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(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 Huston 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.
Braun, Caspar is a historical marker in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 1989. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.7669, -95.3858 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Kendall, Belle Sherman (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Gregg, Darius, Anson Jones, and Heiner, Eugene Thomas.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5201010618. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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