Washington Avenue Coalition / Memorial Park in Houston in Harris County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Caspar Braun

(March 16, 1822 - October 14, 1880)

Photographed by Brian Anderson, September 3, 2018

1. Caspar Braun Marker

Inscription. 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.

Erected 1989 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 10618.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Science & Medicine • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 29° 46.013′ N, 95° 23.155′ W. Marker is in Houston, Texas, in Harris County. It is in Washington Avenue Coalition / Memorial Park. It can be reached from Washington Avenue. Caspar Braun is buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Section D-1, Lot 041. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2525 Washington Avenue, Houston TX 77007, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: James Robert Cade (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Darius Gregg (about 300 feet away); Belle Sherman Kendall (about

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400 feet away); Eugene Thomas Heiner (about 500 feet away); Anson Jones (about 500 feet away); Houston Cemetery Company (about 600 feet away); James S. and Alfred T. Lucas (about 600 feet away); David Finney Stuart, M.D. (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Houston.

Caspar Braun Grave Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Anderson, September 3, 2018

2. Caspar Braun Grave Marker

Caspar Braun Gravesite image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Anderson, September 3, 2018

3. Caspar Braun Gravesite

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 6, 2018, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio. This page has been viewed 681 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 6, 2018, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.