Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Reedsburg:

Samuel Weidman, farmer, Secs. 28, 27 and 21; P.O. Reedsburg; was born in Summit Co., Ohio, Oct. 10, 1833; came West with his brother Alexander. In the fall of 1852, went to the town of Reedsburg; returned to Ohio in the following May, and remained there through the summer. In the fall, he went to Illinois, where he lived for one year, when he returned to Reedsburg, and for three winters worked in the pineries on the Wisconsin River. He settled on his present place, a farm of 196 acres, in 1858. Dec. 13, 1857, he was married to Miss Celanda Graff; they have a family of five children - Crittie (now Mrs. Richards), born Nov. 9, 1858; Elmer, born May 5, 1861; Bessie, born Aug. 10, 1868; Julia, born Aug. 6, 1871; and Hattie, born, Jan. 4, 1877. Mr. W. is a Mason; in politics, a Greenbacker; has been several times a member of Supervisors.

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