FIRST - Person to Purchase Land to become Hermann, MO
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N 38° 41.936 W 091° 26.028
15S E 636196 N 4284531
The first land owner and founder of Hermann...
Waymark Code: WM1343N
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2020
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County of marker: Gasconade County
Location of marker: Gutenberg St., siee of City Cemetery, Hermann
Erected by: Historic Hermann, Inc. and Hermann High School Honor Society
Date Erected: 1986
Marker Text:
In Memory of
My Beloved Husband
George F. Bayer
Born: Sept. 27, 1800
Died: March 18, 1839
And Our Son
Charles H.
Born: May 16, 1837
Died: Jan. 29, 1839
Wife and children I must leave you
Leave my home and all my woe
But my beloved Savior calls me
Calls me to my Heavenly home
In Honor of
George F. Bayer, General Agent for the German
Settlement Society and School Master, who purchased
first land for the town of Hermannin 1837.
Erected 1986 by
Historic Hermann Inc.
and
Hermann High School Honor Society
His Find-A-Grave listing.
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