Biographical Sketch of Lewis H. Weatherby, De Kalb County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888,
				Goodspeed Publishing Company

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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Lewis H. Weatherby was born in Tompkins County, N.J., in 1830, and 
is the second of six children born to Samuel and Dorcas (Hinkley)
Weatherby, both natives of New York.  The father was born about 
1808, and was the son of Edmund Weatherby, a native of New Jersey,
who removed to New York, and thence to Ohio, where he died.  Samuel
was a farmer by vocation, and died in Ohio in 1853.  The mother was 
born about 1810, and was the daughter of Joshua Hinkley.  She died in
Missouri in 1868.  Lewis H. was reared on the farm, and attended the
schools of Delaware, Ohio.  He began the study of medicine in 1847
with Dr. Kelley, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and later studied with Dr. 
Russell.  He then attended Sterling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio
for two years, graduating in 1850.  Although he was not yet twenty-
one years of age, he at once entered upon the practice of his pro-
fession at Johnsville, Ohio, where he remained until 1856.  He then 
took a course of lectures at the Eclectic Medical College, at Cin-
cinnati, from which he graduated the same year.  He resumed his 
practice, but in 1859 immigrated to Laclede, MO., where he remained
until 1861.  He then enlisted in the Federal Army, and became first
lieutenant of Company A, of the Seventh Missouri Cavalry.  He resigned
the next year on account of disability.  He returned to Lynn County,
and became a candidate for the Legislature on the Emancipation Ticket,
but was defeated by seventeen votes.  In 1863 he removed to Maysville,
and the next year represented his Senatorial district in the constitu-
tional convention.  In 1866 he was elected probate judge, and
ex-officio presiding judge of the county court, which office he filled
four years.  During his official life he also practiced his profession,
from which he retired about a year ago.  During the past six years, he
has been extensively engaged in stock raising and farming.  Dr. 
Weatherby was married in 1848 to Miss Elvina Levering, a native of
Ohio, born in 1829, and a daughter of John and Charlotte Levering.
She died in the spring of 1864, having borne two children, one of whom
is still living.  The Doctor chose for his second wife Miss Helen
Gilbert, who was born in Licking County, Ohio, in 1843.  They have
two children.  Mrs. Weatherby is a member of the Christian Church, and
Dr. Weatherby of the I.O.O.F.

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