Mayer, Johann C

Mayer, Johann C.

a Presbyterian minister, a German by birth. was born in Korb, Wurtemburg, May 4, 1835. He was educated at Basle, Switzerland, and attended the seminary at St. Christiana. He left his native land and settled in Texas, where he was licensed by the Lutheran Synod of Texas. On coming to New Orleans he organized a German Presbyterian Church, but died before he had been ordained pastor over it, Aug. 24, 1858. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1860, p. 76.