STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1904, page 4, dolumn 2

CHRISTIAN L. WEISS, 1828 - 04 Feb 1904

   Christian L. Weiss, formerly of Steuben county, and brother of 
our townsman, Stephen Weiss, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. 
S. Gasser at Sherman, Wexford county, Mich., Feb. 4,1904.  He was 
born in 1828 in Pennsylvania, being seventy-five years old.  His 
home for many years was in Jackson, Michigan, where he was agent 
for a music house. He had five children, two in Florida, one in 
Minnesota, a daughter in Coldwater, and the youngest son, yet 
single, and a present sick in a hospital in Columbus.  His wife has 
been dead about twenty five years.  Mr. Weiss had been in feeble 
health about three months, but had kept up nearly all the time and 
had been siting in a chair only a short time before he passed away.  
Heart disease was the cause of his death.  The remains were taken 
to Coldwater where they will be laid at rest.
   He worked in a marble shop in Angola with Charles Weicht some 
forty years ago.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Christian L. Weiss, 1828 - 04 Feb 1904, on 10 Oct 1852, married 
Minerva (Saxton) Weiss, 27 Oct 1831 - 1880, daughter of Ebenezer 
and Lois (Brigham) Saxton.  Christian is buried at Coldwater, 
Michigan.  Minerva's burial place unknown.  Christian was the son 
of Jacob A. Weiss, 1799 - 1863, and Lydia (Stout) Weiss, 1807 - 13 
Jun 1854 who are buried Dygert Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

CHRISTIAN'S SIBLINGS:

   William Weiss, 1816 - 1901, married Priscilla (_______) Weiss, 
born in 1833, date of death unknown.  They are buried at Dygert 
Cemetery.
   Mary (Weiss) Barns/Barnes, on 08 Sep 1868 married Abel Morehouse 
Barns/Barnes, his 2nd wife.  Burial place unknown.
   Eliza Ann (Weiss) Boyd, 03 Nov 1827 - 07 Jan 1902, on 24 Nov 
1852, married Sanford Boyd, 1830 - 1891.
   Stephen A. Weiss/Wise, 27 Jan 1834 - 10 Jul 1906, on 31 Dec 
1863, married Margaret C. (Gasser) Weiss/Wise, 1842 - 1913.  They 
are buried at Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, 
Indiana.
   Susan (Weiss) Barns/Barnes, 1836 - 12 Nov 1862, on 14 Aug 1856, 
married Abel Morehouse Barns/Barnes, his 1st wife.  Susan is buried 
at Dygert Cemetery.
   Washington L. Weiss, 28 Nov 1837 - 10 Feb 1917, on 26 Jan 1866, 
married Susan L. (Folck) Weiss, 02 Sep 1844 - 23 Dec 1924.  They 
are buried at Dygert Cemetery.
   Joseph Weiss, burial place unknown.
   Lydia (Weiss) Baldwin, burial place unknown.
   Minerva (Weiss/Wise Gasser, on 30 Sep 1872, married Sanford 
Gasser, 31 Jul 1841 - 17 Jun 1914, burial place unknown.
   Ellen (Weiss) Carpenter, burial place unknown.
   Priscilla A. (Weiss) Johnson, burial place unknown.
   Andrew Weiss, burial place unknown.

Steuben County, Indiana, Marriage Records, 1837 - 1899.
"History of Steuben County, Indiana, 1885," page 630, biography of 
brother, Washington L. Weiss.
Steuben Republican, 22 Jan 1902, p.4, c.3, obituary of Eliza Ann 
(Weiss) Boyd.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree Seibel 
Lewis, Vol. 1, pages 188, 189; Vol. 2, pages 1914, 1915, 2019, 
2020.
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Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith
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