Charles Thomas Flusser was born to William Flusser (merchant prince of Prague, Bohemia) and Pauline Mayfield (daughter and sister to the Mayfields (money-lenders to the King. William and Pauline were married in London, France in 1797.
Charles Thomas was named for his mothers English brothers Charles & Thomas Mayfield. Although he had other brothers & sisters Charles every special advantage money, travel and tutors could furnish. He was tall & ruddy with blue eyes and curly brown hair, graceful, a scholar, a linguist and a musician.
At the age of seventeen he labored all of one storym night on the battlefield at Prague, caring for the wounded and returning home at dawn wet to the skin. His stern father, in a rage at the self-exposure of his son and heir, inflicted upon him a cruel beating that was never forgiven.
The night after his mothers death, Charles Thomas left the Flusser family home and made his way to Genoa and then to America. He landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1816. He was immediately taken in by a Mr. Furlong of Charles County, Maryland as the family tutor.
In 1821, Charles left Charles County and moved to Anapolis. He opened a successful and select school for young women, teaching belleslettres, music, dancing and deportment. His favorite pupil cam to class the day before an assembly ball with her hair done up in curl-papers and this gentle teacher laid hands upon her and extracted every paper while the culprit and scholars shook with laughter. The lady of the curl-papers, Miss Juliana Waters, became Mrs. Flusser in 1827.
Around the time of his marriage, Charles was admitted to the bar and appointed Professor of Languages at the University of Maryland, where he filled the professorial chair with dignity and credit for ten years.
The Flussers moved to Vicksburg in the hard times of 1837 and shortly located and settled in Louisville, KY. Charles Thomas became an honred member of the Kentucky bar and a friend of George D Prentice, editor of the Courier-Journal. Juliana managed a small hotel to help furnish food and clothing for eight vigorous romping children. At night she sewed and mended for her children.
Charles Thomas was named for his mothers English brothers Charles & Thomas Mayfield. Although he had other brothers & sisters Charles every special advantage money, travel and tutors could furnish. He was tall & ruddy with blue eyes and curly brown hair, graceful, a scholar, a linguist and a musician.
At the age of seventeen he labored all of one storym night on the battlefield at Prague, caring for the wounded and returning home at dawn wet to the skin. His stern father, in a rage at the self-exposure of his son and heir, inflicted upon him a cruel beating that was never forgiven.
The night after his mothers death, Charles Thomas left the Flusser family home and made his way to Genoa and then to America. He landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1816. He was immediately taken in by a Mr. Furlong of Charles County, Maryland as the family tutor.
In 1821, Charles left Charles County and moved to Anapolis. He opened a successful and select school for young women, teaching belleslettres, music, dancing and deportment. His favorite pupil cam to class the day before an assembly ball with her hair done up in curl-papers and this gentle teacher laid hands upon her and extracted every paper while the culprit and scholars shook with laughter. The lady of the curl-papers, Miss Juliana Waters, became Mrs. Flusser in 1827.
Around the time of his marriage, Charles was admitted to the bar and appointed Professor of Languages at the University of Maryland, where he filled the professorial chair with dignity and credit for ten years.
The Flussers moved to Vicksburg in the hard times of 1837 and shortly located and settled in Louisville, KY. Charles Thomas became an honred member of the Kentucky bar and a friend of George D Prentice, editor of the Courier-Journal. Juliana managed a small hotel to help furnish food and clothing for eight vigorous romping children. At night she sewed and mended for her children.
Charles Thomas Flusser was born to William Flusser (merchant prince of Prague, Bohemia) and Pauline Mayfield (daughter and sister to the Mayfields (money-lenders to the King. William and Pauline were married in London, France in 1797.
Charles Thomas was named for his mothers English brothers Charles & Thomas Mayfield. Although he had other brothers & sisters Charles every special advantage money, travel and tutors could furnish. He was tall & ruddy with blue eyes and curly brown hair, graceful, a scholar, a linguist and a musician.
At the age of seventeen he labored all of one storym night on the battlefield at Prague, caring for the wounded and returning home at dawn wet to the skin. His stern father, in a rage at the self-exposure of his son and heir, inflicted upon him a cruel beating that was never forgiven.
The night after his mothers death, Charles Thomas left the Flusser family home and made his way to Genoa and then to America. He landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1816. He was immediately taken in by a Mr. Furlong of Charles County, Maryland as the family tutor.
In 1821, Charles left Charles County and moved to Anapolis. He opened a successful and select school for young women, teaching belleslettres, music, dancing and deportment. His favorite pupil cam to class the day before an assembly ball with her hair done up in curl-papers and this gentle teacher laid hands upon her and extracted every paper while the culprit and scholars shook with laughter. The lady of the curl-papers, Miss Juliana Waters, became Mrs. Flusser in 1827.
Around the time of his marriage, Charles was admitted to the bar and appointed Professor of Languages at the University of Maryland, where he filled the professorial chair with dignity and credit for ten years.
The Flussers moved to Vicksburg in the hard times of 1837 and shortly located and settled in Louisville, KY. Charles Thomas became an honred member of the Kentucky bar and a friend of George D Prentice, editor of the Courier-Journal. Juliana managed a small hotel to help furnish food and clothing for eight vigorous romping children. At night she sewed and mended for her children.
Charles Thomas was named for his mothers English brothers Charles & Thomas Mayfield. Although he had other brothers & sisters Charles every special advantage money, travel and tutors could furnish. He was tall & ruddy with blue eyes and curly brown hair, graceful, a scholar, a linguist and a musician.
At the age of seventeen he labored all of one storym night on the battlefield at Prague, caring for the wounded and returning home at dawn wet to the skin. His stern father, in a rage at the self-exposure of his son and heir, inflicted upon him a cruel beating that was never forgiven.
The night after his mothers death, Charles Thomas left the Flusser family home and made his way to Genoa and then to America. He landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1816. He was immediately taken in by a Mr. Furlong of Charles County, Maryland as the family tutor.
In 1821, Charles left Charles County and moved to Anapolis. He opened a successful and select school for young women, teaching belleslettres, music, dancing and deportment. His favorite pupil cam to class the day before an assembly ball with her hair done up in curl-papers and this gentle teacher laid hands upon her and extracted every paper while the culprit and scholars shook with laughter. The lady of the curl-papers, Miss Juliana Waters, became Mrs. Flusser in 1827.
Around the time of his marriage, Charles was admitted to the bar and appointed Professor of Languages at the University of Maryland, where he filled the professorial chair with dignity and credit for ten years.
The Flussers moved to Vicksburg in the hard times of 1837 and shortly located and settled in Louisville, KY. Charles Thomas became an honred member of the Kentucky bar and a friend of George D Prentice, editor of the Courier-Journal. Juliana managed a small hotel to help furnish food and clothing for eight vigorous romping children. At night she sewed and mended for her children.
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