BIO:  JOHN S. WEAVER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 509-510
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    JOHN S. WEAVER, postmaster of Mechanicsburg, and one of the prominent
  citizens and self-made men of this locality, was born Dec. 14, 1852, in Rapho
  township, Lancaster county, son of John and Catherine (Smith) Weaver.
    
    John Weaver, the father, was born Jan. 1, 1817, in Germany, and coming to
  America, settled near Manheim, Lancaster county, about 1840. His death
  occurred Jan. 14, 1874. In Germany he married Catherine Smith, who was born
  there in 1818, and who died in 1881. They were members of the German Lutheran
  Church. They had a family of four children, viz: Samuel, a to-
    
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  bacconist of Camden, N. J.; Catherine, deceased; John S.; and Henry, of
  Carlisle. In politics John Weaver was a Democrat. He was an honest,
  industrious man, and although he never accumulated a large property, he left
  his family the heritage of an honorable name.
    
    John S. Weaver grew up on his father's farm in Rapho township, three miles
  north of the village of Manheim, in Lancaster county, and there he attended
  the public schools and assisted in farm work. At the age of sixteen years he
  located in Mechanicsburg, a poor but ambitious boy, and entered the shop of
  John Rupp, to learn the cabinet-making trade, at which he worked three years.
  Going then to Altoona, he remained there three years in the employ of the
  Pennsylvania Railroad. Later he worked for a time at his trade at Frostburg,
  Md., but in 1877 he returned to Mechanicsburg, and opened up a tobacco store.
  This he conducted until 1881, when he became pattern maker for the firm of
  Hauck & Comstock in their machine shops, and he remained with them until 1890.
    
    In the latter year Mr. Weaver was appointed postmaster under the
  administration of President Harrison, which was a very emphatic way in which
  to stamp him as a man of character and reliability. This office he admirably
  filled until Dec. 31, 1893, when he was made deputy clerk of the Courts of
  Cumberland county. On Feb. 6, 1898, Mr. Weaver was re-appointed postmaster of
  Mechanicsburg, and on March 3, 1903, was again reappointed by the present
  administration. He is justly considered a fine official, and enjoys the
  confidence and esteem of both political parties.
    
    On June 7, 1899, Mr. Weaver married Mrs. Ella Fowler, widow of Frank
  Fowler, of Camden, N. J. Mr. Weaver has been a consistent Republican all his
  mature life, and has been very prominent in local and State politics.
  Fraternally, he is a Mason, and he also belongs to the K. of P., No. 83, of
  Mechanicsburg, and to the Knights of Malta. Since 1879 he has been a member
  of the Washington Fire Company, of this borough, and has filled all its
  offices. Religiously, he is a member of the Church of God. Strictly a
  self-made man, he has honestly won all he possesses, and is a fine type of
  the American citizen whose roots were nurtured by German ancestry, possessing
  the characteristics of both nations.