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John Derst (3 May 1838 – 16 July 1928) was a German businessman based in Savannah, Georgia, United States. A prominent baker, his product, Captain John Derst's Good Old-Fashioned Bread, is still produced by Savannah's Derst Baking Company, which he founded in 1867. He was also a city alderman for four years. Life and career Derst was born in Worms, Germany, in 1838, to Justus Derst and Catherine Krug. In 1855, he emigrated to the United States with his parents and three older brothers (Jacob, George and Peter), and settled in Savannah, Georgia, via New York City. His father died when John was sixteen years old. He served four years for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Captain of the German Volunteers (in which he served alongside his good friend Cord Asendorf Sr.), he was stationed for two years at Fort McAllister, before becoming a baker at a Confederate hospital in Atlanta. After the war, he protected the flag of his old company, the DeKalb Rifi ...
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Worms, Germany
Worms () is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, situated on the Upper Rhine about south-southwest of Frankfurt am Main. It had about 82,000 inhabitants . A pre-Roman foundation, Worms is one of the oldest cities in northern Europe. It was the capital of the Kingdom of the Burgundians in the early fifth century, hence is the scene of the medieval legends referring to this period, notably the first part of the ''Nibelungenlied''. Worms has been a Roman Catholic bishopric since at least 614, and was an important palatinate of Charlemagne. Worms Cathedral is one of the imperial cathedrals and among the finest examples of Romanesque architecture in Germany. Worms prospered in the High Middle Ages as an imperial free city. Among more than a hundred imperial diets held at Worms, the Diet of 1521 (commonly known as ''the'' Diet of Worms) ended with the Edict of Worms, in which Martin Luther was declared a heretic. Worms is also one of the historical ShUM-cities as a cultural ...
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The Marshall House (Savannah, Georgia)
The Marshall House is a historic building in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It was opened in 1852 by Mary Magdalene Marshall as one of Savannah's first hotels (although it was built thirty years after the City Hotel, the city's first). Located on East Broughton Street, it is the city's oldest operating hotel today, owned by Savannah's HLC Hotels, Inc., which also owns the city's Olde Harbour Inn, the Eliza Thompson House, the East Bay Inn, the Gastonian and the Kehoe House. The building was occupied by the Union Army in 1864 and 1865 during the American Civil War.THE HISTORY OF THE MARSHALL HOUSE - ONE OF THE OLDEST HOTELS IN SAVANNAH
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Ralph Meldrim was proprietor of the Marshall House in 1857, and he erected a 12-foot-high iron

German Emigrants To The United States
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People From Savannah, Georgia
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19th-century German Businesspeople
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German Bakers
German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Germanic peoples (Roman times) * German language **any of the Germanic languages * German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (other) * ...
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1928 Deaths
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1838 Births
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Bonaventure Cemetery
Bonaventure Cemetery is a rural cemetery located on a scenic bluff of the Wilmington River, east of Savannah, Georgia. The cemetery became famous when it was featured in the 1994 novel ''Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'' by John Berendt, and in the subsequent movie, directed by Clint Eastwood, based on the book. It is the largest of the city's municipal cemeteries, containing nearly . The entrance to the cemetery is located at 330 Bonaventure Road. Immediately inside the gates is the large and ornate tomb of William Gaston, a prominent Savannahian merchant. History The cemetery is located on the former site of Bonaventure Plantation, originally owned by Colonel John Mullryne. On March 10, 1846, Commodore Josiah Tattnall III sold the plantation and its private cemetery to Peter Wiltberger.''Ease and Elegance, Madeira and Murder: The Social Life of Savannah's City Hotel'', Malcolm Bell, Jr. (1992), p. 572 The first burials took place in 1850, and three years later, Pe ...
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Habersham Street
Habersham Street is a prominent street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located between Lincoln Street to the west and Price Street to the east, it runs for about from East Bay Street in the north to Stephenson Avenue in the south. The street is named for merchant and statesman James Habersham. It was known as Prendergast Street in 1760. Its northern section passes through the Savannah Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.James Dillon (1977) , National Park Service and Habersham Street goes around four of Savannah's 22 squares. They are (from north to south): * Warren Square *Columbia Square * Troup Square *Whitefield Square Habersham Street also bounds the eastern edge of Colonial Park Cemetery, in which James Habersham was buried upon his death in 1775. Notable buildings and structures Below is a selection of notable buildings and structures on Habersham Street, all in Savannah's Historic District. From north to south: *Hugh Cullen Propert ...
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Oglethorpe Avenue
Oglethorpe Avenue is a prominent street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located, in its downtown section, between York Street to the north and Hull Street to the south, it runs for about from the Atlantic Coastal Highway (U.S. Route 17) in the west to Randolph Street in the east. It was originally known as South Broad Street, then Market Street. After being named South Broad Street again for a period, it became known as Oglethorpe Avenue in 1897. It was formerly Oglethorpe Avenue singular, but its addresses are now split between "West Oglethorpe Avenue" and "East Oglethorpe Avenue", the transition occurring at Bull Street in the center of the downtown area. The street is named for the founder of the Savannah colony, James Edward Oglethorpe. The street is entirely within Savannah Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.James Dillon (1977) , National Park Service and It contains what is believed to be the two oldest extant buildings in the city: Eppinge ...
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