Dallas County AlArchives Biographies.....Sterne, Samuel February 15 1844 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    SAMUEL STERNE was born in Hesse, Germany, February 15, 1844, and was
educated in his native country. At the age of fifteen he emigrated to the United
States, landing in New York city, and receiving a position as cash boy in a
store, at $2.50 per week, A few months later he left New York city and came
south, locating first at Columbus, Ga., where he held a position as clerk, when
the war broke out. He then went to Eufaula, Ala., in the spring of 1861, where
he enlisted in the Eufaula light artillery company, under Capt. Oliver, with
which company he fought through the war until the battle of Franklin. Here he
was taken prisoner, and sent to Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, and held four
months or until the surrender of Lee. After the war he returned to Alabama,
locating at Selma, in 1865. For the first eight or nine years he held a position
as clerk in a store, and in 1874, formed a co-partnership with M. Meyer, under
the firm name of M. Meyer & Co., which firm lasted and continued to do business
until 1888. The partnership was then dissolved and Mr. Sterne became a member of
the firm of M. L. Sterne & Co., established to conduct a wholesale business in
dry goods, notions, hats, caps, etc., which business they have since continued.
This house is the only exclusively wholesale house in, Selma. Mr. Sterne has
held the position for some time of captain in the Thirteenth regiment Alabama
militia, and has been staff officer under Col. S. W. Johns, when he was colonel
of the Third regiment. He is a member of the school board of the city of Selma,
is a chapter Mason, Knight of Honor and a member of the I. O. B. B. He is
treasurer of the Harmony club, is a member of the congregation Mishkan Israel,
has been treasurer thereof several years, and was one of the originators of the
Salem Bridge company, which built the bridge across the Alabama river. He was
married, in 1875, to Miss Sallie Meyer, daughter of M. Meyer, his former
partner. By this marriage he has two sons and two daughters. Mr. Sterne is one
of the public-spirited citizens of Selma, aiding to the extent of his ability
and his influence in promoting all enterprises having for their object the
advancement of the material condition of the city of his choice.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 917-918
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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