Emerante Krebs Latady

I represent Emerante Krebs, wife of 2nd Lt. Mariano Latady, a Spanish officer. I was born 15 January 1780. After the Americans took over in 1821, my husband was one of the officers asked to stay behind and assist former Spanish governor Jose Callava in completing the transition of power. He was among the officers who publicly protested the rude treatment of Governor Callava during the Vidal affair and was ordered deported by General Andrew Jackson. He died in Cuba, while my fifteen-year-old son, Eugenio, and I stayed behind. My son eventually married Margaret Dineen in Mobile, and had two sons, Eugene and Albert.  I died in Mobile, Alabama, on 9 January 1852, and am buried in Catholic Cemetery there.