John B. Weller
John B. Weller (February 22, 1812 – August 17, 1875) was the fifth governor of California from January 8, 1858, to January 9, 1860, who earlier had served as a congressman from Ohio and a U.S. senator from California, and minister to Mexico.
For other people named John Weller, see John Weller (disambiguation).
John B. Weller
February 22, 1812
Montgomery, Ohio, U.S.
August 17, 1875 (aged 63)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
G. W. Staunton
Ambassador, lawyer, politician
Death and burial[edit]
He died in New Orleans in 1875. Original interment was at Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco. His remains were moved to Girod Street Cemetery in New Orleans. That burying ground was destroyed in 1959 and unclaimed remains were commingled with 15,000 others and deposited beneath Hope Mausoleum, St. John's Cemetery, New Orleans.
Family[edit]
Weller's first wife was Ann E. Ryan, who died in 1836.[5][6] In 1840, he married Cornelia A. Bryan, who died in 1842.[5][6] He married Susan McDowell Taylor in 1845, and she died in 1848; she was a daughter of William Taylor, niece of Thomas Hart Benton, and cousin of Jessie Benton Frémont.[5][6] In 1854, he married Elizabeth Brockelbank Stanton.[5][6]
Weller's father-in-law, John A. Bryan, was a U.S. diplomat. His brother-in-law, Charles Henry Bryan, was a California State Senator.