Daviess-Henderson County KyArchives Biographies.....WEIKEL, MICHAEL July 17, 1855 - March 25, 1927 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Paul Weikel altec2kc.rr.com December 21, 2006, 5:48 pm Author: Sandi Gorin History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1883. Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980. p. 656. BIOGRAPHY: MICHAEL WEIKEL was born in Dubois County, Ind., July 17, 1855. In 1876 he moved to Carmi, Ill., and remained till 1878, when he came to Daviess County, Ky., where he is teaming and farming, raising what he needs for his own use. He was married Jan. 29, 1879, to Emma Risse, a native of Louisville, Ky., born Aug. 16, 1855. They have two children--Robert, born Dec. 15, 1880, and Matthias, born June 6, 1882. Mr. Weikel is a member of the Catholic church, and his wife of the German Presbyterian. Politically he is a Democrat. Additional Comments: My great great Grandfather by direct descent thru Mathias also known as Frank Mathew Family files, records. Paul J. Weikel DESCENT: Descended from Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany source 1850-1870 Jasper, Dubois co., Bainbridge Township, Indiana census images. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/daviess/bios/weikel64bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/kyfiles/