Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Braun, Kaspar (Caspar) |
Othernames |
Caspar Messon Casper |
Birthplace |
Botenheim, Wuerttemberg, Germany |
Deceased |
10/14/1880 |
Deceased Where |
Houston, Texas |
Education |
St. Chrischona Pilgermission Institute at Basel, Switzerland 1847 |
Notes |
Arrived in United States in 1847. Licensed by Pittsburg Synod in 1847-1849, ordained in 1850. Moved to Texas 1850, Accepted into Missouri Synod in 1876. Wife's mother was Little Flower, daughter of an Indian Chief, father fell in battle at San Jacinto. |
Role |
St. Chrischona |
Titles & Honors |
The Reverend Was a founder and 1st president of the Ersten Deutschen Evangelisch-Lutherischen Synode in Texas. |
Position or Congregations Served |
Pittsburg Synod in 1847. St. Paul's Lutheran Church in New Castle, Pennsylvania Founded 1851 First Evangelical Church of Houston (on Texas Ave. later to be Trinity Lutheran Congregation of Houston) St. John's Lutheran Church in White Oak, Texas Served as interim pastor Salem Lutheran Church in Rose Hill, Texas (Missouri Synod) 1868. |
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