Sierra-El Dorado County CA Archives Biographies.....Weir, H. G. 1830 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

H. G. WEIR was born in Brooke county, Virginia, in the year 1830. He began work
in a marble-shop at the age of fifteen, and learned the. trade of marble cutter
and engraver, which he followed until he came to California in 1850. He crossed
the plains, and arrived at Placerville in July. Here he mined until the
following spring, and then came to Poker flat in this county, where he dug for
the precious metal for ten years. In 1861 he went to Morristown, and mined there
until 1867, when he went to Downieville, and engaged in the livery business,
which he has continued to the present time.

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Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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