Baruch Schleisinger Weil
Baruch Schleisinger Weil, also known as Benjamin S. Weil, was an American farmer, real estate broker and politician.
Born in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, in a Jewish family, as Baruch Schleisinger, he legally changed his name to Baruch Schleisinger Weil. In 1843, he emigranted to the United States, settling first in New York City and then in New Orleans. Then in 1845 he moved to Wisconsin Territory. Weil platted the village of Schleisingerville, Wisconsin in Washington County, Wisconsin, where he had various business interests. In 1853, 1856, 1857, Weil served as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Senate from Washington County's 4th Senate District. He also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1852, 1871–1873, and 1880.
Weil served in the Wisconsin Militia as a brigadier general. Eventually Weil and his family moved to West Bend, Wisconsin and then to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Weil died in Chicago, Illinois, on March 28, 1893.
