Louis Weichmann

[Pamela]

(02-06-2015 12:31 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Welcome aboard the USS Roger Norton, Pamela. It's good to have you with us! It is also wonderful to have someone who is aware that Louis Weichmann did marry after his travails of the 1865-1868 period. I know very few people who have done any research on this marriage. We have a small file on it at Surratt House Museum because of the generosity about 25 years ago of a gentleman from Anderson, Indiana, where Louis went to hide. The gentleman's name was Erich Ewald. He wrote a series of articles on Weichmann, but I don't believe that he ever wrote an article on his married life - and we have lost contact with him.

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Thanks Laurie and LincolnToddFan. It's good to be on board no pun intended! I don't know if Weichmann went to Indiana to hide. He was joining his parents, brother, at least two sisters and brother in law. Some of my own ancestors headed out west in family groups. I think it was a good idea for him to get back into teaching since he had many skills to share including fluency in several languages and phonography, which Benn Pittmann took note of during preparations for the Trial.