Lacrosse-Rock County WI Archives Biographies.....Weimar, Jacob 1833 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com June 14, 2007, 3:15 pm Author: Unknown JACOB WEIMAR, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. La Crosse; was born in Prussia in 1833. Emigrated to the United States in 1852, and stopped one year in Brooklyn, N. Y. He then went to Greenfield, Mass., and stayed three years, after which he came to Wisconsin, living at Janesville six months, after which, in 1856, he came to La Crosse, and worked at brick-making, during which time, in 1860, he was married to Philapena King, born in Germany in 1841; in 1865, Mr. Weimer quit the brick business, and rented 160 acres of his present farm for three years, after which he purchased the same, and now owns 240 acres. The children are Caroline, John and Valentine (twins), Barbara, Louisa and Jacob. Mr. Weimer is a member of the German Reformed Church, and a Democrat. Additional Comments: From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 856. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/weimar736gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb