Mortimer Meyer WEINBERG, Sr.

1896 - 1968  (72 years)

• Name	Mortimer Meyer WEINBERG  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	12 Feb 1896	Gaffney, South Carolina   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Education	attended General Thomas Sumter Academy and Dargan’s School at Stateburg near Wedgefield; University of South Carolina (Class of 1915); Harvard Law School  [4]
  HIST	He was hit by a druck driver at 10:00 p.m. as he crossed a street while on vacation in Houston, Texas.  [5]
  MILI	The entire law class of 1920 enlisted as a body in the Naval Air Corps, young Mortimer among them. It was during Navy flight training that he conferred upon himself the coveted title of “Ace,” claiming to have downed five aircraft. The only trouble was -- they were all ours! The final victory came during graduation exercises at Hampton Roads, Virginia! He delighted to tell of winding up “in the drink” with a wet diploma. Cadet Weinberg was forthwith discharged by the Navy and returned to Wedgefield, where he was drafted into the Army as a buck private at Camp Croft. He was subsequently commissioned a second lieutenant and discharged in 1919, returning then to Harvard.  [4]
  Religion	lifelong member of Temple Sinai in Sumter and the temple Men’s Club  [4]
  _UID	1F18947DD3C24BCCAA9FBD27E4452234A0CE
  Death	27 Dec 1968	Houston, Texas   [5]
  Person ID	I62416	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	Sam WEINBERG,   b. 21 Jan 1861   d. 29 Aug 1955 (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Kate HIRSCHMAN,   b. 26 Oct 1871   d. 5 Apr 1951 (Age 79 years)
  _UID	433FFB4853FA44448683561DF2B890F0404B
  _UID	433FFB4853FA44448683561DF2B890F0404B
  Family ID	F14655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Doris MOSES,   b. 6 Sep 1904, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 10 May 1971 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	27 Oct 1926	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [2, 6]
  _UID	CF99F984A859487DA2C070E132936269EE24
  _UID	CF99F984A859487DA2C070E132936269EE24
  Children	1. Mortimer Meyer “Rusty” WEINBERG, Jr.,   b. 16 Apr 1929, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 25 Jul 2009, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 80 years)   2. Perry Moses WEINBERG, Sr.   d. 18 Dec 1967, airplane crash
  Family ID	F43936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2003

  
  

• Sources

  [S766] . [S818] Harold Moise, (R. L. Bryan Companty of Columbia, South Carolina 1961), page 84. [S12533] Mortimer M. Weinberg Jr. [S1926] James E. Morgan, (The Sumter County Historical Commission, Sumter, South Carolina 1986), page 136. [S1926] James E. Morgan, (The Sumter County Historical Commission, Sumter, South Carolina 1986), page 143. [S897] Sumter County, South Carolina, Marriage License Index, #5, page 2287.