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GEORGE BROSIUS WEISER, M. D.

    Dr. George B. Weiser, one of the leading physicians of Brown county,
chairman of the board of education at New Ulm, and one of the most progressive
and public-spirited citizens of that thriving city, is a native of the great
Keystone state, having been born at Dalmatia, Northumberland county,
Pennsylvania, September 7,1857, son of Dr. Charles S. and Sarah (Brosius)
Weiser, both natives of that same county, the former born at Sunbury in 1828,
and the latter, at Dalmatia, in 1832.

    Dr. Charles S. Weiser and his brother, Dr. George Weiser, were for years
regarded as among the most prominent physicians in their part of Pennsylvania,
and the subject of this sketch, even from the days of his boyhood, took an
interest in medical literature and early decided to become a physician. Dr.
Charles S. Weiser, who was the son of Judge George and Catherine (Bucher)
Weiser, received his early education in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and attended
Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, from which he was graduated in 1850.
Upon receiving his degree he started practice in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, but
after being there about a year, moved his office to Dalmatia, in the same
county, where he spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1862.
Judge George Weiser was for years an associate judge in Northumberland county,
Pennsylvania. He was a direct descendant of Conrad Weiser of colonial fame, head
of the first German colony that settled in Berks county, Pennsylvania, whose
influence among the Indians in the early days of the colonies brought his
services into requisition from Virginia to New York. It is claimed that he
swayed more influence over Indians than any other man of his day, excepting
William Penn. He long was an Indian agent in Pennsylvania and was employed by
the colonial government in the work of negotiating treaties with the Indians
before the days of the French and Indian War. He had a thorough acquaintance
with the Indian tongue and his services as an interpreter were in wide demand.
Dr. Charles S. Weiser was born in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, where his father, Judge
Weiser, had his residence, and was of substantial Pennsylvania-German stock. He
and his wife were the parents of three children, one who died in infancy,
Elizabeth C. and the subject of this biographical sketch.

    George B. Weiser received his elementary education in the Dalmatia schools,
later attending Freeburg Academy, Perrysburg Seminary and Sunbury Academy, the
latter presided over and tutored by Prof. N. Foster Brown. He also had been a
diligent student of medical literature under a preceptor for two years and when
he entered Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, was well equipped by
preparatory study for the effective pursuit of his studies. He took a special
course in skin diseases under the late Prof. J. Y. Shoemaker, of Philadelphia,
at the Philadelphia dispensary for skin diseases; a special course on diseases
of children, and also took a special course in the Philadelphia School of
Anatomy under Prof. John B. Roberts. Upon receiving his diploma from Jefferson
Medical College in 1879, Doctor Weiser located for the practice of his
profession at McKees Half Falls, Pennsylvania, where he remained for fourteen
years. During his residence there Doctor Weiser took an active part in public
affairs and served for some time in the capacity of coroner in and for Snyder
county, Pennsylvania, and was also for ten years a member of the town auditing
board. He wrote for the "History of the Juanita and Susquehanna Valleys," a
historical sketch covering in comprehensive form the history of Chapman township
and of McKees Half Falls.

     In March, 1893, Dr. George B. Weiser came to Minnesota and located at New
Ulm, where he ever since has been quite successfully engaged in the practice of
his profession. He keeps fully abreast of all the late discoveries affecting his
profession and in 1912 took a course in the Post-Graduate Medical College at
Chicago. During his residence in New Ulm, Doctor Weiser has given a good
citizen's attention to public affairs and his progressive spirit has done much
toward advancing general interests hereabout. Since the year 1900 he has been a
member of the city board of education and since 1903 has been chairman of that
board, his efforts in that behalf having gone far toward advancing the cause of
education in New Ulm and throughout the county generally. During the period of
Doctor Weiser's incumbency on the school board the Washington school, the
Lincoln school and the New Ulm high school buildings have been erected and the
doctor did much in the way of creating sentiment for and in promoting the
erection of the fine new high school building, putting all his energy into that
movement, The doctor is a Republican, chairman of that party's central committee
for Brown county, and in 1912 was on the national Republican electoral ticket
for the second Congressional district. Upon the creation of the state
tuberculosis commission, Doctor Weiser was appointed a member of that important
body by Governor VanSant and served for six years as a member of the same,
assisting in the selection of the site of the sanitarium at Walker and in
directing the erection of the fine group of buildings that comprise that useful
institution. Doctor Weiser is a member of the Brown-Redwood Medical Society, of
which he formerly was president; a member of the Minnesota Valley Medical
Society, and member of the Minnesota State Medical Society and of the American
Medical Association, in the affairs of all of which several organizations he
takes a warm interest. He also has given some attention to business enterprises
and is a director of the Brown County Bank of New Ulm and of the State Bond,
Mortgage and Investment Company of that city.

    On October 2, 1890, Dr. George B. Weiser was united in marriage, at
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, the home of the bride, to Sarah C. Schoch, daughter
of George J. Schoch and wife, and to this union one child has been born, a
daughter, Catherine Georgia, born on January 2, 1900. Doctor Weiser is a
thirty-second degree Mason, past master of Charity Lodge of that order at New
Ulm; past high priest of the New Ulm Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; past commander
of New Ulm Commandery, Knights Templar; member of the consistory of the Scottish
Rite Masons at Winona and a noble of Zurah Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Minneapolis. He and his wife are members of the
New Ulm Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and the doctor also is a member
of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Sons of Hermann the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, the Degree of Honor and of the Royal Neighbors. He is medical
examiner for the Woodmen and for the Sons of Hermann and is warmly interested in
the affairs of all the above organizations.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY MINNESOTA
ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS

L. A. FRITSCHE. M. D.
Editor

With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records
of Many of the Old Families

VOLUME II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana


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