BIO: James B. Weakley, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

                             CHAPTER LVIII.

    SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF MOUNT HOLLY SPRINGS.

561  SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP.

  JAMES B. WEAKLEY (deceased) was born November 16, 1819, in South 
Middleton Township, this county, on the farm where he died, and which 
has been in the possession of the family since 1749.  His father, 
Nathaniel Weakley, and his grandfather, James Weakley, were both 
farmers.  Our subject, the second born in a family of five children, 
made farming the business of his life, and met with marked success.  He 
was 

562  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

married, in 1854, to Martha Eliza Bell, a native of Adams County, 
Penn., of Scotch-Irish origin, and who died in 1881, leaving an only 
child, Martha J. (now the wife of Thomas M. Craighead), who was born 
and reared in this township.  Mr. and Mrs. Craighead have one child, 
James Bell Weakley Craighead, who was his grandfather's pet.  Mr. 
Craighead's ancestors were among the early settlers of Pennsylvania and 
prominent people.  Mr. and Mrs. Craighead are members of the 
Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Weakley died February 28, 1886, a member of 
the Presbyterian Church, in which he took an active interest, and of 
which, at that time of his death, he was trustee.