| Birth: | May 10, 1810 | | Death: | Jan. 11, 1863 | 
Colonel, C.S.A. Wimer became an active political leader from St. Louis' Fifth Ward. In the next 30 years, he was elected constable, alderman, sheriff, superintendent of the waterworks and county judge. Between two terms as mayor of St. Louis, he served as the city's postmaster. During the Civil War, former mayor Wimer was among the most outspoken critics of Federal intervention in Missouri. He was arrested and imprisoned for his sympathies. After being transferred to another prison, he escaped and joined the Confederate cavalry in southern Missouri. He was killed in action near Hartville, Missouri while leading a detachment of Burbridge's cavalry regiment. Wimer's body and the body of Colonel Emmett MacDonald, killed in the same action, were returned to St. Louis for burial. During his wake, the Federal provost marshal broke into the homes of the mourners, took the bodies and buried them in unknown and unmarked locations. Wimer's body was located after the war in the old Wesleyan Cemetery and reinterred at Bellefontaine Cemetery. (bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Search Amazon for John Wimer | | | Burial:
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Saint Louis
St. Louis City
Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 83, Lot 284
GPS (lat/lon): 38.69226, -90.22882 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Nov 17, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 18451 |
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