BIO: Henry T. WEAVER, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 406.
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  H. T. WEAVER, merchant and postmaster, Saltillo, Huntingdon county, 
Pa., was born in Carroll county, Md., near Manchester, October 1, 1856, 
son of Dr. Philip and Belinda (La Motte) Weaver. Philip Weaver was born 
in Baltimore county, Md., and was in the tanning business in Carroll 
county until 1857, when he moved to Huntingdon county with his family. 
He purchased the property now owned by C. Green, and on this place, for 
a few years, operated a saw-mill. He then moved to Meadow Gap, where he 
owned and conducted a grist-mill until 1862; then to Three Springs, 
where he read medicine, after which he practiced as a homoeopathist. In 
1863 he began practicing in Saltillo, and in 1865 entered the army, 
remaining in service until the close of the war. For the next two years 
he operated the home grist-mill, after which he farmed at Burnt Cabins, 
Fulton county, until 1885. Returning to Saltillo, he resumed milling, 
at which he continued until his death in August, 1895. His family 
consisted of these children: Mary M. (Mrs. Austin Green), Cassville, 
Pa.; Elizabeth (Mrs. J. C. Brewster), Meadow Gap, Pa.; Nannie; and H. 
T.
  H. T. Weaver was but a year old when his parents moved to Huntingdon 
county, and was educated in the public schools of this county. At the 
age of fourteen he learned milling, and continued the occupation until 
he was thirty-three. Part of this time was spent in the service of his 
father, and during the remaining period he owned and managed a mill at 
Saltillo. In October, 1889, he engaged in the mercantile business in 
Saltillo. His stock of goods was destroyed by fire in October, 1893, 
but he promptly set to work to repair the damage, and in sixty days was 
occupying the substantial new structure erected to take the place of 
the one destroyed. He was married October 19, 1882, to Myrtle, daughter 
of George Cohill. Their children are: Harold Guy; Ethel Gertrude; Edgar 
Pierce; and Lillian Marie. Mr. Weaver is a staunch Democrat; he has 
served as school director and councilman, and is now postmaster, having 
been appointed in 1892. He is connected with Cromwell Lodge, No. 572, 
F. and A.M., Orbisonia, Pa. Mr. Weaver is a self-made man, and by his 
sterling worth has won the esteem of his many acquaintances.