My Genealogy Hound

Christopher Weber was born in 1839 in Gasconade County, Mo., and is the son of Sylvester and Veronica (Hubeli) Weber. The father was born in Saxony in 1801, and the mother in Switzerland in 1811. While growing up, the father learned the carriage-makers’ trade, at which he worked until he came to this country in 1832. He then worked for several years in the car shops at Philadelphia, Penn. The mother came to America when only eleven years of age, and was married to Mr. Weber in Philadelphia. They came to Gasconade County in 1837, and entered the land where Christopher now resides, being among the very early settlers; here they passed the remainder of their days. He died in 1860 and she in 1873; he was a Democrat in politics. Of their family of eleven children only, two are now living, our subject and a sister. The former was reared on a farm, and during the war served in Company F, Fourth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and served about fifteen months. After the war he returned to the farm. In 1865 he married Miss Ida Naegelin, a native of Gasconade County, born in 1847, and the daughter of George Naegelin; nine children were the result of this union, four sons and five daughters; two of the daughters died. Mr. Weber has a farm of 152 acres on which is one of the finest stone houses in the country, besides good out buildings; he has about three acres in grapes. He is a Republican in politics, and is a good farmer.