(March 16, 1822 - October 14, 1880)
A native of Germany, Caspar Braun was educated in Switzerland. A physician and teacher as well as a Lutheran clergyman, he was sent to Pennsylvania as a missionary in 1847. He arrived in Houston in 1850. The following year he organized the first German Evangelical Lutheran Church and was elected first president of the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Texas. Braun and his wife Margaret (Bohmert) were the parents of eight children.HM Number | HM2B7E |
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Year Placed | 1989 |
Placed By | Texas Historical Commission |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Thursday, September 6th, 2018 at 11:01pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15R E 269313 N 3295340 |
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Decimal Degrees | 29.76688333, -95.38591667 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 29° 46.013', W 95° 23.155' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 29° 46' 0.77999999999989" N, 95° 23' 9.3000000000001" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 281, 713 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 2515 Washington Ave, Houston TX 77007, US |
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