident, Joel P. Whitney was shot eleven times in the blood battle that ensued. Manuel B. Otero was less fortunate and lost his life. James Whitney was brought to trial for the murder of Manuel B. Otero, but the evidence was not sufficient to convict him. Litigation over the land grant continued for many years, but the United States Government did not recognize the validity of the land grant to either Baca or his successors in title. The land was subsequently thrown open to new settlers under the Homestead Act.

"During the time that the Oteros were powerful in the Rio Abajo, Tome was the county seat of Valencia County, from 1852 to 1872. Manuel A. Otero served as probate judge from 1874 to 1876. The old courthous and jail at Tome stll stand today on the property of Eliseo Salazar, and over the door of the courthouse, in brown sandstone, is carved the date the courthouse was established, and the name of Manuel A. Otero, probate judge. During the transition period, the probate judge had acquired considerable power and jurisdiction and was more powerful than the justice of the peace in matters of jurisdiction and authority. Soon, however, the probate judge declined in power and authority and the office was limited mostly to probate matters of estates."

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1852, Sept. 8 (no. 43), Isleta. Banns notice. Don Manuel Antonio Otero of the Tome parish, widowed in 2nd marriage of Da. Josefa Armijo and Da. Dolores Chaves, d. of Don Jose Chaves and Da. Manuela Armijo.

Source: Dilgencias Matrimoniales, at UNM Zimmerman Library.

Manuel A. Otero, of Valencia County, New Mexico, moved to the Tome area where he built a grist mill and with William Skinner established a large freighting outfit, consisting of many mule teams which carried his wool and pelts to the railroad, and took back merchandise and other consigned freight belonging to his neighbors on the Rio Grande. He also built a magnificent mansion there, which he named "La Constancia." He served as probate judge at Tome from 1874-76 when Tome was the county seat of Valencia County. The old courthouse and jail are still standing. The date it was built and the name of Judge Manuel A. Otero are carved in sandstone over the door. Manuel A. Otero was a director of the First National Bank in Albuquerque.

The Las Vegas Daily Optic of Monday, February 27th, had this mention of his death: "Another link that binds us to the past has been severed by the death at a ripe old age of Don Manuel A. Otero at La Constancia, Valencia County, on Saturday. The disease that carried him off was typhoid pneumonia. Don Manuel was an older brother of Don Miguel A. Otero, and the father of Mrs. Dr. Henriquez of this city. The deceased was surrounded by every comfort that heart could wish; he was an excellent man, kind, considerate, thoughtful and his life was singularly free from the vices and follies of our common humanity.
All respected him for his many virtues. In the several spheres of husband, father, and citizen, he occupied a position of worthy of emulation. One by one the old settlers are passing away. They will all soon be gone." Don Manuel was born on March 20th, 1815 and had not quite reached the age of sixty-seven years.

According to Tibo A. Chavez and Gilberto Espinoza, authors of "El Rio Abajo", "There were three small Spanish land grants in this area- The Bosque de los Pinos, now the Bosque Farms area, claimed by the Otero family, the Ojo de la Cabra, known as Goat Springs, which was claimed by Manuel A. Otero under a family grant, and the Lo de Padilla Grant, which was located just south and east of the Isleta lands." "The Valencia area began to progress and develop. In the middle 1840's, the Otero brothers, Juan Jose, Antonio and Manuel A. Otero, were prominent merchants and stock raisers in the Valencia area. These families are not mentioned in the original families of Valencia. Soon the Oteros became the leading businessmen and politicians in the community, and began to take control and direct its destiny. The intermarriage of the Luna and the Otero families brought advantages and further prestige to both families. Antonio Jose Otero moved to Peralta, where he maintained his business headquarters. The Oteros and Lunas soon became the wealthiest and most influential families in the state."

"Governor Bartolome Baca established his hacienda in the vicinity of Belen in the early 1800's. Bartolome Baca served as Governor of New Mexico from 1823 to 1825. He served as the third governor under Mexican rule. Governor Baca also served as Captain of the militia for the Rio Abajo, and at one time served as Alcalde of Tome and Belen in the early 1800's. Governor Baca acquired large holdings of land on the east side of the Manzano Mountains, known as the Estancia Valley. It is estimated that at one time the land grant of Baca on the east side of the mountain contained over a million acres, where he pastured his large flock of sheep and herds of cattle and horses."

"Manuel A. Otero, of the distinguished Otero family, originaly from Valencia, moved to the Tome area and located a grist mill in the area of La Constancia, which he named. The grist mill was a water-wheel type of a mill which was operated by the flow of water taken from the local acequia. Wheat and corn were plentiful in th rich valley, and soon the mill was grinding all of the corn and wheat up to capacity. The local farmers had no money to pay the miller, so they paid him in kind for milling their grain. Soon, however, difficulties developed between the farmers in the upper ditch and Don Manuel A.
Otero. The farmers felt that Senor Otero was using too much of the water for his mill and the farms were suffering. The matter ended up in the Juez de Paz, or Justice of the Peace Court, where an amicable agreement was reached as to the use and disbursement of the water as between the parties affected. Prior to the death of Governor Baca, Manuel A. Otero claimed to have purchased the Estancia Land Grant from the Baca family. Manuel B. Otero, son of old Manuel, decided to take possession of the Estancia Land Grant in the late 1880's. However, the Whitney family of Boston, late-come millionaires, also claimed the land grant. In true western style and tradition, bad blood developed between the Whitney and Otero factions. Both of them were well-surrounded by their vaqueros. At a "shoot-out" between the Otero supporters and the Whitney faction, which was partly arranged and partly by accident, Joel P. Whitney was shot eleven times in the blood battle that ensued. Manuel B. Otero was less fortunate and lost his life. James Whitney was brought to trial for the murder of Manuel B. Otero, but the evidence was not sufficient to convict him. Litigation over the land grant continued for many years, but the United States Government did not recognize the validity of the land grant to either Baca or his successors in title. The land was subsequently thrown open to new settlers under the Homestead Act.

"During the time that the Oteros were powerful in the Rio Abajo, Tome was the county seat of Valencia County, from 1852 to 1872. Manuel A. Otero served as probate judge from 1874 to 1876. The old courthous and jail at Tome stll stand today on the property of Eliseo Salazar, and over the door of the courthouse, in brown sandstone, is carved the date the courthouse was established, and the name of Manuel A. Otero, probate judge. During the transition period, the probate judge had acquired considerable power and jurisdiction and was more powerful than the justice of the peace in matters of jurisdiction and authority. Soon, however, the probate judge declined in power and authority and the office was limited mostly to probate matters of estates."

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1852, Sept. 8 (no. 43), Isleta. Banns notice. Don Manuel Antonio Otero of the Tome parish, widowed in 2nd marriage of Da. Josefa Armijo and Da. Dolores Chaves, d. of Don Jose Chaves and Da. Manuela Armijo.

Source: Dilgencias Matrimoniales, at UNM Zimmerman Library.

[23413] Also in the 1860 census household, 5 domestic servants.Info by Yolanda Romero C.

[23414] Info. by Yolanda Romero C.

[23410] Padrinos: Manuel Antonio Armijo y Maria Soledad Aragón.

[23412] In the 1850 census household, a Navajo Indian servant named Dolores
Chavez, age 22

[184753] Note: Dispensed of 3rd. with 4th. degree of Consanguinity.
Padrinos: Manuel Chavez y Beatris Mestas.

[23408] [S829] ORIGINS OF NM FAMILIES

[23409] [S821] Tome Baptisms Volume l; 1793-1853

[23411] [S821] Tome Baptisms Volume l; 1793-1853

[184754] [S421] Tome Marriages 1856 thru 1900

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Manuel Antonio OTERO

[28815]

7 DEC 1823 - ____

Father: Antonio Rafael OTERO
Mother: Maria Lugarda GARCIA


                                                                                                  _______________________________
                                                                                                 |                               
                                                       _Cayetano OTERO __________________________|_______________________________
                                                      | (1701 - ....)                                                            
                         _Pedro DURAN Y CHAVES OTERO _|
                        | (1734 - ....) m 1759        |
                        |                             |                                           _Pedro DURAN Y CHAVES _________+
                        |                             |                                          | (1677 - ....) m 1703          
                        |                             |_Quiteria DURAN Y CHAVES _________________|_Juana MONTOYA ________________
                        |                               (1716 - ....)                              (1690 - ....)                 
 _Antonio Rafael OTERO _|
| (1775 - ....) m 1799  |
|                       |                                                                         _______________________________
|                       |                                                                        |                               
|                       |                              _Juan Bautista D'ALARIE __________________|_______________________________
|                       |                             | (1720 - ....) m 1741                                                     
|                       |_Maria Juliana ALARI ________|
|                         (1740 - ....) m 1759        |
|                                                     |                                           _Juan FERNANDEZ DE LA PEDRERA _+
|                                                     |                                          | (1669 - ....) m 1710          
|                                                     |_Maria Francisca FERNANDEZ DE LA PEDRERA _|_Maria PELAEZ _________________
|                                                       (1717 - ....) m 1741                       (1695 - ....)                 
|
|--Manuel Antonio OTERO 
|  (1823 - ....)
|                                                                                                 _______________________________
|                                                                                                |                               
|                                                      __________________________________________|_______________________________
|                                                     |                                                                          
|                        _Jose Francisco GARCIA ______|
|                       | (1760 - ....) m 1780        |
|                       |                             |                                           _______________________________
|                       |                             |                                          |                               
|                       |                             |__________________________________________|_______________________________
|                       |                                                                                                        
|_Maria Lugarda GARCIA _|
  (1786 - ....) m 1799  |
                        |                                                                         _______________________________
                        |                                                                        |                               
                        |                              _Jose Philipe Miguel MOLINA ______________|_______________________________
                        |                             |                                                                          
                        |_Ana Maria MOLINA ___________|
                          (1770 - ....) m 1780        |
                                                      |                                           _______________________________
                                                      |                                          |                               
                                                      |_Maria Francisca BENAVIDES _______________|_______________________________
                                                                                                                                 

INDEX

[28815] Died under the age of 13 years.

[28817] Padrinos: Francisco Antonio Otero y Maria Elena Aragón.

[28816] [S821] Tome Baptisms Volume l; 1793-1853

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