Valentine Weimer, (deceased); came to La Crosse in 1855. Two years after, he married Miss Caroline Splitter, whose father, William Splitter, settled on Root River, Minn., four miles from La Crescent, in 1855, and kept the first ferry at that place. Mr. Weimer started a brick-yard at La Crescent in 1856, which he carried on two years, then came back to La Crosse, and followed brickmaking, in company with his brother Sebastian Weimer, till the spring of 1869; he then bought a mill in the town of Barre, which he sold in 1875, returning to La Crosse, and went into the brick business again. His health failing, he quit business, and in the fall of 1876 took a trip to Europe, accompanied by his oldest daughter, Elizabeth. He returned the next March, and died on the 18th of May following, at the age of 46. He left six children – Elizabeth, Rosa, Philopena, William, Herman and Augusta – all living at No. 88 Eighth street, with their mother, except Philopena, who died in September, 1878, at the age of 16. Mr. Weimer was born in Lauhersheim, Germany, near "Bingen on the Rhine," and Mrs. Weimer in Mecklenburg. (History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1881, Page 806)