This post was contributed to the Crawford County Chapter of OGS by Kristina Stearley as part of the Florence Siefert Scrapbook in 2010.
The scrapbook is compiled from undated, unidentified newspaper clippings involving events in the lives of Crawford County citizens living in or having connections to New Washington, Tiro, Shelby, Sulphur Springs, Chatfield, Bucyrus, Ashland, Mansfield, and other areas. Only minimal spelling or punctuation corrections were made. Unreadable areas are shown by underlines, dots &/or question marks. This collection has been scanned, “optical character recognized” (OCR’d), proofed, then coded for HTML by volunteers of the Crawford County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Since the copies are not of the best quality errors may have been made. Please contact us if you find corrections needing to be made or can verify any missing dates which could be added.
Joseph Weis, of whose demise mention was made in our last issue, was born at Amt Staufen, Baden, Germany, on August 20, 1833; died February 7, 1895, aged 61 yrs., 5 mos., 17 das. He came to America in 1855. In April 1857 he was united in marriage with Frederica Thoma. For five years after his marriage Mr. Weis lived at Norwalk, Ohio, after which on May 5, 1862 he moved on a farm in Huron county, 5 miles northeast of New Washington, where he resided for 30 years. On October 24, 1892 he moved on a farm in Seneca county, 3 miles northeast of New Washington, where he has since resided and which place was the scene of his death. This union was blessed with eleven children of whom seven, together with his wife, yet survive.
Funeral services of which High Mass was a part, were held from St. Bernard’s church last Monday conducted by Rev. J. G. Vogt. The remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery north of town. The funeral procession was one of the largest ever witnessed at this place, showing conclusively that the deceased had many friends while among us. Mr. Weis was a good citizen, and a very agreeable and friendly man–always having a friendly word for all whom he chanced to meet.
