CAPT. JOHN MOHLER WEIDEMEYER (1834-1911)

See Richard P. Crutchfield, John F. Weidemeyer and George M. Vaughn for further information.

From St. Clair County Democrat, January 18, 1940:

JOHN MOHLER WEIDEMEYER - John Mohler Weidemeyer was born at Charlottesville, VA January 10, 1834. He was a son of John F. Weidemeyer and Lucinda Draffen Weidemeyer. They moved to New York City and in 1838 moved to Boonville, MO. In 1840, the family moved to Osceola, MO.

John F. Weidemeyer resided in Osceola until after the destruction of the town by Jim Lane. He had a mercantile business (J.F. Weidemeyer and Son) and served as County Treasurer. After the destruction of Osceola, John F Weidemeyer moved to Sherman, Texas and died there in 1882.

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Missouri History Encyclopedia 1901:

John Mohler Weidemeyer, merchant, was born at Charlottesville, Virginia, January 10, 1834, son of John F. and Lucinda (Draffen) Weidemeyer. His father, who was one of the most prominent pioneers of St. Clair County, Missouri, was a native of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and a son of John M. Weidemeyer, who was born in France and immigrated to America about 1800, settling in New York City. He lived in that city for several years, but finally moved to Virginia. His son, our subject’s father, removed to Missouri in 1840, locating at first Cooper County, where he conducted a farm and gave instruction in music. Two years later he settled at Osceola, St. Clair County, and engaged in the mercantile business. During the second year of the war, United States Senator James H. Lane came down from Kansas and made his historic raid into Missouri. At Osceola he burned every building excepting two. Weidemeyer & Son’s store having been destroyed, and the prospects for peace in Missouri being not very bright, John E. Weidemeyer soon after removed to Sherman, Texas, where, and at Palestine, he resided till his death in 1882. During his residence in Osceola he served for ten years as treasurer of St. Clair County, and after his removal to Texas occupied a similar office in Anderson County in that State for eight years. The education of our subject was received in private schools at Osceola, the Highland Academy in Jackson County; Yantis’ School at Sweet Springs, and the famous Kemper School at Boonville. After completing his studies he engaged in business with his father, and during the two years immediately preceding the Civil War was in partnership with him under the firm name of J.F. Weidemeyer & Son. At the beginning of the “Border War” between Missouri and Kansas, Mr. Weidemeyer raised seventy-five men, organized them into a company and uniformed them at his own expense. He was negotiating for arms for them when all independent companies were ordered by the State authority to disband. Hence his company did not go to the Kansas border as was intended. At the outbreak of the Civil War he organized a company of 100 men for duty in the Missouri State Guard, serving six months. When the news of Lane’s advance upon Osceola reached town he and his men rode out to meet them in the endeavor to stay their advance, but they were overwhelmed by superior numbers, losing one man killed and one severely wounded, and the Kansans looted and burned the town without further opposition. At the close of his six months’ service in the State Guard, in the fall of 1862 he took a squad of sixty men and was mustered into the regular Confederate army, enlisting for three years or during the war. As the command over which he held the captaincy was not numerically large enough to form a regular company, it was consolidated with the squad commanded by Captain Fleming, and Mr. Weidemeyer became its first lieutenant. After the battle of Elk Horn his regiment was ordered to join Beauregard’s army at Corinth, Mississippi, which it did. There the companies were reorganized in the spring of 1863, and Mr. Weidemeyer was elected to a captaincy. The service of this command was a very active one, as it participated in all the important engagements falling to the army of which it formed a part, including Elk Horn, Farmington, Iuka, Corinth, Hatchie Bridge, Port Gibson, Baker’s Creek, Big Black River, Vicksburg, and the famous campaigns through Georgia and Tennessee under Johnston and Hood. After the fall of Vicksburg our subject obtained a leave of absence and visited his family in Texas. He next reported to Price and was assigned to duty as brigade inspector, remaining in that capacity in Arkansas until the spring of 1864, when he was ordered to join his old command east of the Mississippi. Almost immediately General Cockrell – now United States Senator – appointed him ordnance officer of his brigade, and he served in that office until the surrender at Blakely, Alabama, two or three days before the fall of Richmond. During the numerous engagements in which he participated he was three times wounded, at Corinth, Vicksburg and Big Black River. After the close of the war Mr. Weidemeyer joined his family at Palestine, Texas. In New Orleans he had learned that beef cattle were bringing twenty-five cents per pound. Determined to take advantage of the market, he at once invested all the money he could get in the purchase of 130 head of Texas cattle, which he took to New Orleans, but when he arrived there he found that other men had also seen the same possibilities for making money and had so overstocked the market that it was three months before he could dispose of his stock, and even then at comparatively low figures. After this not very profitable venture he returned to Texas. At Houston he was in the employ of a cotton buyer for a while, then returned to Palestine, but soon went to Shreveport, Louisiana, where he engaged in the mercantile business with Colonel Samuel Moore for a year. The next fall he took their stock of goods to Lancaster, Texas, but the following year traded his stock for cattle and shipped them to New York. After this deal he clerked for a few months at Fayetteville, Arkansas, and in August 1869 removed to Clinton, Missouri, where he has since permanently resided. During his first year in Clinton he engaged in business in partnership with John J. Yeater, Joseph K. Yeater and William S. Baker, under the firm name of Yeater & Company. A year later he bought the interests of his partners, and for a full quarter of a century conducted a grocery store on the east side of the square. In 1895 he disposed of his grocery stock and established his present clothing and furnishing goods business. Since 1895, he has had as a partner John M. Williams, his son-in-law, upon whom much of the acive management of the business now devolves. Mr. Weidemeyer was for several years a stockholder in the state Bank, of Clinton, now extinct, in which he served as cashier for a time. He was also a director at its inception in the predecessor of the Citizens’ Bank, and secretary of its board of directors. Though always faithful to the principles of the Democratic party, he has never sought nor held public office. In the Cumberland Presbyterian Church he holds the office of deacon and clerk of the session. He was married November 12, 1856, to Lelia V. Crutchfield, a native of Osceola, and a daughter of Richard P. Crutchfield, a pioneer merchant of that place, who came thither from Kentucky, his native State. They have been the parents of eleven children, of whom ten survive, namely: Mattie W., wife of Honorable James B. Bantt, of the Supreme Court of Missouri; Charles F., a merchant of Harrisonville, Missouri; William E., who is in trade with the Indians at Gallup, New Mexico; Lelia W., widow of Joseph L. Dickson, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and now residing at Gallup, New Mexico; Annie W., wife of John M. Williams, partner of Mr. Weidemeyer; Agatha W., wife of John B. Colt, proprietor of a sheep ranch near Las Animas, Colorado; John M., a clothing merchant at Fayetteville, Arkansas; Mary W., wife of Christopher Anderson, a traveling salesman; Jewell L., a daughter residing at home, and Gabriel N., a clerk in his father’s store. Mr. Weidemeyer has been recognized for over a quarter of a century as one of the public-spirited and influential citizens of Henry County. Movements having for their aim the development of the material welfare of the community have found in him a friend and promoter.

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1883 History of Henry Missouri, National Historical Co.:
Page 550 – Weidemeyer, John M. - b: 1834 Charlottesville, VA. Residence: Clinton Twp.
John M. Weidemeyer of the firm of Weidemeyer & Son, dealers in dry goods and groceries, came originally from Charlottesville, Virginia, where he was born January 10, 1834. When two years old he was taken by
his parents to New York City, where they lived for two years, then removing to Boonville, Missouri. After a residence there of two years, in 1840, they came to Osceola, Missouri, and there John M. was reared, receiving his education from the schools of Boonville, Missouri. His father, John F. Weidemeyer, a native of Virginia, was there brought up and married to Miss Lucinda Draffen, who was also born in that state. The former was at one time a prominent man in St. Clair County, Missouri, and for fourteen years was its treasurer. He is now a resident of Anderson County, Texas, and for the past fourteen years has been the treasurer of that county. Mrs. W. died in 1854. When not attending school the subject of this sketch was engaged as clerk in the store of his father, and in 1859, he became a partner in the business.
In 1861, he organized a company of cavalry, and served with Colonel McGowen's Regiment Missouri State Guards, holding a commission
as captain of his company. They disbanded in the fall of that year. He was commissioned captain of Company K, Sixth Missouri Regiment, and participated in the battles of Corinth, Mississippi, Pea Ridge, through Hord's campaign, Atlanta, and was paroled at Mobile, Alabama, in 1865. He then settled in Palestine, Texas, and gave his attention to the stock business a short time, when he was occupied in merchandising for brief periods in various cities. In August, 1869, he came to Clinton, Missouri, and embarked in the grocery business, the firm then being
Yeater & Co. After doing business together for three years, Mr. W. purchased the stock and continued alone till his son became associated with him in June, 1881. Mr. Weidemeyer was married November 12, 1856, to Miss Lelia V. Coutchfield, of Missouri. They have eleven children: Mattie W., Charles F., William E., Lelia V., Anna M., Aggetha L., Mary E., John M., Jewell L., Gabriel. They are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

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From St. Clair County Democrat, May 16, 1940:

RICHARD P. CRUTCHFIELD - Richard P. Crutchfield and his twin brother, John, were born in Kentucky about 1814. When Richard P. arrived in this section in the fall of 1835, he was trying to forget a recent jilting by a Kentucky belle and was glad to find a business opening that would give him immediate occupation.
He entered into partnership with Phillips Crow and in the spring of 1836 they opened the first store in what is now St. Clair County at the crossing of the Osage.
The building was of poles and was erected on a claim that Mr. Crow had on the river bank where the old ford was and near the present dam. It was no doubt in the interest of trade that Mr. Crutch field signed the petition of August 2, 1836 to the Rives County court for a road fro, “Crow and Crutchfield’s” to the Benton County line.
This same year, the attractive Nash girls had moved to the settlement with their mother and stepfather, Dr. Cox and before long young Mr. Crutchfield had discovered he could forget his shattered romance. On
August 12, 1837 he was married to Matilda Penn Nash, the oldest of the sisters and established her in a home not far from his store.
Mrs. Crutchfield, born May 17, 1817 in Virginia, was named for her maternal grandmother, a daughter of Col. Gabriel Penn of Amherst Co. who was first cousin to John Penn of North Carolina who signed the Declaration of Independence.
The summer of 1838 was eventful for the new household. July 23rd a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Crutchfield and they gave her the name Lelia Vernon.
In August, the first election in Osceola Township was held at “Crow and Crutchfield’s” store.
This river crossing, considered the usual head of navigation of the Osage, proved to be such an excellent place of business as a distributing point for all the country to the southwest, that a number of settlers decided it would be an ideal town site. Mr. Crutchfield was a surveyor and one of the enthusiasts who helped plat the town that he and the Crow brothers held and other tracts adjoining. Among the earliest deeds in the county are some signed by Richard P. and Matilda P. Crutchfield.
The oldest known deed to property in the present bounds of St. Clair County is the one dated the 16th day of May 1839 between Henry W. Crow and Virginia I., his wife, Philips Crow and Maria F., his wife and
Richard P. Crutchfield and Matilda P, his wife of the county of Rives and the State of Missouri of one part and Joseph W. Cox of the county and state aforesaid of the other part, whereby the Crows and Crutchfields sold Lot No. 3 in Block 24 in the newly platted town to Mr. Cox for $50.
In 1840, the population had reached fifty to sixty in the new town, named Osceola for the Seminole Indian Chief and “Crow and Crutch field” was prospering as a business concern. But, there was an epidemic of
illness that summer and on September 8, 1840, Mr. Crutchfield succumbed. His wife died November 30, 1840 leaving their little daughter to the care of her mother, Mrs. P. M. Cox so Dr. Cox was appointed guardian for the child.
Lelia Crutchfield grew up in the home of her grandparents, along with the Cox children who were about her age, and she received an education unusual for the young ladies of her day. In 1849, she accompanied Mrs. Cox to Virginia by riverboat and when she was about fourteen, she was taken to Kentucky to visit her Crutchfield kin and stayed a year or more.
She had not been home in the county very long when she met young John M. Weidemeyer who was in the mercantile business with his father in Osceola. They soon became engaged and were married November 12, 1856.
They made their home in Osceola until the War between the States when Mr. Weidemeyer left for service with the Missouri State Guard and with the Confederate Army, expecting his wife to stay with Mr. and Mrs.
Zachariah Lilley. But the day after he left, Mrs. Weidemeyer set out and overtook her husband with the troops at Springfield and went on ahead of them to Arkansas and her Cox grandparents.
Mrs. Weidemeyer drove to Palestine, Texas in a buggy accompanied by two children, one and three years old, and a negro woman, a slave. It took many weeks to make the trip and the little party often had only the hospitality of Indians on their nightly stops.
She had expected to find her father-in-law at Ft. Smith but he had gone on to Texas where she eventually joined him after stops with many relatives along the way.
At the surrender of Vicksburg, her husband was paroled for exchange and was given leave to visit his family before reporting back for duty with the Missouri troops in the Trans-Missiissippi department.
Capt. Weidemeyer was assigned to Gen. Cockrell as Division Ordinance Officer and was in the campaign from Dalton to Atlanta, Georgia. He was with the Missouri troops that surrendered at Ft. Blakeley near Mobile, Alabama.
When the war was over, Capt. Weidemeyer returned to his family in Texas and then brought them to Fayetteville, Arkansas for a temporary residence before establishing a permanent home in Clinton, Missouri where he opened a grocery store.
Capt. And Mrs. Weidemeyer lived to celebrate their golden wedding and to have Mrs. Lawrence Lewis of Osceola to play their piano for them on this occasion, just as she had at their wedding.
After Capt. Weidemeyer’s death, Mrs. Weidemeyer lived with her daughters, dividing her time between Clinton and Kansas City. Her last years were spent at her old home in Clinton where she passed away Sunday, June 22, 1931 at the ripe old age of ninety-two.
Although Richard P. Crutchfield had but one child, there are many of his descendants scattered from Missouri to the west coast.

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International Genealogical Index:
John M. Weidemeyer – Lelia Crutchfield, married 12 November 1856, St. Clair Co., MO. Batch M515161.

Henry/St. Clair Co., MO Marriages:
Weidemeyer, John M. to Lelia Crutchfield, 12 November 1856 St. Clair Co., MO.

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History of Henry Co., MO 1883:

Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Deacon: J.M. Weidemeyer

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St. Clair Co., MO Obituaries 1888-1928:

Son of John M. Weidemeyer, died 23 September 1907 Henry Co., MO.

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Bitter Ground, by Kathleen White Miles:

Capt. J. M. Weidemeyer, in 1861, organized a company of cavalry and served with Col. McCown’s regiment, Missouri State Guards, under Governor Claib Jackson.

His command was disbanded in the fall of that year and he was commissioned Captain of Company K, Sixth Missouri Regiment and, during his service, participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Corinth and others during Gen. Hords campaign. He was paroled at Mobile, Alabama at the close of the war in 1865. He served the cause gallantly and zealously.

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From St. Clair County Democrat, January 18, 1940:

JOHN MOHLER WEIDEMEYER (1834-1911)
John Mohler Weidemeyer was born at Charlottesville, VA January 10, 1854. He was a son of John F. Weidemeyer and Lucinda Draffen
Weidemeyer. They moved to New York City and in 1838 moved to Boonville, MO. In 1840, the family moved to Osceola, MO. John F. Weidemeyer resided in Osceola until after the destruction of the town by Jim Lane. He had a mercantile business (J.F. Weidemeyer and Son) and served as County Treasurer. After the destruction of Osceola, John F. Weidemeyer moved to Sherman, Texas and died there in 1882.
John M. Weidemeyer received his education in private schools in Osceola and the Kemper Military school at Boonville. He then became engaged
in business with his father.

At the beginning of the border war between Missouri and Kansas, Mr. John M. Weidemeyer raised a company of seventy-five men and uniformed them at his own expense. Before the company was fully equipped, the state authorities ordered all independent companies disbanded and the company did not go to the Kansas border as was intended.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, he organized a company in the Missouri State Guard. When the news of Lane’s advance reached Osceola,
Captain Weidemeyer and his men met Lane’s force a short distance south of town but were overwhelmed by superior numbers, Lane having about 1500 men. Captain Weidemeyer was forced to withdraw his force and Lane burned and looted the town without further opposition.

After the admission of Missouri to the Confederacy, the State Guard was largely disbanded. Captain Weidemeyer with many of the men of his company enlisted in the army of the Confederate States. He was first commissioned a First Lieutenant but in the spring of 1863, received his commission as a Captain in the Confederate States army. He commanded Company K, 6th Missouri Infantry, a part of the gallant army Price took across the Mississippi and which fought throughout the war under Beauregard, Johnston and Hood.

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1850 St. Clair Co., MO Census – District No. 79 Being:
Line 1, 17 August
18/18 John F. Weidemeyer, age 38, male, Merchant, $1800 real estate, born VA
Sarah E., age 27, female, born VA
John M., age 16, male, clerk, born VA, attended school
James D., age 10, male, born MO, attended school
James McClannahan, age 8, male, born MO, attended school
F. Albert Weidemeyer, age 3, female, born MO

1860 St. Clair Co., MO Census – Town of Osceola:
Page 3, Line 22, 13 June, Osceola P.O.
21/21 Jno. M. Weidemeyer, age 26, male, Merchant, $6000 real estate, $2000 personal estate, born VA
S.V. Weidemeyer, age 21, female, born MO
M.L. Weidemeyer, age 2, female, born MO
Chas. F. Weidemeyer, age 1, male, born MO
L.W. Davis, age 19, male, clerk, $150 personal estate, born TN

1870 Henry Co., MO Census – Town of Clinton:
Page 12, Line 19, 3 June, Clinton P.O.
95/97 John M. Weydemeyer, age 36, white male, Grocer ret., $1000 real estate, born VA, over age 21
Selia V., age 32, white female, keeping house, born MO
Mattie, age 11, white female, born MO, attended school
Charles, age 9, white male, born MO, attended school
Willie, age 6, white male, born MO, attended school
Selia, age 3, white female, born VA
Annie, age 2, white female, born VA

1880 Henry Co., MO Census – Clinton:
Dist. 6, ED 173, Page 87, Line 48, 18 June
Living on Second Street
503 Weidemier, John W., white male, age 44, married, Grocer, born VA, parents born VA
Lelia, white female, age 40, wife, born MO, father born KY, mother born VA
Mattie, white female, age 21, daughter, Music Teacher, born MO, father born VA, mother born MO
Charles, white male, age 19, son, single, Clerk in Store, born MO, father born VA, mother born MO
Willie, white male, age 17, son, single, Clerk in Store, born TX, father born VA, mother born MO
Lelia, white female, age 12, daughter, at home, attended school, born TX, father born VA, mother born VA
Anna, white female, age 11, daughter, at home, attended school, born TX, father born VA, mother born MO
Aggie, white female, age 9, daughter, at home, attended school, born MO, father born VA, mother born MO
John, white male, age 7, son, at home, attended school, born MO, father born VA, mother born MO
Mary, white female, age 5, daughter, born MO, father born VA, mother born MO
Jewell, white female, age 3, daughter, born MO, father born VA, mother born MO
Gabriel, white male, age 10/12, born August, son, born MO, father born VA, mother born MO
Strickland, Mollie, white female, age 19, servant, born VA, parents born OH

1895 Special Census, Clinton, Henry Co., MO – Ward 1:
Weidemeyer, J.M., male, age 60
L.V., female, age 56
Agatha, female, age 22
J.M., male, age 20
Mary, female, age 19
Jewell, female, age 17
Gabel, male, age 15

1900 Henry Co., MO Census – Clinton Township, Clinton City:
Dist. 6, ED 78, Page 6B, Line 70, 6 June, Ward 1
Living on 214 Third Street
125/131 J.M. Weidemeyer, head, white male, born January 1836, age 64, married 41 years, born VA, father born VA, Clerk, can read & write, speaks English, owned mortgaged home
Lelia V., wife, white female, born July 1839, age 60, married 41 years, 11 children, 10 living, born MO, father born KY, can read & write, speaks English
Jewell, daughter, white female, born April 1878, age 22, single, father born VA, mother born MO, Music Teacher, can read & write, speaks English
Gabe M., son, white male, born August 1880, age 19, single, Clerk in Clothing Store, can read & write, speaks English
Geo. H., uncle, white male, born August 1816, age 84, single, born VA, mother born VA, can read & write, speaks English

1910 Henry Co., MO Census – Clinton:
Dist. 6, ED 83, Page 5B, Line 97, 18 April
Living on 214 North Third Street
131/131 John M. Weidemeyer, head, white male, age 76, married 54 years, 1st marriage, born VA, parents born VA, speaks English, own income, can read & write, owned home free
Lelia V., wife, white female, age 72, married 54 years, 1st marriage, 11 children, 7 living, born MO, father born KY, mother born VA, speaks English, no occupation, can read & write
Jewell L., daughter, white female, age 28, single, born MO, father born VA, mother born MO, speaks English, Stenographer, State Legislature, can read & write

1920 Henry Co., MO Census – Clinton Township, Clinton City:
Dist. 6, ED 87, Page 18A, Line 39, Ward 1, 16 January
Living on 214 North Third Street
438/453 Weidemeyer, Lelia V., head, owned home free, white female, age 81, widowed, can read & write, born MO, father born KY, mother born VA, speaks English, no occupation

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Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System:
--John M. Weidemeyer, Confederate. 3rd Battalion, Missouri Infantry, Company D. Rank In as 1st Lieutenant, Rank Out as 1st Lieutenant. Film M380, Roll 15.
--John M. Weidemeyer, Confederate. 6th Missouri Infantry, Company F.
Rank In as Captain, Rank Out as Captain. Film M380, Roll 15.
--John M. Weidemeyer, Confederate. 4th Regiment Infantry, 8th Division, Missouri State Guard, Company H. Film M380, Roll 15.

Civil War Service Records:
--John M. Weidemeyer, 3rd Battalion Missouri Infantry, Company D.
Rank In as 1st Lieutenant, Rank Discharge as 1st Lieutenant. Confederate.
--John M. Weidemeyer, 6th Missouri Infantry, Company F. Rank In as Captain, Rank Discharge as Captain. Confederate.
--John M. Weidemeyer, 4th Regiment Infantry, Missouri State Guard, Company H. Confederate.
--John M. Weidemeyer, General & Staff Officers, C.S.A. Rank In as Captain A.O.O., 6th Missouri Infantry. Confederate.
--John M. Weidmeyer, 2nd Regiment Cavalry, Missouri State Guard, Company I. Rank In as Captain, Rank Discharge as Captain. Confederate.

Missouri State Archives Soldier Database:
--John M. Weidemeyer, Captain. Confederate, Infantry Missouri Volunteers C.S.A., 6th Regiment Infantry Volunteers C.S.A., Co. F.
Box 88, Reel s906, Office of Adjutant General.
Record: Mo. Vols. CSA, 6th Reg’t. Inf. Vols. John M. Weidemeyer, age 27. Rank – Captain, Co. F, Captain Weidemeyer. Enlisted 25 December 1861 Springfield, Mo. Enlisted 1st Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Promoted Captain May 12, 1862. Served in M.S.G. as Captain Co. I, 11th Reg’t., 8th Division. Went to Trans-Miss. Dept. from Vicksburg, returned April 1864, assigned to duty as Act. Ordnance Officer on Cockrell Mo. Staff. Battles in: Osceola, Elk Horn, Iuka, Corinth, Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, Baker’s Creek, Big Black, Vicksburg, Branchville, Ark., Ga-Camp 1864, Tenn-Camp. Nativity: Charlottesville, Va. Residence: Osceola, Mo.
John M. Weidemeyer, Captain. Confederate. Missouri State Guard, Colonel McCowen’s Regiment.
Index of Service Records, Box 115, Reel s740, Office of Adjutant General.
Record: Capt. John M. Weidemeyer, Col. McGowen’s Reg’t, M.S.G. Enlisted 1861. They disbanded in the fall of that year. He was commissioned captain of Co. K, 6th Mo. Reg’t. Battles of Corinth, Miss., Pea Ridge, through Hord’s Campaign Atlanta, and was paroled at Mobile, Ala., in 1865. Page 550 – History of Henry & St. Clair Counties, Mo. (1883).
--John M. Weidemeyer, Captain. Confederate. Cavalry, Missouri State Guard, 2nd Missouri Cavalry Volunteers, Company I.
Box 115, Reel s740, Office of Adjutant General.
Record: John M. Weidemeyer, Captain. Co. I, 2nd Missouri Cavalry Volunteers, Missouri State Guards, C.S.A. Elected or appointed August 28, 1861. Resigned or term expired February 28, 1862. Time of service 5 months. Paid $79.00 on June 14, 1862. Muster Roll on file Adjutant General’s Office, Jefferson City, Mo.
--John M. Weidemeyer, Captain. Civil War Confederate. Infantry, 6th Missouri Regiment Infantry Volunteers, Company F.
Box 115, Reel s740, Office of Adjutant General.
Record: Captain John M. Weidemeyer, age 27. Company F, 6th Missouri Regiment Infantry Volunteers, Capt. Weidemeyer. Enlisted December 25, 1861 Springfield, Mo. Elected 1st Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Promoted Captain May 12, 1862. Served in Missouri State Guards as Captain, Company I 11th Regiment, 8th Division. Went to Trans-Miss. Dept., from Vicksburg, returned April l864, assigned to duty as Act. Ordnance Officer on Cockrell Mo. Staff. Battles in: Osceola, Elk Horn, Iuka, Corinth, Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, Baker’s Creek, Big Black, Vicksburg, Branchville, Ark., Ga-Camp 1864, Tenn-Camp. Muster Roll on file Adjutant General’s Office, Jefferson City, Mo. Nativity: Charlottesville, VA. Residence: Osceola, Mo.
--John Mohler Weidemeyer, Confederate, Missouri State Guard. Index of Service Records, Box 115, Reel s740.
Record: John Mohler Weidemeyer, Missouri State Guard, enlisted 1861. Was later mustered into regular Confederate Service in 1862. Served in Trans-Miss. until after engagement in battle of Elkhorn, when the Regiment was ordered to join Beauregard at Corinth, Miss. Commanded his company in Little’s Brig. Battles: Iuka, Corinth, Hatchie Bridge, Port Gibson, Baker’s Creek, Big Black, siege of Vicksburg, where he was captured. When exchanged reported to Gen. Cockrell. Then served in that capacity until surrender at Blakely, Ala., at close of war. Page 178 – Obituary Confederate Veteran Magazine, April 1911.

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Missouri Confederate Volunteers Record:
J.M. Weidemeyer, Captain, 4th Infantry. Residence: Clinton, Mo. Occupation: Merchant.

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Obituary of Mary W. Weidemeyer Anderson:
Born @ 1875, Clinton, Henry Co, MO; died Feb 11 1932, Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO; buried Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, Henry Co, MO.
Clinton MO - Mrs. Kit Anderson passed away February 11, at the Menorah hospital in Kansas City after a long illness. Mary W. Weidemeyer, daughter of those pioneer residents of Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Weidemeyer, was born and reared in the house on North Third Street, where her sister, Mrs. John M. Williams now resides. She was educated in Baird College and mingled with the social elite of Clinton. She possessed beauty, not only of face, but of character. Had she not possessed other winning qualities, her singing would have captured all hearts, for her voice was a fine, clear soprano, and was often heard in the different churches, including the Cumberland Presbyterian and Episcopal. After she moved to Kansas City about 21 years ago, she kept up with her music until her health failed. She united in marriage with Kit Anderson of this city, who was in business here for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson lived in Lowry City a short time, then moved to Kansas City where he established a large, general store. Theirs was a happy union until his death February 19, 1930. Two sons were given them, Christopher and Frederick, both affluent business men in Kansas City. After moving to Kansas City, Mrs. Anderson united with the Grace Presbyterian church. Besides the two sons, she leaves four sisters: Mrs. James B. Gantt, Columbia; Mrs. John M. Williams, Clinton; Mrs. A. Z. Patterson, Kansas City, and Mrs. K. C. Snyder, Chanute, Kansas, also two brothers, John M. Weidemeyer, Santa Monica, Calif., and G. N. Weidemeyer, Prescott, Arizona. The body was brought to the Williams home on the Frisco Saturday and funeral services were conducted Sunday. Burial was in Englewood Cemetery.

Obituary for Christopher "Kit" Anderson:
Born @ 1871, Henry Co, MO; died February 19 1930, Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO; buried Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, Henry Co, MO.
Clinton MO - Christopher Anderson, known by all his friends as "Kit" Anderson, passed away at 2:20 p.m. Thursday of last week, at the Trinity Lutheran hospital in Kansas City. Death was due to liver and stomach trouble. He conducted a store in Kansas City at 1517 East 12th street, handling dry goods, shoes, and ladies ready-to-wear. He went to Chicago to market about four weeks ago, but when he came home he was feeling badly, and was never able to go to the store again. Just a week previous to his death he was taken to the hospital. His brother, Mason Anderson, of Clinton, when hearing of his critical condition, went to Kansas City to be with him. Deceased was born at Leesville about 49 years ago. His father, Christopher Anderson, many years ago, conducted a dry goods store in Clinton, and when the father died, the son Christopher was associated in the business with his mother. He later traveled a short while for a St. Joe shoe firm; then became a traveling salesman for the Peters Shoe Co., of St. Louis, which position he held for about 20 years. He leaves his wife, who was formerly Miss Mary Weidemeyer, daughter of Mrs. J. M. Weidemeyer of Clinton. They were married in Clinton, but have resided in Kansas City since he went into business there about ten years ago, having an apartment at 1102 Benton Blvd. He also leaves two sons, Christopher and Frederick, and the one brother, Mason Anderson, and one sister Mrs. Mattie Baugh, both of Clinton. The body was brought to the home of Mason Anderson in Clinton, where the funeral services were held Sunday, and burial was in Englewood cemetery, beneath a wealth of beautiful flowers. Besides the wife and sons, a nephews, Kenneth Anderson, of Kansas City, came to attend the funeral; also a number of his friends and business associates.

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Henry Co., MO Cemetery Records:

Englewood Cemetery
--Anderson, Christopher “Kit”, born @1871 Henry Co., MO; died 19 February 1930 Kansas City, MO. Son of Christopher & Martha Bell Anderson. Spouse: Mary W. Weidemeyer. Age 59 years, buried 23 February 1930.
--Anderson, Mary W. Weidemeyer, born @1875 Clinton, Mo; died 11 February 1932 Kansas City, Mo. Age 57 years. Spouse: Christopher “Kit” Anderson. Daughter of J.M. Weidemeyer. Children: Christopher and Frederick.
--Robertson, Matilda M. Williams, born 24 January 1900 Clinton, MO; died 8 February 1993 Kansas City, MO. Age 93 years. Ashes Buried 15 March 1993. Daughter of John M. & Annie Weidemeyer Williams. Child: John W. Robertson.
--Weidemeyer, Charles F., born 1859 Osceola, MO; died 23 September 1907 Clinton, MO, age 48 years. Son of John M. & Lelia V. Crutchfield Weidemeyer.
--Weidemeyer, John M., born 10 January 1834 Charlottesville, VA; died 12 January 1911 Clinton, MO, age 77 years. Son of John F. & Lucinda Draffen Weidemeyer. Military Civil War, Captain Co. K, 6th Mo. Regiment. Married 12 November 1856 to Lelia V. Crutchfield. Children: Mattie W., Charles F., William E., Lelia V., Anna M., Agatha L., Mary E., John M., Jewell L., Gabriel.
--Weidemeyer, Lelia V. Crutchfield, born 22 July 1837 Osceola, MO; died 22 June 1931 Clinton, MO. Buried 29 June 1931. Married 12 November 1856 to John M. Weidemeyer. Children: Mattie W., Charles F., William E., Lelia V., Anna M., Agatha L., Mary.
--Weidemeyer, Mary Verna, born 14 November 1898 Clinton, MO; died 26 November 1899 Clinton, MO, age 1 year, 8 days. Daughter of J.M. & Orpha W. Weidemeyer.
--Williams, Annie Weidemeyer, born 1 December 1867 Lancaster, WV; died 18 January 1975 Kerrville, TX, age 107 years. Buried 21 January 1975. Daughter of John M. & Lelia V. Crutchfield Weidemeyer.
--Williams, John M., born 1862, died 29 November 1949, age 87 years. Buried 2 December 1949. Spouse: Annie Weidemeyer. Children: James and Matilda M.

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St. Clair Co., MO Cemetery Records:

Osceola Cemetery
Weidemeyer, Mrs. Lucinda, 1811-1844