Reed Nelson Weisiger (May 2, 1838 – September 12, 1908) was a Texas State Senator from District 26.Legislative Reference Library | Legislators and Leaders | Member profile - R.N. Weisiger, retrieved May 14, 2011. He was often mentioned for Governor of Texas but he declined to run.Daily Advocate (Victoria, Texas) Saturday afternoon, September 12, 1908, page 1, retrieved May 14, 2011.
Weisiger was Chairman of the Stock and Stock Raising Committee, as well as eleven other Senate committees. He served in the Legislature from 1891 to 1893.
Early life and education Weisiger was born in Danville, Kentucky, on May 2, 1838, and attended school there. He completed his education at Centre College, taking a full classical course, and graduated in 1858. He then came to Texas.Lewis E. Daniell, Personnel of the Texas state government: with sketches of representative men of Texas, Maverick Print House (1892) retrieved May 22, 2011.
Business, military, and fraternal order Weisiger was a rancher and farmer and raised thoroughbred horses from the Alexander stables of Kentucky. He owned Incommode, which ran in the Kentucky Derby in 1887.University of Houston-Victoria, retrieved May 14, 2011.
Weisiger served as a cavalry officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. At the end of the war, he held the rank of captain.The Victoria Advocate, Historical Edition, May, 1968, retrieved May 15, 2011.
Weisiger was a member of the Masonic Lodge and held the degree of Master Mason.
Family
Weisiger's father was Joseph Weisiger. His mother was Isabella Reed Weisiger a descendant of a Virginia family related to the Clays and Adamses. Weisiger married Annie Belle Callender on June 24, 1874. He and his wife had eight children.The Family History and Genealogy of Arden Gremmert and Eva Doherty - Reed Nelson Weisiger, retrieved May 19, 2011.
See also Daniel Weisiger Adams
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