Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Weeks, George S. May 3, 1836 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Weeks, George S., Winfield, is a dealer in lumber, lath and shingles, also 
runs a planing-mill and sash, door and blind factory, besides being an 
extensive farmer. He was born in West Winfield, May 3, 1836, a son of Charles 
Weeks, who came from Ashford, Conn., and settled in West Winfield, about 1825. 
He died January 31, 1874, aged seventy-two years. His wife was Abigail Snow, 
who died July 31, 1870, aged sixty-four. They had ten children, of whom four 
are living: C. Delos, George S., Louisa M. and Emma R. George S. married 
Phoebe D., daughter of David Burton, now of llion, and they have one daughter 
living, Nellie L. Weeks. The business was commenced by Charles Weeks in 1857 
and continued until 1860, when it became Charles Weeks & Son. remaining so 
until 1868, when George S. went into the mercantile business in West Winfield. 
and he then pulled down the buildings and erected what is now known as the 
Wheeler block. The lumber business and manufactories were run by Charles Weeks 
until 1870, when George assumed control and has conducted it until the present 
time.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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