BIO: J. KING WEAKLEY, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 455-456
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    J. KING WEAKLEY, who cultivates the old Samuel Wherry homestead, near
  Shippensburg, was born in Southampton township, Cumberland county, two miles
  east of Shippensburg, April 16, 1869. His father, William K. Weakley, was
  born April 30, 1822, in Dickinson township, Cumberland county, of which
  township the grandfather, Nathan Weakley, was an early settler. The latter
  married Sarah Bell.
    
    William K. Weakley grew to manhood in his native place, residing in
  Dickinson township for twenty-eight years, after which he moved to
  Southampton township, settling two miles east of the borough of Shippensburg.
  There he had his home until 1880, in which year he moved to the township of
  Shippensburg, where he died March 29, 1900. 
    
    456  CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
    
  William K. Weakley married Elizabeth McCormick, who was born in the old
  Burnt house in Southampton township, Cumberland county, and was a daughter of
  George and Nancy (King) McCormick, Cumberland county people. Mrs. Weakley was
  reared in the old stone house. Mr. and Mrs. Weakley had three children that
  grew to maturity: William L., who is at home with his mother; J. King, whose
  name introduces these lines; and Nancy J., deceased, wife of John B. Kelso.
    
    J. King Weakley received his common-school education in the home district,
  where he attended until his sixteenth year, after which he pursued his
  studies for three terms at the Cumberland Valley Normal School. Returning to
  the farm in Shippensburg township, he assisted his father until his marriage,
  at the old Wherry homestead, on Feb. 9, 1898, to Miss Ailie Wherry, only
  daughter of Samuel M. and Esther (Stuart) Wherry, and granddaughter of Samuel
  Wherry, one of the pioneers of Cumberland county, and the first owner of the
  old homestead, now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Weakley. This place contains 120
  acres, now well improved and highly cultivated, and has been handed down to
  Mrs. Weakley through her father. She was born there July 20, 1869, and has
  passed all her life on the place, she and her husband having settled there
  after their marriage. It is one of the old landmarks of the neighborhood. The
  house is an old-fashioned two-story structure, built of stone, with very heavy
  walls, and though quite old is in a good state of preservation. Not far from
  the house is a well eighty-six feet deep, which was found when the Indians
  occupied the lands, and which has an interesting history, of which, however,
  little is known. It is not even known by whom the well was dug.
    
    Mr. and Mrs. Weakley are the parents of two children, Esther E. and William
  King. The parents are members of the Presbyterian Church at Shippensburg. In
  politics, Mr. Weakley is a zealous Republican, and takes considerable
  interest in town, county and State political affairs.