Wegmann, John X. [Xavier]

Submitted by Mike Miller

Wegmann, John X., president Lafayette Fire Insurance Co., New Orleans, was born in New Orleans, La., Jan. 24, 1878; son of George and Caroline (Holderith) Wegmann, both of whom were born in Europe, the father in Bavaria, German Empire, and the mother in Alsace, France. They came to America at about the same time, in the year 1871, located in the city of New Orleans, and were afterward married in that city, where the father conducted a business as a retail grocer. He died at the age of 60 years and is survived by his widow at this time. They reared six of 11 children born to them at their New Orleans home, all of these six being now residents of the city.

John X. was the second child, and is the eldest of those now living. His boyhood days were passed in New Orleans, as has been his life thus far. He was educated at St. Mary's Assumption German school of the Redemptorist parish, and at the age of 14 years began work in his father's grocery store, where he remained until about 21, then securing employment in the office of the Lafayette Fire Insurance Co., as a clerk. After about 1 year spent in this capacity, he was elected secretary of the Lafayette Fire Insurance Co., and so remained until the year 1909, when, following the death of James Wilson, he was elected president of the company, his incumbency of that important position extending to the present time.

Mr. Wegmann is a man of many interests and varied activities in the intricate life of the city of New Orleans. He is vice-president of the New Orleans public school board, chairman of the committee orican Medical Association, New York Medical Record, and New York Medical Journal. His most important writings are on Aneurisms of the Arch of the Aorta, Subclavian Aneurisms, Irreducible Dislocations of the Shoulder, Surgical Diseases and Injuries of the Neck, the Philosophic Anatomy of the Liver, A Plea for Reform in Medical and University Education, Wounds of the Large Surgical Veins, Hepatic Abscesses, Drilling of Holes Through the Skull, Diagnosis of Tumors, Reminiscences of Dr. Marion Sims and Dr. T. G. Richardson, Preservation of Anatomic Dissections, With Permanent Color of Muscles, Vessels and Organs; Sanitary Code of the Louisiana State Board of Health, and many other technical and important compositions. Dr. Souchon was the inventor of the Souchon Anesthetizer. He was at all times one of the busiest of men, but held a membstates. Monthly remittances from home soon ceased to make missions are delegated. In 1901 Mr. Wegmann was married to Miss Sophia J. Bonhage, daughter of August Bonhage of New Orleans. Mrs. Wegmann was born and reared in New Orleans, where her education was also completed. Seven sons have been ... [no additional information]

Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 457-458. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.