Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889 [page 514] G. E. WEAVER, of Cedar Township, is one of the well-known citizens, having been identified with the interests of the county of Cherokee since 1875. He was born in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1841, and is a son of WILLIAM and RIETTA (WHITE) WEAVER, natives of the State of Connecticut. He was reared in his native county and was trained to the occupation of a farmer, receiving a fair educa- tion in the common schools. During the late Rebellion he was one to go to the defense of his nation's flag. In August, 1862, when LINCOLN called for 300,00 more men, he responded, enlisting in the One Hundred and Forty-first Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Com- pany G; he served faithfully until the close of the war, taking an active part in the following noted engagements: The battles of Gettysburg, Chancellorsville and the Wilderness. He was wounded in the battle of the Wilderness by a ball in his left arm and was confined to the hospital for two months at Baltimore, and Little York, Pennsylvania. He was also slightly wounded by a gun-shot in the battle of Gettysburg. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war, and returned to his home in Pennsylvania. Mr. WEAVER was married in 1866 to Miss PAMELA LEWIS, a native of Chen- ango County, New York. Our subject lived in Scranton, Pennsylvania, until 1875, when he decided to emigrate to the West. He first set- tled in Cedar Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, and in 1887, came on his present farm. This land had been improved by JOHN LOVIN, and contained 160 acres of as good land as can be found in the county. There is a good frame residence, and a barn well adapted to the care and protection of live-stock. The indications are that pros- perity has attended the efforts of the proprietor. Mr. and Mrs. WEAVER have had born to them four children: ED WARNER, GEORGE OLIVER, HARVEY NORMAN and MYRTLE AGNES. Mr. WEAVER is a strong adherent to the principles of the Republican party. He is a man of excellent business habits, and has the esteem and confidence of the residents of the community. ===========================================================================