Hillsdale County MI Archives Biographies.....Weaver, Horace October 22, 1828 - August 23, 1912 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Audrey Vodehnal tidley3@aol.com June 10, 2013, 7:25 pm Source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Hillsdale County, Michigan Author: Chapman Bros. page 978 Portrait & Biographical Album of Hillsdale County, Michigan. 1888, Chapman Bros. page 978 NOTE: This is an extract of the original article Horace WEAVER was born in Wayne Co., NY, 10/22/1829. His parents were James and Phebe (HAIGHT) Weaver. Phebe died in Wayne Co. when Horace was an infant. James moved his family to LaSalle, Monroe Co., Mich. Terr., in 1834. James died there in 1845. In 1848 Horace left Monroe Co., coming to Wright Twp., Hillsdale Co., where he worked chopping and clearing land. He was soon able to purchase 40 acres of timber land for $200. A few acres were cleared and there he built a frame house prior to his first marriage. In 1870 he sold that property and bought a farm of 60 acres on section 27, Wright Twp. where he was still living in 1888. Horace joined the Union forces, enlisting 9/11/1861 in Co. F, 11th Mich. Infantry for three years. His regiment served in the Army of the Cumberland. He saw action at the battle of Stone River and the battle of Chickamauga. In the latter battle he was captured 9/20/1863. He was held at prisons in Richmond and in Danville, VA, until 5/8/1864 when he was paroled and discharged with the regiment at Sturgeon, MI on 9/13/1864. Horace married, on 5/5/1872, Mrs. Lucinda ALLEN who was a native of NY state. By her marriage with her first husband, Mr. Allen, she had one daughter, Ora Dell, wife of Levi BAKER; they have five children. The first wife of Horace Weaver was Judith A. VANSCHAIK. By this marriage Mr. Weaver had one child, Emma D., who first married George E. SOPER, by whom she has one child. She is now the wife of Henry OWEN, and lives in Bellaire, MI; she has three children. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver were members of the Disciples' or Christian Church. Mr. Weaver was a Republican until the formation of the Prohibition party which he then joined. Horace File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/hillsdale/bios/weaver627nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb