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Miguel Gregorio Cota

Birth	:	9 May 1842 Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
Death	:	13 May 1911 San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Burial	:	Preserje Brezovica, Preserje, Občina Brezovica, Slovenia
Coordinate	:	45.9538130, 14.4171850
Plot	:	NAWS, Site 1755
Inscription	:	TRP C, 1 REGT CALIF CAV [sic: CO C, 1 BATTN, NATIVE CALIF CAV]
Description	:	Civil War: Company C, 1st Battalion, Native California Cavalry Miguel Gregorio Cota y Ortega was born on Rancho el Refugio, Alta California, México. He was baptized at the Presidio of Santa Bárbara May 11, 1842 (BP Baptism 01497). He was the son of Miguel Gregorio Cota y Lisalde (1802-1858) and María Manuela Antonia Ortega y Rodríguez (1813-1879). His parents were married at Mission Santa Ynez August 9, 1835 (SI Marriage 00419). Miguel became a U.S. citizen with the transfer of California's sovereignty in 1848. His father and namesake was aboard the sloop "San Buenaventura" when it capsized and sunk... Read More	Civil War: Company C, 1st Battalion, Native California Cavalry Miguel Gregorio Cota y Ortega was born on Rancho el Refugio, Alta California, México. He was baptized at the Presidio of Santa Bárbara May 11, 1842 (BP Baptism 01497). He was the son of Miguel Gregorio Cota y Lisalde (1802-1858) and María Manuela Antonia Ortega y Rodríguez (1813-1879). His parents were married at Mission Santa Ynez August 9, 1835 (SI Marriage 00419). Miguel became a U.S. citizen with the transfer of California's sovereignty in 1848. His father and namesake was aboard the sloop "San Buenaventura" when it capsized and sunk off the shore of Santa Cruz Island September 13, 1858. Miguel's father made it to shore, but then died from exposure on the island. His body was recovered on Santa Cruz Island mid-January 1859. During the Civil War Miguel enlisted as a private for 3 years at Santa Bárbara July 25, 1864, and was mustered into Company C, 1st Battalion, Native California Cavalry. Private Cota served at Fort Mason, Arizona Territory, from September 1865 to January 1866. He returned to California with his company and was mustered out at the Presidio of San Francisco April 2, 1866. After the war he remained at San Francisco, where he married María Manuela Nestora Sepúlveda y Valenzuela October 19, 1873. He filed for a Civil War veteran's pension August 27, 1897, and received application No. 1,196,889 and certificate No. 1,105,023. Miguel was buried in the San Francisco National Cemetery on May 16, 1911. After his death María filed for a Civil War widow's pension June 5, 1911, and received application No. 966,480 and certificate No. 736,438. --- WRECK OF THE SLOOP SAN BUENAVENTURA. TWO LIVES LOST. On the 13th of September, the sloop San Buenaventura, of Santa Barbara, sailed from that port for the Island of Santa Rosa, having on board Peter Hammond and Miguel Cota, as passengers. She was under the command of Vizenzo Panatieri, alias John Brown, alias Captain Piasco, an Italian. When near the island of Santa Cruz, at about 4 o'clock A.M., she sprang a leak and soon filled and sank. All who were on board succeeded in reaching the shore, which at that point is very high and precipitous. Panatieri climbed up the steep bluff, and after wandering about the island for two days and nights, naked, hungry and thirsty, reached one of the houses on the island. The others, less fortunate, have not since been heard of. Diligent search has been made upon and around the island, but no traces have been discovered of them. It is supposed that they must have perished at the foot of the bluff, where they landed. The escape of Panatieri is little less than miraculous. The bluff rises to the height of about two hundred feet and is almost perpendicular for the first hundred feet. Hammond was an industrious and respected citizen of Santa Barbara, and leaves a wife and five children of tender age. Miguel Cota was a native Californian, and a citizen of this place. (Sacramento Daily Union; Thursday, October 14, 1858; 2:3. Reprinted from The Santa Barbara Gazette) --- THE END. The body of Miguel Cota, the person drowned some three months since, in company with Peter Hammond, in the Santa Barbara Channel, has been found at Prisoners Harbor, Santa Cruz Island; and Vicenti Panateri, the only one who escaped the sad catastrophe, has since died from the effects of exposure and over exertion at the time of the accident. (Sacramento Daily Union; Saturday, January 22, 1859; 5:3) --- DEATHS. COTA - In this city, May 13, 1911. Miguel Cota, dearly beloved husband of Manuela Cota, and loving father of Michael, Josephine, Rose and Anita Cota, and Mrs. Charles [Esther] Sanchez, Mrs. Frank [Emma] Rojas, Mrs. F. [Rafalina] van der Borden and Mrs. M. [Marie A.] Gutierrez. A native of Santa Barbara, Cal. A veteran of the Mexican War [sic, Civil War]. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral today (Tuesday), at 9 o'clock a.m. from his late residence, 913 Railroad avenue between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues South, thence to All Hallows church, where a requiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul, commencing at 9:30 o'clock a.m. Interment National Cemetery, Presidio. (San Francisco Call, Tuesday, May 16, 1911; 4:7) --- Biography by Steve

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Miguel Gregorio Cota's memorial is located at: Preserje Brezovica, Preserje, Občina Brezovica, Slovenia.
When did Miguel Gregorio Cota death?
Miguel Gregorio Cota death on 13 May 1911 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
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Latitude: 45.9538130
Longitude: 14.4171850

Family Members:

Parent

Maria Manuela Antonia Ortega Cota

(1813 - 1879)

Spouse

Maria Manuela Sepulveda Cota

(1856 - 1920)

Siblings

Maria Tomasa Antonia Cota Solomon

(1846 - 1921)

Juan Manuel Cota

(1855 - 1890)

Children

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Coordinate: 45.9538130, 14.4171850

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