Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Weaver, Hiram April 17, 1839 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      Hiram Weaver, merchant and minister, Holbrook, Penna, 
was born in Jackson township, Greene county, Penna, April 
17, 1839. He is a son of Jacob Weaver and Julia Ann Jackman 
Weaver, natives of Washington county and of German and 
English lineage. His father, who was a school teacher, died 
in Greene county, April 15, 1886. His family consisted of 
nine children, of whom Hiram is the fourth. 

      He was reared on the farm and attended the common 
school. He learned plastering and house painting, at which 
he worked until the war broke out. He then enlisted in 
Company F, Eighty fifty Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and 
was a non-commissioned officer. He served three years and 
twenty days and was in many serious engagements. 
  
     In 1865 he established a saw mill and in 1871 started a 
general store in Jackson township where he has been in 
business ever since. In 1884 Mr Weaver married Elizabeth 
Fry, daughter of Peter Fry, who is of German descent. Mr and 
Mrs Weaver are members of the Christian Church, in which he 
has held several important offices. In 1858 he was licensed 
to preach and has since been a local preacher. In politics 
he is a Republican. 

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