WEAKLEY BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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WEAKLEY, A. H.
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 734
residence: Fields Creek Twp

A. H. Weakley, the present superintendent of the Henry County Home has earned 
the well-merited reputation of being one of Henry County's most efficient public 
officers. Mr. Weakley was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1867, a son of 
Harrison and Martha (Messie) Weakley, both natives of Fairfield County, Ohio, and 
they now reside at Stoutsville, Ohio. They were the parents of the following 
children: A. H., the subject of this sketch; Effie; Arthur C.; Della and Edward, 
deceased; Mrs. Etta Lest, who resides in Pickaway County, Ohio; Mrs. Lydia Marks, 
Fairfield County, Ohio; and Lula Belle, deceased. A. H. Weakley was reared and 
educated in Fairfield County, Ohio, and in 1886 came to Henry County, Missouri. 
He settled at Deepwater, where he was successfully engaged in painting and 
paper hanging for twenty years. In 1911, he was appointed superintendent of the 
Henry County Home, which is one of the best conducted institutions of the kind in 
the State. Mr. Weakley possesses the faculty of not only making the place a real 
home for the unfortunate whose condition in life necessitate such institutions, 
but he also has been successful in conducting this institution with a minimum 
expense to the county. This is not because the inmates are not properly cared for 
and properly fed, for the reverse is quite true of the Henry County Home. Under 
Mr. Weakley's capable management he keeps the production of the home farm up 
to the highest state of efficiency. He raises from twenty to twenty-five head of 
hogs annually for the consumption of the home and also keeps a sufficient number 
of cows to furnish an ample supply of milk and butter, and every field of 
production is represented here. In 1917 he raised over four hundred chickens. 
Under his management the Home is as nearly self-sustaining as would seem 
possible, with from twenty to thirty inmates, which is about the usual number. 
Mr. Weakley was united in marriage in 1899 with Miss Inez McGinnis, a daughter 
of John McGinnis of Deepwater, Missouri; to this union was born the following 
children: Ray and Fay, twins; Ray is now a soldier in the United States Army, 
having enlisted in August, 1917, and is now with the American Expeditionary 
Forces in France; Fay, is a student in the Catholic Academy, at Clinton, Missouri; 
Clifford; Ruth; and Lula Belle, residing at home with their father. Mr. Weakley is a 
member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and is one of the 
substantial men of Henry County. 

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