Enoch R. Weiss | |
Birth Date: | 13 February 1848 |
Birth Place: | Kosciusko County, Indiana, U.S. |
Death Place: | South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
Placeofburial: | South Bend City Cemetery South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
Children: | 5 |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Army |
Rank: | Private |
Unit: | 1st Cavalry |
Battles: | American Indian Wars |
Awards: | United States Medal of Honor |
Enoch R. Weiss (February 13, 1848 – December 29, 1917) was a United States Medal of Honor recipient from Indiana.
Enoch R. Weiss was born on February 13, 1848, in Kosciusko County, Indiana.[1]
Weiss served as a private in Company G, 1st Cavalry, United States Army. He received a Medal of Honor for "gallantry in action with Indians" in the Chiricahua Mountains in the Arizona Territory on October 20, 1869.[1] He received the Medal of Honor on February 14, 1870.[1]
Weiss married Ida R. Foegley on June 17, 1880. They had three daughters and two sons, Mary, Emma, Dorothy, Harry and Bert. His wife died on July 19, 1911.[2] [3]
Weiss died on December 29, 1917, in South Bend, Indiana. He was buried at South Bend City Cemetery.[1]