Charles David Maria Weber

Carl David Maria Weber (né Karl David Weber;

Early life Helen Murphy Weber, with her children (c. 1857); left to right: Julia, Thomas, and Charles II

Karl David Weber was born on February 18, 1814, in Steinwenden, Palatinate, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). He was the son of Henriette (née Geul) and Carl Gottfried Weber. They had two sons, Charles Martin Weber (1851–1912) and Thomas Jefferson Weber (1855–1892), and a daughter, Julia Helen Weber (1853–1935). The Weber family settled in the Weber Point Home at 221 North Center Street in Stockton.

His brother Adolph Weber (1825–1906) migrated to California in 1853, and settled in San Francisco. What happened next is contested. According to one account, Heslep approached Weber and urged him to "compromise that matter"; Weber, taking this as an attempt at blackmail, drew a derringer and shot him in the back as he turned to leave. The ball perforated Heslep's left lung and exited through his chest. Weber surrendered to the chief of police the following morning and posted bail, and the criminal case was eventually dismissed. Heslep sued Weber for $50,000 in damages and a jury awarded $30,000, which Judge Orville C. Pratt later reduced to $15,000.

Death Weber died on May 4, 1881, in Stockton, California. He was buried at San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery in Stockton.

His grandson Charles M. Weber III (1893–1987) served in the California State Assembly for the 11th district for multiple terms.