Background
Weld, Stephen Minot was born on January 4, 1842 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Stephen Minot and Sarah Bartlett (Balch) Weld.
Weld, Stephen Minot was born on January 4, 1842 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Stephen Minot and Sarah Bartlett (Balch) Weld.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1860, Master of Arts, 1863.
Entered army as Second lieutenant 18th Massachusetts Infantry, January 27, 1862. First lieutenant, November 1, 1862. Captain, 1863; honorary discharged December 25, 1863.
Appointed lieutenant colonel 56th Massachusetts Infantry, January 2, 1864.
Colonel, May 31, 1864. Bvtd. brigadier general volumes, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services.
Mustered out July 12, 1865. Head Stephen M. Weld & Company, cotton merchants, since 1875.
Also of Weld & Neville.
Director Old Colony Trust Company, Bay State Trust Company, West End Saint Railway Overseer, Harvard, 1899-1911. Home: Dedham, Massachusetts
Married Eloise Rodman, June 1, 1869. Married second, Susan Edith Waterbury, May 26, 1904.