LC control no. | n 2001060476 |
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Personal name heading | Von Herff, Ferdinand Ludwig, 1820-1912 |
Variant(s) | Herff, Ferdinand Ludwig, 1820-1912 |
Found in | NUCMC data from Daughters of the Republic of Texas (San Antonio, Tex.) for Herff-Duerler family papers, 1853-1995 (Herff, Ferdinand Ludwig) LC database, June 12, 2001 (hdg.: Von Herff, Ferdinand Ludwig, 1820-1912) Handbook of Texas online, June 12, 2001 (Herff, Ferdinand Ludwig; Ferdinand Ludwig von Herff; physician; b. in Germany; surgeon in the Hessian Army (1843-1847); 1847, org. German American commune in Texas; after its failure, returned to Germany and rejoined the military; returned to Tex.; became a citizen, and dropped the nobility title "von" from his name; settled briefly in New Braunfels, then moved to San Antonio (1850), where he began prolonged career in Texas medicine) |