Professor Adolf began as a teacher in Prenzlau in 1779, and later he became the headmaster of the cathedral school in Ratzenburg in 1781. In 1789, he became the headmaster of the cathedral school at Gustrow and was granted the title of Professor by a decree from Duke Friedrich Franz of Mecklenburg in 1792. He served as Superintendent (Bishop) from 1811 until 1828. He had nine children with his three wives. His first wife was Elise Danneel. His second wife was Marie Elisabeth Giesenhagen. His third wife was Margaretha Dorothea Schroeder.
According to the memoirs written by his granddaughter Ottilie Fuchs Goeth, Professor Fuchs was attending his young son Pastor Carl Adolf Fuchs's first public sermon in Güstrow in 1828, when Professor Adolf caught a severe cold in the unheated church and as a result, died from pneumonia. He was buried in Gustrow, Mecklenburg, Germany.
Two of his sons (Carl and Fritz) moved to Texas. The third son (Ernst) stayed in Germany, but Ernst's son (Otto) moved to Texas, and possibly an older son (Heinrich) also came to Texas in 1845-6 with his uncle Carl.
According to the memoirs written by his granddaughter Ottilie Fuchs Goeth, Professor Fuchs was attending his young son Pastor Carl Adolf Fuchs's first public sermon in Güstrow in 1828, when Professor Adolf caught a severe cold in the unheated church and as a result, died from pneumonia. He was buried in Gustrow, Mecklenburg, Germany.
Two of his sons (Carl and Fritz) moved to Texas. The third son (Ernst) stayed in Germany, but Ernst's son (Otto) moved to Texas, and possibly an older son (Heinrich) also came to Texas in 1845-6 with his uncle Carl.
Professor Adolf began as a teacher in Prenzlau in 1779, and later he became the headmaster of the cathedral school in Ratzenburg in 1781. In 1789, he became the headmaster of the cathedral school at Gustrow and was granted the title of Professor by a decree from Duke Friedrich Franz of Mecklenburg in 1792. He served as Superintendent (Bishop) from 1811 until 1828. He had nine children with his three wives. His first wife was Elise Danneel. His second wife was Marie Elisabeth Giesenhagen. His third wife was Margaretha Dorothea Schroeder.
According to the memoirs written by his granddaughter Ottilie Fuchs Goeth, Professor Fuchs was attending his young son Pastor Carl Adolf Fuchs's first public sermon in Güstrow in 1828, when Professor Adolf caught a severe cold in the unheated church and as a result, died from pneumonia. He was buried in Gustrow, Mecklenburg, Germany.
Two of his sons (Carl and Fritz) moved to Texas. The third son (Ernst) stayed in Germany, but Ernst's son (Otto) moved to Texas, and possibly an older son (Heinrich) also came to Texas in 1845-6 with his uncle Carl.
According to the memoirs written by his granddaughter Ottilie Fuchs Goeth, Professor Fuchs was attending his young son Pastor Carl Adolf Fuchs's first public sermon in Güstrow in 1828, when Professor Adolf caught a severe cold in the unheated church and as a result, died from pneumonia. He was buried in Gustrow, Mecklenburg, Germany.
Two of his sons (Carl and Fritz) moved to Texas. The third son (Ernst) stayed in Germany, but Ernst's son (Otto) moved to Texas, and possibly an older son (Heinrich) also came to Texas in 1845-6 with his uncle Carl.
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