José Pires Ferreira

José Pires Ferreira (born 1757) was a rich farmer and merchant. He was the responsible for the definitive establishment of the Pires Ferreira family in Piauí.

Biography

José was born in 1757, in freguesia de São Frei Pedro Gonçalves, Recife, son of Domingos Pires Ferreira and Joanna Maria de Deus Correia Pinto. He had 13 siblings, being the 6th oldest.

José was a merchant. Two or three times a year, he went along the coast selling his products, including imported items, such as silk, shoes, perfumes, porcelains and spices, until he reached Paranaíba.

He died on an unknown date on Barra do Longá, Buriti dos Lopes.

Personal life

José married in 1786 with Marianna de Deus Castro Diniz, daughter of João Paulo Diniz, pioneer of the dried meat industry in Brazil. He had four children, Rosa Maria, João de Deus, Maria da Assumpção and Antônio.