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The Reverend Jacob Scherer

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Columbus, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 42' 18.75195", -96° 33' 33.52077"
 
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    (February 7, 1785 - March 2, 1860) Born in North Carolina. Moved to Texas in 1851. As pastor here, is said to have founded the first English-speaking Lutheran Church in Texas; a founder (1857) of Colorado College, first public school in Columbus and one of the first in Texas; he and 3 sons made brick and built the college.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

The Reverend Jacob Scherer Historical Marker Location Map, Columbus, Texas