Gottlob E. Weiss

Gottlob E. Weiss (March 25, 1820 – April 19, 1900) was an American politician.

Born in Saxony, Weiss moved to Wayne, Wisconsin Territory in 1847 and lived there until 1853; he moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1853. In 1854, Weiss moved to West Bend, Wisconsin. He served as sheriff of Washington County, Wisconsin in 1855 and 1856, and he became sheriff of Ozaukee County in 1856.[1] Weiss returned to Milwaukee in 1857. In 1873, Weiss served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Democrat. He was an accountant.[2] Weiss died on April 19, 1900[3] and was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee.[4]

  1. ^ "Sheriff Appointed". Daily Free Democrat. March 17, 1856. p. 2. Retrieved September 19, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Wisconsin Blue Book 1873, Biographical Sketch of Gottlob E. Weiss, p. 448.
  3. ^ "Wisconsin, Death Index, 1820-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJGB-JSP : accessed 19 September 2015), Gottlieb E Weiss, 19 Apr 1900; from "Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing p. 0372, volume 25, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reel 086, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Vital Records Division, Madison.
  4. ^ "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X21S-BDN : accessed 19 September 2015), Gottlieb E. Weiss, 1900; citing Death, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,310,328.