John emigrated from Mainz Germany in 1882, arriving in New York at the age of four. He traveled here with his mother's sister, Aunt Gretchen Feltman Weisheit, aka Mrs. Carl Weisheit.
John enlisted on Jun 21, 1898 with the Third Regiment, CT Volunteer Infantry National Guard. He mustered into US Military Service Military Service Jul 02, 1898, served as a Private in the Spanish American War, and discharged Jun 18, 1902. Veteran Pension Index No. 1,286,996 Vol. L 3rd Infantry. He then worked in Stamford as a machinist at the lock factory, Yale Locks.
John Philip Weyerhauser killed tragically at the age of 33, 1912, when struck by an electric trolley as he walked the tracks near the Norton Bridge. His wife, a 6-year-old daughter, and an infant son survived him.
John P Weyerhauser and Margaret Agnes Cooke children were as follows:
HELEN MARIE WEYERHAEUSER was born on Aug 20, 1906 in Stamford, Connecticut. She died on Aug 04, 2000 in Sarasota, FL.
FREDERICK WEYERHAEUSER was born in 1912 in Stamford, Connecticut. He died in 1940 in Stamford, Connecticut of Leukemia.
John emigrated from Mainz Germany in 1882, arriving in New York at the age of four. He traveled here with his mother's sister, Aunt Gretchen Feltman Weisheit, aka Mrs. Carl Weisheit.
John enlisted on Jun 21, 1898 with the Third Regiment, CT Volunteer Infantry National Guard. He mustered into US Military Service Military Service Jul 02, 1898, served as a Private in the Spanish American War, and discharged Jun 18, 1902. Veteran Pension Index No. 1,286,996 Vol. L 3rd Infantry. He then worked in Stamford as a machinist at the lock factory, Yale Locks.
John Philip Weyerhauser killed tragically at the age of 33, 1912, when struck by an electric trolley as he walked the tracks near the Norton Bridge. His wife, a 6-year-old daughter, and an infant son survived him.
John P Weyerhauser and Margaret Agnes Cooke children were as follows:
HELEN MARIE WEYERHAEUSER was born on Aug 20, 1906 in Stamford, Connecticut. She died on Aug 04, 2000 in Sarasota, FL.
FREDERICK WEYERHAEUSER was born in 1912 in Stamford, Connecticut. He died in 1940 in Stamford, Connecticut of Leukemia.
Inscription
Age 33, Co. L, 3 Inf. Conn. Vols, Spanish American War