Biography of 	WERLEIN, Philip P., Rheinkreiss, Germany, then Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller April 1998

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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 461.  Edited by
Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Werlein, Philip Peter, educator and later founder of the Werlein music
business at New Orleans, was born at Rheinkreiss, Germany, March 30, 1812.
The living descendants of Philip Peter Werlein know very little of the
family from which their paternal ancestor sprang.  However, it is known
that his father was a well-known teacher in Germany, and that the son came
to America while yet a young man, and in the succeeding years by his own
industry and native endowments overcame many discouragements and
difficulties and ultimately attained a position of importance and
prominence in the South.  Though born in Germany, he was an ardent admirer
of the United States and became thoroughly identified with the people among
whom he lived.  As early as the '40s he chose Mississippi as his home state
and established a business at Vicksburg, later also at Natchez, and finally
he organized and successfully conducted a female academy at Clinton, Hinds
county, Miss.  From the latter place he removed, in 1853, to the city of
New Orleans, and there founded the Werlein music business, of which his
grandson, Philip Werlein, is at this time chief.  During the Civil war his
sympathies were entirely with the South, and while beyond the limit for
active field service, he became a member of the New Orleans home guard, and
in this capacity rendered service throughout the years of the war.  He was
affiliated with the democratic party and a member of the Independent Order
Odd Fellows.  In 1846 Philip Peter Werlein was married to Miss Margaret
Halsey, a daughter of Shepard and Jerusha (Conklin) Halsey, of New York.
To their union 4 children were born, these being, in order of their birth:
Philip Werlein, Feb. 22, 1847;  Lilla, 1849;  Shepard Halsey, 1851;  Mary,
1853.  The first-born is elsewhere referred to in this work as Philip
Werlein, Sr., and his son, the present head of the Werlein music business,
as Philip Werlein, Jr.