1856, Cuba.

When So­meill­an was 13, his mo­ther, be­liev­ing his life was in dan­ger be­cause his fa­ther had been ex­pa­tri­at­ed to Cu­ba by Spain, sent him abroad un­der the pro­tec­tion of the Amer­i­can consul. In Flor­i­da, he be­came a Meth­od­ist pas­tor, and served as a mis­sion­a­ry in Key West and other parts of Flor­i­da. He went to Ha­va­na in 1879 to es­tab­lish a mis­sion, and lat­er re­turned to Flor­i­da. He moved back to Cu­ba af­ter it achieved in­de­pen­dence in 1898, and re­tired in 1901.

1. ¡Oh Maes­tro y mi Señor!