Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Herman F. Seele

Full Name: Herman F. Seele
Birth date: April 14, 1823
Death date: March 18, 1902

Portrait, Hermann Seele, 10th Legislature, Regular Session. House Journal .
65th Legislature, R.S., HCR 70, Designating April 14, 1977, as Herman Seele Day in Texas in honor of this first Texas public school teacher. Hermann Friedrich Seele. Resolutions - Official Designations .

Biographical sketch and photos, "A Pageant in Praise of Learning: A Bearded Schoolmaster Whose First Classroom Was a Shady Spot Under a New Braunfels Elm Is Annually Honored in Children's Picturesque Masque Ball," 7/19/1931, Feature Section, p. 7. Hermann F. Seele (1823-1902), New Braunfels' first schoolmaster; also served as county judge, legislator, and postmaster. Dallas Morning News .
Hermann Seele, marriage to Mathilda Blum 1/25/1862 in Comal County.
Census of 1870 - Hermann Seele, New Braunfels, Comal County, age 47, born circa 1823 in Prussia, school teacher in academy, living in household with Mathilde.
Census of 1880 - Hermann Seele, New Braunfels, Comal County, age 57, born circa 1823 in Germany, teacher, wife Mathilde.
Census of 1900 - Hermann Seel, Comal County, age 77, born April 1823 in Germany, capitalist, wife Mathilda. FamilySearch . Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 1900

F. Hermann Seele, birth date 4/14/1823, death date 3/18/1902, portraits, burial in Comal Cemetery, New Braunfels, Comal County. Find a Grave .
SEELE, FRIEDRICH HERMANN (1823-1902). "The Sixty-fifth Texas Legislature designated April 14, 1977, Hermann Seele Day." Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, Hon. Frederick Hermann Seele, authorship of Mr. Seele, pp. 183-185. Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families 1894.
Herman F. Seele, Comal County, p. 33, "has been district clerk and member of Legislature." Texas Legal Directory for 1876-77 1877.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Frederick H. Seele, pp. 536-540. Frederick Herman Seele, born 4/14/1823 in Hanover, Germany; married Matilda Plum on 1/25/1862. Types of Successful Men of Texas 1890.
Texas Militia, Adjutant and Inspector General, Major, 31st Brigade, 1861-1865. Types of Successful Men of Texas 1890.