When Samuel L. Weiser was born in May 1849, in Ohio, United States, his father, John E. Weiser, was 34 and his mother, Nancy Foust, was 29. He married Martha Timmons on 6 July 1876, in Putnam, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Perry Township, Putnam, Ohio, United States for about 20 years and Dupont, Perry Township, Putnam, Ohio, United States in 1900.
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German:
nickname meaning ‘wise man’, from an agent derivative of Middle High German wīsen ‘to teach’.
variant of Weisser . Compare Wiser .
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