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	José Francisco Ruiz () by Bernice Strong  ©, Texas State Historical Association

José Francisco Ruiz, military officer and public official, was born about January 28,, to Juan Manuel Ruiz and María Manuela de la Peña and baptized eight days later in the parish church of San Fernando de Bexar (now San Antonio).

It is said that he went to Spain for his final years of schooling. In he was appointed San Antonio's first schoolmaster. The designated site for the school was a house on Military Plaza acquired earlier by Juan Manuel Ruiz and passed on to his son.

This same house, suffering from the ravages of time and business encroachment, was removed from its original location in and carefully reconstructed on the grounds of the Witte Museum, where it is still used for educational purposes.

Ruiz was elected regidor on the San Antonio cabildo or city council in His duties involved assisting the síndico procurador"