Paul Follen [SEP] place of birth
Paul Follen
Paul Follenius (May 5, 1799 – October 3, 1844) was a German-American attorney and farmer, who had founded the Gießener Auswanderungsgesellschaft ("Gießen Emigration Society").
Early life.
He was born at Gießen, in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, to Christoph Follenius (1759-1833) and Rosine Follenius (1766–1799). His father was a counselor-at-law and judge. He was the brother of August Ludwig Follen and Charles Follen, and the uncle of
Denkens (Spiritual heranreisende Lesson for the Youth, for the Use of Teachers Colleges: a Book for Teachers and Students and All Friends of Free Thought", St. Louis: 1872
- Friedrich Münch (Hg.): "Erinnerungen aus Deutschlands trübster Zeit, dargestellt in den Lebensbildern von Karl Follen, Paul Follen und Friedrich Münch" (Memories of Germany's Gloomiest Period, Depicted in the Lives of Karl Follen, Paul Follen and Friedrich Münch), St. Louis (Missouri) and Neustadt: Haardt, 1873.