Bernard Scherrer
(1807-1892)
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Marker No: 379
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Geographic: 30.065065, -96.694939
Location: At Scherrer cabin in Henkel Square, corner of Live Oak & Main Streets, Round Top
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Marker Text: Bernard Scherrer left his native Switzerland at the age of 22 for extended travels before reaching Texas in 1833. After serving in Burleson's regiment during the Texas Revolution, he received a land grant in Colorado County but settled in Beigel settlement (Fayette County) about 1838. Here he served as Justice of the Peace, County Commissioner, and in 1845 he married Gesine Eliza Margarete Koch. He left his civic, farming and freighting duties to serve in the Confederate Army during the civil war. This cabin, Scherrer's first residence in Texas, was moved to this location in 1975. (1992)
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