Background
Samuel Weis was born in Natchez, Mississippi to Caroline (née Mayer) (1841–1885) and Julius Weis (1826–1909). His father was a German Jewish immigrant who came to the United States in 1845.
Samuel Weis was born in Natchez, Mississippi to Caroline (née Mayer) (1841–1885) and Julius Weis (1826–1909). His father was a German Jewish immigrant who came to the United States in 1845.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
There Julius Weis became a successful broker buying and selling cotton. Samuel Weis joined his father in the cotton business and painted as a hobby.
He attended college at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a member of the Alpha Theta Chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity.