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John O. Meusebach (May 26, 1812 – May 27, 1897), born Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach, was at first a Prussian bureaucrat, later an American farmer and politician who served in the Texas Senate, District 22.
28 de may. de 2020 · Soon after his arrival in New Braunfels, Meusebach put aside his German title of nobility and adopted the name John O. Meusebach. Convinced that use should be made of the land in the Fisher-Miller Land Grant, he acquired headrights in it on credit.
This manuscript depicts the lineage of John O. Meusebach, who was born in Dillenburg, Germany, on May 26, 1812, as Baron Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach. He moved to Texas in May 1845, where he lived for the remainder of his life.
No foreigner, no Frenchman, remained on the German land, but the foreign leaven of liberal ideas did remain. Young Meusebach, walking among the Roman ruins in Trier, the outpost farthest north of ancient Rome, meditated much on Roman law, the foundation stone for all jurisprudence.
- Irene Marschall King
Meusebach became a shareholder in the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas (the Verein) and was appointed commissioner-general to succeed Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels.
- Mary Lee Nance Spence
- 1968
4 de feb. de 2014 · In 1845 the young liberal relinquished his hereditary German title, left behind his close family ties and his various intellectual and political associations, and arrived in Texas as John O....
18 de abr. de 2024 · In 1847, John O. Meusebach was seeking to set up a peace treaty with the Native American tribe, the Penateka Comanches. Meusebach’s negotiation of a peace treaty with them was crucial to the success of the German settlement project in Texas, spearheaded by the Mainzer Adelsverein for which Meusebach served as a commissioner-general.
