Charles Henry Nimitz | |
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| Texas Legislature, District 89 | |
| In office 1890–1892 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karl Heinrich Nimitz November 9, 1826 Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, German Confederation |
| Died | April 28, 1911 (aged 84) Fredericksburg, Texas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Der Stadt Friedhof 30°16′16″N 98°51′42″W / 30.27111°N 98.86167°W |
| Spouse | Sophie Dorothea Mueller |
| Children | Twelve (Nine reached adulthood) |
Charles Henry Nimitz (born Karl Heinrich Nimitz; (November 9, 1826 – April 28, 1911) was born in Bremen, Germany, the son of a merchant seaman. Like his father before him, he was already a veteran seaman before the Nimitz family immigrated to South Carolina in the early 1840s, and later became part of the Adelsverein colonization experiment in the newly annexed state of Texas. He was the grandfather of, and role model for, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. In 1852, he built the Nimitz Hotel in Fredericksburg, Texas, in the United States. The hotel he built now houses the National Museum of the Pacific War. The Nimitz Hotel was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1989, Marker number 10089.[1] Nimitz was elected to the Twenty-second Texas Legislature in 1890, representing Gillespie, Comal and Blanco counties, which constituted District 89.
- ^ "Nimitz Hotel". Recorded Texas Historic Marker. William Nienke, Sam Morrow. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.