Charles E. Weaver

As printed in 1909

CHARLES E. WEAVER.

Charles E. Weaver, principal of the schools of district No. 9, Harrison township, and the owner of ninety acres of fine farm land in Preble county, near Manchester, Ohio, was born in Liberty, Montgomery county, September 23, 1858, his parents being Martin V. and Eliza Weaver. His paternal grandfather, Jacob Weaver, came to this state from Maryland early in the nineteenth century, being one of its early settlers. He first located in Greene county, where he lived upon a farm with a Mr. Sanders, and later came to Montgomery county, clearing one hundred and sixty acres of land which became the Weaver homestead. Upon this farm he passed his last years in retirement from active labor. His wife in her maidenhood had been Miss Catharine Jordan.

Martin V. Weaver, the father of our subject, was born near Spring Valley in Greene county, Ohio, and in early life worked as a mechanic but later turned his attention to farming. He married Miss Eliza Zehring, who died at Johnsville, May 20, 1896, and his death occurred at the same place on the 17th of January, 1900. In the family of this worthy couple were eight children, namely: Warren A., a resident of Grangeville, Newton county, Missouri; Allen R., deceased; Alvin C. and Alma M., both residents of Dayton; Helen I., deceased; Charles E., of this review; and Edward L. and Arthur G., both deceased.

Charles E. Weaver obtained a good education at many schools and colleges, though the larger part of his higher training was acquired after he began teaching. For after a course at Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio, which supplemented the schooling obtained in Johnsville. he began his career as a teacher and spent his summers in study and wider preparation for his profession. These summer courses began in 1882 at Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, followed two years later by work at the Northwestern Normal at Danville, Indiana. In 1885 he went to Oberlin, where he took a commercial course, and in 1892 went to Lebanon.

Two days before Christmas, 1894, Mr. Weaver was united in marriage to Miss Iva A. Ziler, a daughter of Daniel and Maria (Bennett) Ziler, of Darke county, Ohio. Her mother, who was born in Johnsville, October 21, 1842, died in Ansonia,

Darke county, March 18, 1900, but her father, whose birth occurred near Harper’s Ferry in Virginia, September 26, 1830, is still living at the age of seventy-nine years on the old homestead at Ansonia and enjoys good health. His brother, Joseph B. Ziler, served throughout the Civil war and for a time was private cook for General Sherman. He is still living at Ansonia at the age of eighty-one years. Mrs. Weaver has two brothers, Perry E. and Frank L., both residents of Ansonia. She, too, has engaged in school teaching, following that profession for three years in Ansonia. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Weaver: Olive

May and Ralph Emerson, both in school; and Lois Edna.

Mr. Weaver is a man of poise and ability who accepts seriously the responsibility and trust placed in his hands. The guidance of teachers and youths to a desire for the best in education is a noble task and one not lightly to be bestowed on any man nor accepted in any but a conscientious spirit. That Mr. Weaver appreciates all that his position means his years of service demonstrate. He and his family attend the Memorial Baptist church of Dayton, but his parents were members of the United Brethren church.

As printed in History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.