Nicholas Adolphus Sterne served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives and one term in the Texas State Senate.
16 Facts About Adolphus Sterne
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Adolphus Sterne immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1817, living in Louisiana for ten years.
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Adolphus Sterne, the eldest son of Emmanuel Sterne and his second wife, Helen, was born on April 5,1801, in Cologne, although Alsace is claimed as his birthplace.
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The elder Sterne was an Orthodox Jew, and Helen Sterne was a Lutheran.
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Adolphus Sterne landed in New Orleans in 1817, found mercantile employment, and studied law.
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In 1826, Adolphus Sterne moved to Nacogdoches, Texas and established a mercantile business.
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Adolphus Sterne was required to swear an oath of loyalty to Mexico, which governed Texas at the time.
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Adolphus Sterne was arrested and sentenced to death for treason after spies in New Orleans reported his activities.
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Adolphus Sterne's guards were Masons and allowed him a great deal of freedom, finally releasing him on the grounds that he never again take up arms against the government.
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On June 2,1828, Adolphus Sterne married Eva Catherine Rosine Ruff, an immigrant from Wurttemberg, Germany who had lived in Louisiana.
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Sam Houston lived with them for a time, and was baptized as a Roman Catholic in their parlor, with Eva Adolphus Sterne serving as his godmother.
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Adolphus Sterne was asked to be his godfather but refused because the date coincided with Yom Kippur.
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Adolphus Sterne worked as an interpreter in English, French, Spanish, German, Yiddish, Portuguese, and Latin.
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Adolphus Sterne personally financed two companies, later known as the New Orleans Grays.
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Under the Republic, Adolphus Sterne served briefly as a commander in the militia during the Cherokee War in 1839.
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Adolphus Sterne died in New Orleans on March 27,1852.