Austin, TX, United States
Hirshfeld Cottage. German native Henry Hirshfeld (1834-1911) migrated to the United States at the age of fifteen. After working with his two uncles in Mobile, Alabama, he moved to Georgetown (28 mi. N), where he enlisted in the Confederate Army. Following his service in the Civil War, Hirshfeld move
d to Austin and entered the mercantile business. By 1868, when he married Jennin Melasky, he owned a clothing store and was becoming a prominent businessman of the city. Three years later Governor E.
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