Jessie Emmaretta Sutherland and Paul Joseph Weirich

PAUL JOSEPH WEIRICH was born February 18, 1876 in Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin,⁴⁵³² and died June 21, 1955 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.⁸⁵⁴⁶ He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Monroe, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

He married JESSIE EMMARETTA SUTHERLAND on June 26, 1900 in Green County, Wisconsin,⁴²¹ daughter of EMMA ELDORA WEBB and BENJAMIN JUSTUS SUTHERLAND. She was born October 30, 1878 in Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin,⁴⁶⁵³ and died April 22, 1951 in Wisconsin.⁸⁵⁴⁷ She is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Monroe, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Jessie E. Sutherland)
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Jessie E. Sutherland)
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Jessie E. Sutherland)

Personal Information

Jessie E. Sutherland

• graduated from Monroe High School, Brodhead, Wisconsin, 1897⁸⁵⁴⁷
• was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star⁸⁵⁴⁷
• was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution⁸⁵⁴⁷
• was a member of the Universalist Church. ⁸⁵⁴⁷

Paul J. Weirich

• was president and general manager of the United Telephone Co.⁸⁵⁴⁶

Obituaries

Monroe Evening Times, April 23, 1951⁸⁵⁴⁷

Mrs. P.J. Weirich, Club Leader, Dies

Lifetime of Service Covers Wide Field

Mrs. Paul J. Weirich, 72, of 2113 11th street, wife of the president and general manager of the United Telephone Co., died yesterday at 7:30 a. m. in St. Clare hospital after a long illness.

She entered the hospital April 6 for medical treatment after suffering severe bruises in a fall at the residence. She had been in failing health for more than two years.

The former Jessie Sutherland, Mrs. Weirich was born Oct. 39, 1878, on a farm near Albany, the daughter of B. J. and Emma Webb Sutherland. She attended school there and in Brodhead, graduating from Monroe high school in 1897.

Married in June, 1900

The Weirichs were married in the Monroe Methodist parsonage June 26, 1900, by Rev. George W. Case. The couple resided in Milwaukee where Mr. Weirich was employed by the Wisconsin Telephone Co. and moved back to Monroe in 1902 when he joined the United Telephone Co.

During both world wars, Mrs. Weirich was active in Red Cross work and had charge of the post office quarters and was county chairman of the knitting department.

Mrs. Weirich was a past matron of St. Omar Eastern Star chapter and a past president of Monroe Women's club.

She was one of the founders and a past regent of the Daughters of American Revolution chapter here. Always interested in genealogy, she certified records of many members and won state-wide recognition for this type of study.

Organized State Group

Another of her interests was the Woman's Relief corps in which she served as president in 1930. Mrs. Weirich also organized the CAR, state-wide organization for children, and was a state officer. She was active in the Universalist church and the Aid society.

One of her greatest interests was in the Greenwood Cemetery association. She succeeded Miss M. Alice Treat on the board May 8, 1923, and served until ill health forced her retirement last January.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Weirich leaves a daughter, Mrs. Helen Northrup, Waupun; one half-sister Mrs. Merle Van Tassel, Milwaukee; two half-brothers, Herbert Sutherland of Wisconsin Dells and Alvin T., Madison, and two grandchildren, Robert and Richard Northrup.

Services at the Shriner-Neushwander funeral home will be at 2 p. m. tomorrow. Rev. John MacMartin will officiate and services also will be held by the Eastern Star. Burial will be at Greenwood.

Janesville Daily Gazette, June 22, 1955⁸⁵⁴⁶

Paul J. Weirich

MONROE (AP)—Paul J. Weirich, 79, president and general manager of the United Telephone Co., died Tuesday at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage June 8 on a visit to Chicago to attend the 75th anniversary dinner of the Union League Club.

Weirich headed one of the largest independent telephone companies in the state, serving the city of Monroe and seven neighboring communities. He worked on the installation of the old Monroe Telephone Co., in 1899 and became the first manager of United in 1902. He had been president of the firm since 1913.

The United Telephone Co. served Monroe, Albany, Blanchardville, Browntown, Juda, Monticello, South Wayne and Woodford. Mr. Weirich is survived by a daughter, Mrs. A. E. Northrup, Waupun, and several grandchildren. His wife, the former Jessie Sutherland of Albany whom he married in 1900, died April 22, 1951.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 1, 18804816	Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin	Benjamin Justus Sutherland Emma Eldora Webb Jessie Emmaretta Sutherland
June 20, 19007153	Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin	Benjamin Justus Sutherland Octavia Julia Gray Jessie Emmaretta Sutherland Herbert Stanley Sutherland Merle Evaline Sutherland Alvin Thomas Sutherland
April 26, 19107154	Monroe, Green, Wisconsin	Jessie Emmaretta Sutherland Paul Joseph Weirich
January 9, 19207155	Monroe, Green, Wisconsin	Jessie Emmaretta Sutherland Paul Joseph Weirich
April 12, 19307715	Monroe, Green, Wisconsin	Jessie Emmaretta Sutherland Paul Joseph Weirich
May 6, 19407716	Monroe, Green, Wisconsin	Jessie Emmaretta Sutherland Paul Joseph Weirich