George M. Heroman family papers, 1816-1904 (bulk 1833-1865).

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George M. Heroman family papers, 1816-1904 (bulk 1833-1865).

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Family papers include correspondence in German related to both George M. Heroman and Celestine Heroman Boning; Civil War letters of Fred W. H. Heroman; estate papers and items pertaining to the ownership of land by the Louisiana Institute of Deaf and Dumb; and papers concerning the settlement of the estate of Frederick Piker (changed from earlier spelling "Peucker") in Baton Rouge. Manuscript volumes include a notebook (1860-1864) kept by Elizabeth Ann McNabb (neeĢ Heroman) and the passport of George M. Heroman (1833). Printed items include Albert Pike's "Dixie, Southrons' Hear your country call you," a pamphlet concerning the history of the Baton Rouge fire and police departments (1904), copies of photographs of the Heroman home in Baton Rouge, and various newspaper clippings and fragments.

11 items.1 microfilm reel.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Boning, Celestine, 1828-1890.

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McNabb, Elizabeth

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Heroman, George M. (George Mathew), 1808-1861.

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George M. Heroman was a German immigrant and merchant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. When he left Germany, he changed his name from George Matthaeus Heldmann. He was married to Celestine Piker (1828-1890) and had five children, Elizabeth Ann (married to William McNabb, d. 1887 at age 51), George W. (1854-1890), Mary C., Emma G., and Fred (a private in the 3rd Louisiana Infantry and major heir to the Heroman estate). After George M. Heroman's death, Celestine married John Boning in 1863. ...

Louisiana Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind

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Heroman, Fred W. H.

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