FelicíssimoWhen General Felicíssimo do Espírito Santo Cardoso was born on 17 September 1835, in Goiás, Goiás, Brazil, his father, Capitão Manoel Pereira Cardoso, was 33 and his mother, Rita Porfiria da Silva e Oliveira, was 27. He married Emerenciana Vicência de Azevedo on 14 February 1858, in Goiás, Brazil. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. In 1890, at the age of 54, his occupation is listed as senador por goiás. He died on 7 June 1905, in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the age of 69.
