Francis Weiss

from The New York Times, April 26, 1915:

     Colonel Weiss Dies in Troy.

TROY, N.Y., April 25.---Colonel Fran-
cis Weiss, who served with distinction
during the civil war, died at his home
in this city tonight, at the age of 94.
Colonel Weiss enlisted in New York City
in 1861 as a Lieutenant in the Twentieth
New York Infantry, Sixth Corps, and
was subsequently promoted to Lieuten-
ant Colonel, and then to Colonel.  He
was born in Austria of a noble family,
his father being made a Baron for activ-
ities in the revolution. His father,
mother, and himself were exiled to this
country in 1845.  The corps in which
Colonel Weiss served was known as
"Turner's Rifles," and was composed
entirely of exiled Austrians.