The Weaver Families of Clark County, Ohio

ABRAHAM WEAVER, farming and blacksmithing; P. O. Vienna X Roads. The subject of the following sketch was born in Hampshire Co., Va., Jan. 24, 1823. He was married to Miss Sophia Sprague in 1847; the result of this union was two children, to'wit: Theressa, who died Aug. 20, 1849, aged 9 months and 4 days; and Orlando, who died Jan. 20, 1851, aged 3 months and 4 days; and, on July 16,1851, the mother of the above-named children also passed away. Abraham Weaver was married to his present wife, Miss Mary Ann (Jones) Weaver, in 1852. Miss Jones was born Aug. 26, 1828; the result of this union is nine children, all of whom are living, except Nancy, who died in her 9th year; the names of the living children are as follows: Eliza was born Oct. 19, 1852; James E. was born Sept. 11, 1854; Charles F. was born Jan. 14, 1856; Kate was burn Sept. 22, 1857; Joseph was born April 13, 1859; Nancy was born Feb. 8, 1861; Harriet was born July 8, 1862; Laura was born Jan. 13, 1865; Frank was born Sept. 20, 1866. The parents of Mr. Weaver were natives of Virginia, whence they emigrated to Ohio in the year 1829; Joseph Weaver, his father, was born Jan. 2, 1794; Sarah Weaver, his mother, was born June 22, 1798. The names of the brothers and sisters of the subject are as follows: Eliza was born May 5, 1821; Abraham, the subject, whose age is already given, and Nancy Feb. 13, 1825; the three above named were born in Virginia; Amanda was born in Springfi-ld Township, Clark Co., Ohio, June 8, 1832; George, who is a half-brother of the subject, was born in Wisconsin, and connected with which there is a bit of romance. Mr. Weaver, who was a well-to-do farmer, meeting with heavy reverses by going security, concluded that he would leave his family for a time with the design ostensibly to repair his shattered fortunes, went to the young but growing State of Wisconsin, where fabulous amounts were suddenly realized in the lead mines, stock-raising, etc.; he never returned, but married there; the result of the union was one son, George, who came to Clark Co., Ohio, on a visit to his relatives a few years ago; Sarah, wife of Joseph, struggled along with her large family as best she could, supposing her husband dead, and, after a lapse of eleven years, was united in matrimony with Mr. Silas Melvin, with whom she lived until his death, which occurred in the year 1859. David Jones, the father of our subject’s second wife, was a native of Virginia, came to Ohio in an early day and died in this, Harmony Township, in October, 1857; Jane (Ellis) Jones, his wife, was born in Clark Co., Ohio, and is yet living at the advanced age of 76 years. Mr. A. Weaver, our subject, has been a resident of Clark Co. since 1829, is in his 58th year, and has watched with a deep interest the rapid transformation of this once wilderness, to what may properly be turned the garden of Ohio.

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JOSEPH WEAVER, whose blacksmith shop and thirty-five acres of valuable land is situated at Vienna, and in Harmony Township, has been township trustee for the past three years and is an active and leading citizen of this section. He was born in Clark County, Ohio, April 13, 1859, and is a son of Abraham and Mary Ann (Jones) Weaver.

Mr. Weaver comes of Revolutionary ancestry, his material Great-grandfather

Hedrick having served, with two of his sons, during that struggle. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Weaver were Joseph and Sarah (Hedrick) Weaver, the former of whom was born in 1794, and died in 1852, and the latter was born in 1796, and died in 1885. They had four children: Eliza, Nancy, Amanda and Abraham. Eliza was born in 1821, married John Dubree and had three child'en. Nancy, born in 1825, married Samuel Peters, had five children and died in January, 1908. Amanda, born in 1828, mai;- ried James Hicks and they had seven children.

Abraham Weaver, father of Joseph, was born January 24, 1823. He married (first) Sophia Spragiie, who died in 1851, the mother of two children: Theresa and Orlando. Mr. Weaver was married (second) to Mary Ann Jones in 1852. She was born in 1827 and died in 1889. There were nine children born to this union, namely: Eliza, James, Charles, Kate, Joseph, Nancy, Hattie, Laura and Frank. The surviving members of this family, exclusive of Joseph, are: James, who married Caroline Ensley, Charles, who married Ida Carr, has six children; Kate, who married Fletcher Timibelsion, has two children; Harriet, who married Samuel Prugh, has two children; Laura, who married John Sharp, has four children; and Frank, who married Lillie M. Tavender. has four children.

Joseph Weaver was reared in Clark County and attended the district schools. In 1885 he settled in Madison County, where he lived until 1890, when he came to Vienna, where he owns property and has conducted a blacksmith business and engaged in farming ever since. He is a well known and progressive citizen of Harmony Township.

In 1885 Mr. Weaver was married to Luemma Smith, who was born in 1861, and they have two children: Gilbert, who was born March 31, 1886, and is a student in the Ohio State University at Columbus, and Irene, who was born March 24, 1896. The father of Mrs. Weaver, Josiah 0. Smith, was born April 15, 1831, and died April 27, 1907. On September 9, 1852, he was married to Nancy Lane, who was born in 1833 and died May 27, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had ten children, namely: Sarah, Edward H., Mary, Clara, Luemma, Warner, Dosa, Wade, Frank H. and Alice.

Mr. Weaver belongs to Lodge No. 345, Odd Fellows, at Vienna.

As printed in the source². Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.

WALTER L. WEAVER.

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As printed in the source³. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.