Love between Martí and his son

By:María Elena Balán Saínz

In general we know more than historical facts played by Cuban patriots that of thier family life, for that reason in this occasion we will refer to the love among José Martí and his son José Francisco.

In the literary work of Martí can be appreciated how much he wanted his descendant, to who wrote before leaving to the Necessary War where had wanted to take him next to him and he promised him that if something passed him he would receive his leontin, as his father's memory.

Of our National Hero's son there are not very well-known facets. He qualified him in his verses as winged, flashing, judicious, with the enough capacity to suffer, to think and to love.

Five years they hardly lived together José Martí, his wife Carmen and his small son. It was August 27, 1891 the last time that our National Hero saw his Ismaelillo, in his mother's union in United States. In that year, Martí wrote verses of deep autobiographical print.

When José Francisco Martí returned to Cuba next to his mom they lived in Camagüey, where he graduated of high school,s tops then to register Civil right in the University of Havana.

After the events of May 19, José Francisco wrote to Gonzalo de Quesada so that he told him if they were certain the rumors of his father's death.

The son of Martí incorporated to the fight, like it was his progenitor's will, and under the orders of Calixto García reached Captain's grade. They assigned him the horse Baconao that the Teacher had used in the redentore farms.

To the 66 years José Francisco died who was married until his decese with María Teresa Bances and they lived in the large house where he resides at the moment in the Cuban capital the Center of Marti`s Studies , property that received like wedding gift for the girlfriend's family.