CHARLES H. WESTON AND WILLIAM E. WESTON, BIOGRAPHIES, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON

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From "History of North Washington" Published 1904
Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)
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CHARLES H. WESTON

     Charles H. Weston, residing seven miles east of Bossburg, Stevens
county, is engaged in the lumber business and general farming.  He was
born in Milton, Oregon, July 17, 1881.  His parents were E.S. and
Elizabeth (McCoy) Weston, the father a native of Iowa and the mother
of Texas. Sketches of the parents of Charles H. Weston, our subject,
appear in another portion of this work.
     Until the age of sixteen our subject attended the district schools
in the neighborhood of Farmington, Washington, and then he began the
world on his own account, following the occupation of farmer for two
years.  He then turned his attention to mining, and prospected in
various localities two years more, and then engaged in the sawmill
business in the vicinity of Bossburg.  He now has seventy-five head
of horses, and is largely interested in mining enterprises in
British Columbia.
     The father of our subject, Eli S. Weston, came to Washington
in 1886 and located in Stevens county, where he engaged in farming.
Our subject has one brother and three sisters: William E., Jessie N.,
Mary E., and Lillian B.
     Politically Mr. Weston is a staunch Republican, and takes a
patriotic interest in local politics.

From "History of North Washington" Published 1904
Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)

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WILLIAM E. WESTON
     William E. Weston, dealer in blooded stock, and residing seven
miles southeast of Bossburg, Stevens county, was born in Milton,
Oregon, on March 22, 1883.  He is the son of E.S. and Elizabeth (McCoy)
Weston, sketches of whom appear elsewhere in this work.  They were the
parents of five children, viz: Charles H., William E., Jesse N.,
Mary E., and Lydia B.
     The preliminary education of our subject was received in
Farmington, Washington, and later he attended the schools of Stevens
county.  At the age of eighteen years he had secured a good business
education, and began work in the employment of his father, with whom
he still remains.  He is a member of the Advent church.