Bernalillo County NM Archives Photo Tombstone.....Luna, Solomon 
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Cemetery:           Santa Barbara Cemetery
Name:               Solomon Luna
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SOLOMON LUNA
Oct. 18, 1858  in Los Lunas, Valencia County, NM
Death: Aug. 29, 1912  Albuquerque, NM

 Solomon  descends from the family of Don Domingo de Luna, cousin to the Duke 
of Alburquerque.
First of the Luna family to settle in what is now New Mexico. 
Son of Antonio Jose and Isabella Baca Luna.
Don Domingo de Luna was given  land grants in what is now Los Lunas, Valencia 
County, New Mexico.
Solomon  an advisor to Governor Otero, the President of the Sheep Growers 
Association, and President of the Sheep Sanitary Board. 
Marriage of Solomon Luna to Adelaida Otero (daughter of Manuel Rito Otero) 
united two important area families, they had no children.
Luna's political career in 1885 when he was elected to the office of Probate 
Clerk. In 1892, he held the office of Sheriff. In 1894, he became the 
Treasurer and Collector for Valencia County. In 1896, one of six members 
elected (along with T.B. Catron) to the National Republican Committee from New 
Mexico. 
In 1900, Luna was offered the Republican nomination to Congress, but he 
declined. In 1911, Luna was offered the candidacy for the first state governor 
of New Mexico, he declined. 
 Solomon a nomination as delegate to the Constitutional Convention of New 
Mexico in 1910.
One of a few men that drafted the NM State Constitution and application for 
statehood.
Solomon Luna died under somewhat mysterious circumstances in 1912 while 
overseeing the dipping of his sheep on the ranch of Montague Stevens in Horse 
Springs, New Mexico. Luna's body was found in a dipping vat containing a 
solution of cresyllic acid and soap. 
Though murder and suicide were considered, his death was ultimately declared 
accidental, and it is believed that he lost his footing at night on the way to 
the outhouse. 

Luna Family home, a southern style mansion, is mainly adobe, a protected 
historic location. 
Spouse:  Adelaida S. Otero Luna   1864 - 1927





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