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John O. Meusebach, nato Otfried Hans von Meusebach, è stato un imprenditore, naturalista e politico tedesco naturalizzato statunitense. Fu tra i primi coloni tedeschi giunti in Texas ad occuparsi attivamente dell'operato dell' Adelsverein per promuovere e gestire la colonizzazione europea di quelle aree. Fu inoltre senatore per il ...
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 mag 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.
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.
Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach chose a life of hardship and freedom in Texas rather than a life of comfort and influence in his native Germany, where he ha...
A German immigrant who came to Texas in 1843, Meusebach negotiated, wrote, and signed the famous Meusebach Comanche Treaty in 1847, opening up over 3,000,000 acres of land beyond the San Saba River for colonization. It is one of the only treaties between the white men and the Indians that was always honored by both parties.
