Jeronimo Siller

Early years

Siller was born in San Pedro Garza Garcia on September 30, 1880. His family was formed by three children, Jose Maria Siller Gomez, a woman of which name is not known and died at a very young age, and finally Jeronimo Siller Gomez, who became an orphan at age 10. His brother, Jose Maria Siller, was raised by Dr. Alberto Siller, who was their relative. Siller was able to learn by his account English, Drawing and Mechanics. He worked in the smelting factory Estrella and, later, he installed his own factory in Monterrey. He canalized all that learning towards his inventions; he designed several devices to adapt them to motors and diverse machines. He also liked agriculture; mainly the cultivation of oranges, walnuts and other fruit trees.

Monterrey

Precursor of the Mexican Revolution, Siller formed a political club to support Francisco I. Madero, collaborating in its presidential campaign. In 1913, after Henry Lane Wilson supported Victoriano Huerta's coup, he was apprehended by the new regime and, along Niceforo Zambrano, Alfredo Perez and other Maderista militants, lead to Mexico City. The intervention of Jeronimo Trevino and Rodolfo Reyes prevented their execution. Deported to the United States, Siller resided in that country without breaking away from the enemy military fronts against Huerta's usurping government. Once organized the constitutionalist movement, he crossed the border and later joined the forces of Pablo Gonzalez Garza and Antonio I. Villarreal, later those of Lucio Blanco. He participated in diverse forms in the struggle against Huerta and the Federal Army; after fighting battle in the Fort, he was commissioned to buy weapons in the United States-Mexico border; even though he had a fractured arm, he also undertook the task of repairing guns and arms in his smelting factory. To all these activities, Siller added his participation in the political and administrative life of Nuevo Leon. Thus, already in 1912 he had been named chief of Monterrey's City council. Later, and with his personal budget, he founded and presided over the Progressive Constitutional Party, platform by means of which impelled the campaign for governor of Niceforo Zambrano that obtained the triumph. Substitute mayor in 1917 and the following year proprietary municipal president of Monterrey, in 1925 Siller was appointed temporary governor replacing Porfirio G. Gonzalez that had been under riot act. The 16 September 1927 he rendered his last government report and the following month gave the power to Aaron Saenz.

Torreon

Some of the politic activities of Jeronimo Siller were firstly with the Gral. Guerrero, later in the campaign of the Gen. Fortunato Zuazua, Juan Gutierrez, Gen. Jesus Gutierrez Garza, and with the Gen. Juan Andrew Almazan, of whom was personal friend by many years, and during the Escobarista Revolution, Mr. Jeronimo Siller was senator, and the Gen. Almazan designated him as general supplier of his military column, with seat in the city of Torreon, Coahuila.

Siller died in Monterrey, on 14 March 1962.