his campaign against the Yuki. Jarboe's band, 'The Eel River Rangers' massacred at least 283 men (Jarboe did not list women and children he killed), presenting the State with a bill for $11,143. According to Benjamin Madley, Weller 'officially sanctioned Genocide'. After leaving the governorship, he was appointed Ambassador to Mexico near the end of 1860 by the lame-duck Buchanan administration. He presented his credentials in 1861, but was soon recalled by the new Lincoln Administration. He moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1867, where he continued the practice of law and served as a U.S. Commissioner. Death and burial He died in New Orleans in 1875. Original interment was at Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco. His remains were moved to Girod Street Cemetery in New Orleans. That burying ground was destroyed in 1959 and unclaimed remains were commingled with 15,000 others and deposited beneath Hope Mausoleum, St. John's Cemetery, New Orleans. Family Weller's first wife was Ann E. Ryan, who died in 1836. In 1840, he married Cornelia A. Bryan, who died in 1842. He married Susan McDowell Taylor in 1845, and she died in 1848; she was a daughter of William Taylor, niece of Thomas Hart Benton, and cousin of Jessie Benton Frémont. In 1854, he married Elizabeth Brockelbank Stanton. Weller's father-in-law, John A. Bryan, was a U.S. diplomat. His brother-in-law, Charles Henry Bryan, was a California State Senator. References Sources External links John B. Weller biography at the California State Library Dates of service as Mexican Ambassador 1812 births 1875 deaths 19th-century American diplomats Democratic Party governors of California Miami University alumni People from Montgomery, Ohio American military personnel of the Mexican–American War People from Hamilton County, Ohio People from Butler County, Ohio Democratic Party United States senators from California Ohio lawyers County district attorneys in Ohio Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio 19th-century American politicians Burials at Girod Street Cemetery 19th-century American lawyers Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (San Francisco)