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- [S1621] E. Howard Blackburn and William H. Welfley, History of Bedford and Somerset Counties Pennsylvania with Genealogical and Personal History, (Name: Walsworth Publishing; Location: Marceline, Missouri, USA; Date: 1906, reprinted 1983;), Biography of Jonas A. Weaver, pages 386–387.
JONAS A. WEAVER
Jonas A. Weaver, of Windber, Pennsylvania, is a great great-grandson of Jacob Weaver, the first of the Weaver family to come across the ocean. Jacob Weaver, in company with eleven other men, came to this country from Bavaria, and located in Juniata county. Jacob Weaver was married, and became the father of seven children as follows: Abraham , Jacob, Christian, John, Samuel, David, Peter, all of whom lived in this section of the country.
Abraham Weaver lived near Davidsville, Conemaugh township, was a farmer and a member of the Mennonite church. He married a Miss Coughman and was the father of six sons and two daughters, as follows: Jonas, Christian, Manuel, Abraham, see forward; Daniel, Christina, Lucinda and David. Mr. Weaver, the father, died about 1860.
Abraham Weaver, son of Abraham Weaver, was born May 1, 1818. About 1840 he settled on the farm now owned by his son, Jonas A. Weaver, and devoted himself to its cultivation in connection with the lumber business. He owned several other farms, bought stock to supply the Johnstown markets, was a stockholder in the Scalp and Johnstown pike, of which he was the treasurer, and served several times as supervisor of Paint township. His political principles were those advocated by the Republican party, and he was a member of the German Baptist church. Mr. Weaver married Elizabet , daughter of Jacob Stutzman, and their children were: Lucinda, born 184 , married Noah Miller, died about 1865; Steven B., born 1843, married Elizabeth Custer, had ten children; Mary, born 1845, wife of Henry Hostetler, had seven children; Samuel, born 1847, married Mary Berkey, has seven children; Jacob, born 1849, married Lavina Hoffman, has nine children; Abraham , born 1851, died 1853; Hiram, born 1853, married Frances Reed, has eight children; Susan, born 1856, wife of Isaac D. Shaffer, has eight children; Jonas A., see forward; Elizabeth, born 1866, died 1870. The mother of this family died in 1877, and the death of Mr. Weaver occurred May 31, 1895.
Jonas A. Weaver, son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Stutz man) Weaver, was born September 22, 1860. He settled on the homestead, where he has since lived as a farmer. For the last seven years he has supplied milk to the inhabitants of Windber. He is a stockholder in the Scalp and Johnstown pike, the Windber National Bank, the Johnstown Trust Company, the Citizens' National Bank, and the Hooversville National Bank, in which he is also a director. He is a Republican and a member of the German Baptist church.
Mr. Weaver married Mary J. , daughter of Hiram and Frances Shaffer, and granddaughter of David Shaffer. The marriage took place November 4, 1883, the issue being as follows : Milton, born July 27, 1884 ; Charles, November 16, 1885; Abraham, December 23, 1887; Hiram, September 25, 1889; Quinter, October 14, 1891 ; Fannie, January 27, 1893, died March 12 , 1900 ; Clara, December 17 , 1894 ; Roy, April 17, 1896 ; Foster, Apri] 28, 1898; Sylvester, December 11, 1899, died January 8, 1900; and Joseph, March 24, 1902. To these children Mr. Weaver has given the best educational facilities within his power, and Milton, the eldest, is now a teacher in one of the public schools.
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Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
1902 - DECEASED
1893 - 1990 (97 years)
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