first communion”.Tasso Fragoso died in Rio de Janeiro, in 1945, at the age of 76. A street in the neighborhood of Lagoa, where he lived and died, takes his name. The city of Tasso Fragoso, in Maranhão, is a tribute to his name. Family He married Josefa Graça Aranha, daughter of Temístocles Maciel Aranha and Maria da Glória de Alencastro Graça. His wife, therefore, was descended from the Baron of Aracati and Maria Adelaide do Carmo de Alencastro who, in turn, was the daughter of José Joaquim de Alencastro and Maria Eduarda Carneiro Leão, from a traditional Pernambucan family. He had numerous children, of which were mentioned by Marshal Tristão de Alencar Araripe: Evangelina, whose union with banker Genésio Pires gave rise to the new Fragoso Pires family: José Carlos, Luiz Paulo, Fernando Tasso and Evangelina Catão. Evangelina (granddaughter) married the deputy, senator and businessman Álvaro Luís Bocaiuva Catão, in this relationship they had a daughter - Theodora Fragoso Pires Bocayuva Catão. Murilo, a diplomat, had descendants: Magui and Rosa Maria; Beatriz, with descendants: Beatriz; Heloisa, who begot Carlos Alberto and Maria Regina; Marina. Works Among the various technical and historical works he wrote, the following stand out: 1904 – Determinação da hora por alturas correspondentes de estrelas diversas 1908 — Determinação de latitude por alturas iguais de duas estrelas (método de Stechert) 1922 – A batalha do passo do Rosário 1934 – História da guerra entre a Tríplice Aliança e o Paraguai (5 volumes) 1938 – A Revolução Farroupilha (1835-1845) — narrativa sintética das operações militares 1940 – Revolvendo o passado 1965 – Os Franceses no Rio de Janeiro References Bibliography ARARIPE, General Tristão de Alencar, Tasso Fragoso - Um pouco de História do Nosso Exército, Biblioteca do Exército Editora, 1960. Dicionário Histórico Biográfico Brasileiro pós 1930. 2ª ed. Rio de Janeiro: Ed. FGV, 2001 KOIFMAN, Fábio, Organizador - Presidentes do Brasil, Editora Rio, 2001. 1869 births 1945 deaths People from Maranhão