What was the profession of James Bowie's father-in-law?
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Mexican vice-governor
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James Bowie was a soldier and frontiersman who was killed at the Alamo in 1836. He was married to Ursula de Veramendi, the daughter of Juan Martín de Veramendi, who was the Mexican vice-governor of Coahuila y Texas. This made Bowie a member of the Mexican aristocracy.
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