Anna Gray and Andrew Weiss, Acadia Pr. LA
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Contributed for the LA GenWeb Archives by Lou Landry, Sep. 1997
Written by Zora Weiss Landry
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This is all we know of Anna Grey.  It is believed she came from Ireland.  
She was Irish, born in 1840, married Andrew Weiss in Mobile, AL. 
May 7, 1862 (Records in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Mobile, 
Mobile Co., Ala.   Andrew Weiss was a confederate soldier and Anna 
followed behind the army as it moved into Chattanooga, Tenn.  
There her first child, a son, Jacob Andrew, was born, Feb. 14, 1863, 
while the father was fighting on Look Out Mountain.
After the war they settled in Church Point, LA where a second child, a
daughter, Anna, was born, Oct.4, 1866.  The family moved to Washington, 
LA where Anna Grey died in June, 1868 at the age of 28.  She was buried 
in Washington, LA.

Andrew Weiss
The following is all we know about - Andrew Weiss.  He was born in 
Bavaria, Germany about 1832.  He left Germany at the age of 18 to 
escape military service and came to New York to meet an older brother, 
Adam Weiss who was drowned in New York harbor shortly after Andrew 
arrived.     He came to Louisiana and served four years in the Confederate 
Army, enlisting as private in the Straw Bridge Brigde at New Orleans, 
May 7, 1861. He married Anna Gray in Mobile in Mobile, Ala. May 7, 1862, 
fought in the battle of Lookout Mt. Chattanooga Tenn. in 1863 and was 
absent on detached service when the last roll was called in Atlanta, Georgia.
After the war he settled in Church Point, LA moved to Washington, La where
his wife died in June 1868.  He then came back to Church Point for a while
and later settled in Rayne, La. where he died Feb. 18,1884.  He lies buried
in the Rayne Cemetery.  He was a blacksmith and horse shoer by trade.
Private Andrew Weiss, Sr. 
Cos. I.E.F. 1th. (Straw Bridges) LA. Inf.

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