BIO: GEORGE WASHINGTON WEARY, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 488-489
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      GEORGE WASHINGTON WEARY, a successful business man who has followed the
  carpenter trade for many years, was born July 10, 1849, on the old Jacob
  Weary farm.
      
      Jacob Weary, his grandfather, was born at Green Park, then in Cumberland,
  now in Perry county, where he followed farming, after his marriage coming to
  North Middleton, now Middlesex township, where he bought 223 acres of land, a
  part of which he sold at a later date. His last years were passed with his
  sons, Samuel and Jacob Weary, his death occurring in 1862; his wife passed
  away ten years earlier. His children were: Samuel, father of our subject;
  John, who died in Illinois; Jacob, who died in North Middleton township in
  1903; Polly, Mrs. John Dice, deceased; Julia, Mrs. Henry Evans, deceased; and
  George, who died in 1864.
      
      Samuel Weary was born in 1812 in Green Park, and was twelve years old
  when his father settled in Middlesex township, where he assisted in getting
  out timber from the woods, instead of going to school. His opportunities were
  as good as those enjoyed by any child of the time and locality, but were not
  such as the children of the present day are given. It has been truly said
  that the time was when it was just as difficult for a child to receive an
  education as it isnow for him to escape it. After his marriage he located on
  a rented farm, but in 1850 he took the home farm to operate on shares, later
  buying it from his father and living on it until 1870. He then settled in the
  village of Middlesex, where he died in August, 1885. His wife died at the
  home of her daughter, Mrs. Jennie Baker, near New Kingstown, in 1898. Both
  parents had been members of the Lutheran Church from childhood and they were
  both respected and beloved. The father was always a strong Democrat in his
  political opinions.
      
      Samuel Weary married Maria Abrahims, who was born in 1818 at Pennsboro,
  and they had children as follows: Jacob; John; William; Catherine, Mrs. David
  Wirt (of Carlisle); George W.; Jennie, Mrs. Baker; and Herman A., of Carlisle.
  Of this family, Jacob gave four years of his life to the service of his
  country, being a member of the 2d Iowa Vol. Inf. After the close of the war,
  during which he suffered thirteen months' imprisonment, he returned to Iowa,
  and died in that State in 1902. John also served four years in the Civil war,
  as a member of the 13th Pa. Cav., and now resides in Philadelphia. William
  served one year as a member of the 17th Pa. Cav., and now resides near
  Plainfield, Pa., one of the country's honored G. A. R. men.
      
      George W. Weary secured a good common school education in Middlesex
  township and made very fair progress as he was studious and had good
  teachers. At the outbreak of the Civil war, when his brothers marched away to
  serve the country, he was just as enthusiastic and as loyal as others, but was
  induced to stay at home to look after the farm. This he did very unwillingly
  as, although only fifteen years of age, he was large and strong, but he could
  not succeed in convincing a very wise father that his
      
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  duty was on the battlefield instead of behind the plow. Finally he resigned
  himself to the inevitable and assisted his father until the latter quit
  farming , when he started to learn the carpenter's trade with a contractor
  who built his father's barn. He seemed well fitted for this industry, learned
  quickly, and has followed the same very successfully ever since. In 1885 he
  built his own handsome home in the village of Middlesex and has done much of
  the carpenter work in this locality for many years, his reputation being that
  of a skilled and careful workman.
      
      On Jan. 3, 1884, Mr. Weary was united in marriage with Miss Amanda
  Albright, who was born July 8, 1847, in Middlesex township, and died Feb. 9,
  1904. She was a daughter of Solomon and Caroline (Corman) Albright, the
  former of whom was born in Perry county, and the latter in Cumberland county,
  and they resided at Carlisle Springs, where the mother died in 1897. Mr.
  Albright now resides with his son-in-law, Amos Gutshall, at Sulphur Springs.
      
      After his marriage Mr. Weary located in the village, where he is most
  highly esteemed. Formerly he and his wife belonged to the Reformed Church,
  but later became leading members of the United Brethren Church. Mr. Weary has
  always taken a lively interest in politics, and, like his father, has always
  supported the principles of the Democratic party. He has served in a number
  of local offices, having been township clerk for one year and township
  constable for nine years. Fraternally, he is a member of the I. O. O. F.
  Lodge, No. 91, of Carlisle. He is one of the substantial and representative
  citizens of his section.