Details for The Rev. Jindrich Juren

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5149002891

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Marker Number 2891
Atlas Number 5149002891
Marker Title The Rev. Jindrich Juren
Index Entry Juren, The Rev. Jindrich
Address 1022 Kramr Rd.
City Fayetteville
County Fayette
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 724816
UTM Northing 3308076
Subject Codes Czech immigrants/immigration; religious leaders; Presbyterian denomination; German immigrants/immigration
Marker Year 1994
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location From Fayetteville, take Ross Prairie Rd. South about 1.4 miles to Junction of Ross Prairie & Kramer Rd.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Jindrich (Henry) Juren was born in Hradiste, Bohemia, on March 20, 1850. A Protestant minister's son, he studied theology at several universities and became fluent in Czech, English, German, French, and Polish. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1876 as the newly-ordained pastor of the Ross Prairie Czech-Moravian Brethren Church. He served locally and traveled by horse and buggy and train to Czech congregations throughout Texas. Also a public schoolteacher for 40 years, Juren was a revered leader in Ross Prairie and the statewide Czech community. He was buried here in the churchyard cemetery in 1921.

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