Obituary of Col. J. Franklin Weaver, Sebastian  Co, Ar

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Hartford Courant, Jul. 2, 1931 - Portland, Maine, Jul. 1 - Col. J. Franklin
Weaver, 91, historian and resident of Arkansas in the days when the Indian
Territory was a haven for "bad men of the west," died here today at the home of
his niece, Mrs. Chester A. Jordan. He was born in Ft. Smith in 1840, learned the
printing trade in Ohio, but returned to Ft. Smith in 1871, where he remained as
a newspaper reporter and editor until his retirement eight years ago. He devoted
much time to historical research and was considered an authority on his native
state and the Indian Territory.

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