Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 3. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 1043.
 
JOHN WEISNER

     who has been a resident of Linn county for a quarter of a century, devotes
his attention to the pursuits of general farming and stock-raising and is the
owner of a tract of land comprising one hundred and ninety-six acres and
situated six miles northwest of Lebanon. His birth occurred in Austria on the
10th of August, 1853, his parents being John and Annie (Schreofer) Weisner,
likewise natives of that country. Emigrating to the new world, they established
their home in the state of Kansas in 1870. Of their eleven children, six are yet
living, as follows: John, of this review; Margaret, living with our subject, who
is the widow of Henry Mellon and the mother of three children÷Bertha, Catherine
and Albert; Annie, who is the wife of Dan Curtis, of Texas; Mary, who gave her
hand in marriage to Dan Steel and resides in Kansas; William, who lives on the
home place in the Sunflower state; and Louisa, the wife of William Steel, of
Kansas.
     John Weisner, who was a youth of seventeen when his parents took up their
abode in Kansas, remained on his father's farm in that state until 1880, the
year of his marriage. Following that important event in his life he operated a
rented farm in Kansas for seven years, on the expiration of which period he
disposed of the property and came to Oregon, settling in Linn county in 1887.
Here he cultivated rented land for three years and then bought the farm of one
hundred and ninety-six acres on which he has resided to the present time. He has
made many substantial improvements on the property and in his undertakings as a
farmer and stock-raiser has won well deserved success, being now numbered among
the prosperous and representative citizens of his community.
     In 1880 Mr. Weisner was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary E. Riat, a native of
Kansas, by whom he has the following children: Louisa, who is the wife of Frank
Feltzer, of Albany, Oregon; Henry E., a resident of British Columbia; Fred W.
who is an agriculturist residing at Crabtree, Oregon, and the father of one
child; George, who likewise makes his home at Crabtree, this state; Elizabeth,
who is the wife of Mertz Overhoff, of Lebanon, Oregon, and the mother of one
child; and Louis, John, Mary and Francis, all of whom are attending school.
     In politics Mr. Weisner is a republican and, though not an office seeker,
has served in the capacity of road supervisor and for a few years acted as a
member of the school board. In religious faith he is a Catholic. A man of
exemplary habits, of high principles and of upright conduct, wherever he is
known he commands the good-will and trust of those with whom he is associated.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in August 2007 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.