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

Saxony Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...

, Weiss moved to Wayne,

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in 1847 and lived there until 1853; he moved to

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in 1853. In 1854, Weiss moved to

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. He served as sheriff of

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in 1855 and 1856, and he became sheriff of Ozaukee County in 1856. Weiss returned to Milwaukee in 1857. In 1873, Weiss served in the

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as a

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. He was an accountant. Weiss died on April 19, 1900 and was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee."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.

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* 1820 births 1900 deaths Emigrants from the Kingdom of Saxony to the United States People from Saxony Politicians from Milwaukee People from West Bend, Wisconsin Businesspeople from Milwaukee Wisconsin sheriffs People from Washington County, Wisconsin People from Ozaukee County, Wisconsin 19th-century American businesspeople Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Democratic-stub