Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Gilkeson, W. Weir
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bristol Township


W. WEIR GILKESON attorney, P.O. Bristol, was born in 
Bristol, October 29, 1853, and is a son of A. W. and 
Margaret M. Gilkeson.  His father, who is deceased, was for 
many years a prominent attorney in Bristol.  A. Weir is the 
youngest of a family of four children, and was reared in 
Bristol.  He was educated at the Episcopal academy, in 
Philadelphia, and at St. Stephen's college, Annandale, N. 
Y., from which he graduated in1873.  He studied law with his 
brother, B. F. Gilkeson, in Bristol, and was admitted to the 
bar of Bucks county in 1879, when he opened an office in 
Bristol and has since practiced there.  He is also engaged 
in real estate, surveying, and fire insurance, his business 
being distinctively everything in connection with real 
estate.  He is regarded as a successful business man.  He is 
prominent in building association matters, being secretary 
of the "Bristol," "Fidelity," and "Union" associations of 
Bristol, is a well-known member of the Building Association 
League of Pennsylvania, and one of the editors of "The 
American Building Association News," a monthly journal, 
published in Chicago.  He is treasurer of the public library 
of Bristol and official surveyor of Bristol borough.  In 
1882 he married Mary E., daughter of Rev. Dr. Fairbairn, 
president of St. Stephen's college.  She is of Scotch 
origin.  They have one child, Alice.  Mr. and Mrs. Gilkeson 
are members of the Episcopal church.