Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....Weimer, Albert William August 11, 1865 - ????
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Source: History of Henry County Illinois, Vol II, 1910
Author: Henry L. Kiner

Albert William Weimer is one of the prosperous and progressive
agriculturists of Henry County and in the management of his business
affairs displays keen discernment, unfaltering enterprise and sound
judgment.  He now makes his home in Geneseo, from which point he
superintends his extensive interests.  He was born in this county,
August 11, 1865, and is a son of William and Susanna (Heller) Weimer,
both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania.  He is associated with his
father in his business enterprise and further mention of the family is
made in connection with the sketch of William Weimer on another page of
this work.

The subject of this review has spent his entire life in the county of
his nativity, his youthful days being passed on the home farm and when
he had mastered the branches of learning taught in the district schools
he continued his education in the Geneseo High School and in the
Northwestern Normal, also attending the Davenport Business College.  He
thus received training which well qualified him for onerous duties which
have devolved upon him in the management of his property interests.  He
resided upon his father¹s farm until recent years and became a partner
with his father in the operation of the old home place in Geneseo
Township, where they were owners of seven hundred acres.  They also
owned large bodies of land in Thomas County, Kansas, having altogether
eleven thousand acres.  In 1898 Mr. Weimer removed from the farm to
Geneseo, where for seven years he was engaged in the grain business but
for the past three years has concentrated his energies upon his
investments in agricultural and manufacturing interests.  He is now
engaged in the manufacture of building stone, does contract work and has
erected many substantial buildings in different cities, including the
handsome armory in Geneseo.  He is likewise a director and the vice
president of the Geneseo Savings Bank and his name is an honored one on
all commercial papers.  In the fall of 1909 Mr. Weimer and his father
erected an auditorium and garage, being seventy-five feet front on First
Street and one hundred and thirty feet in depth.  The structure is two
stories in height; of rubble vitrified brick; is modern in all its
appointments and a handsome addition to the business section of Geneseo.

On the 11th of January, 1887, Mr. Weimer was united in marriage to Miss
Ella Tilfer, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Miller) Tilfer.  Mrs.
Weimer was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, August 2, 1869.  Her parents
were also natives of the Keystone state and they had two children, Ella
B. and Belle.  After the death of his first wife the father married
again and there were two sons and three daughters of that union.  Mr.
Tilfer passed away in Nebraska, in which state his sons also died.  Unto
Mr. And Mrs. Weimer have been born eight children, five sons and three
daughters:  Harry W., Lillie D., Harley A., Archie H., Vernie Howard,
Frank H., Eva E. and Iva B.  Mrs. Weimer is a member of the Unitarian
Church.

Mr. Weimer belongs to the Odd Fellow Society, holding membership in
Geneseo Lodge and Indian Encampment, while both he and his wife are
connected with the Rebekahs, Mrs. Weimer having filled all of the chairs
in the order while at the present time she is a past grand.  Mr. Weimer
also holds membership relations with the Yeomen, the Mystic Workers and
the Modern Woodmen and Mrs. Weimer with the Royal Neighbors and the
Ladies Circle.  They are people of many social qualities, whose
friendship is cherished by all who know them.  Politically Mr. Weimer is
a stalwart Republican and for one term served as alderman from the
second ward.  He is a zealous advocate of the cause of education and
while living on the arm served as a school director.  He is an alert and
enterprising business man, rejoicing in the opportunities for activity
and in the improvement of chances which have come to him he has found
the success which places him in prominent positions among the leading
business men of this part of the state.

Additional Comments:
Originally submitted 1997.

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