Biography of 	WEGMANN, John X., 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), pp. 457-458.  Edited
by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.

Wegmann, John X., president Lafayette Fire Insurance Co., New Orleans, was
born in New Orleans, La., Jan. 24, 1878; son of George and Caroline
(Holderith) Wegmann, both of whom were born in Europe, the father in
Bavaria, German Empire, and the mother in Alsace, France.  They came to
America at about the same time, in the year 1871, located in the city of
New Orleans, and were afterward married in that city, where the father
conducted a business as a retail grocer.  He died at the age of 60 years
and is survived by his widow at this time.  They reared six of 11 children
born to them at their New Orleans home, all of these six being now
residents of the city.  John X. was the second child, and is the eldest of
those now living.  His boyhood days were passed in New Orleans, as has been
his life thus far.  He was educated at St. Mary's Assumption German school
of the Redemptorist parish, and at the age of 14 years began work in his
father's grocery store, where he remained until about 21, then securing
employment in the office of the Lafayette Fire Insurance Co., as a clerk.
After about 1 year spent in this capacity, he was elected secretary of the
Lafayette Fire Insurance Co., and so remained until the year 1909, when,
following the death of James Wilson, he was elected president of the
company, his incumbency of that important position extending to the present
time.  Mr. Wegmann is a man of many interests and varied activities in the
intricate life of the city of New Orleans.  He is vice-president of the New
Orleans public school board, chairman of the committee orican Medical Association, 
New York Medical Record, and
New York Medical Journal.  His most important writings are on Aneurisms of
the Arch of the Aorta, Subclavian Aneurisms, Irreducible Dislocations of
the Shoulder, Surgical Diseases and Injuries of the Neck, the Philosophic
Anatomy of the Liver, A Plea for Reform in Medical and University
Education, Wounds of the Large Surgical Veins, Hepatic Abscesses, Drilling
of Holes Through the Skull, Diagnosis of Tumors, Reminiscences of Dr.
Marion Sims  and Dr. T. G. Richardson, Preservation of Anatomic
Dissections, With Permanent Color of Muscles, Vessels and Organs; Sanitary
Code of the Louisiana State Board of Health, and many other technical and
important compositions.  Dr. Souchon was the inventor of the Souchon
Anesthetizer.  He was at all times one of the busiest of men, but held a
membstates.  Monthly remittances from home soon ceased to
make missions are
delegated.  In 1901 Mr. Wegmann was married to Miss Sophia J. Bonhage,
daughter of August Bonhage of New Orleans.  Mrs. Wegmann was born and
reared in New Orleans, where her education was also completed.  Seven sons
have been