BIOS: Jonas A. WEAVER, Windber, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by 
E. Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The 
Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 386/7

Jonas A. WEAVER.

Jonas A. Weaver, of Windber, Pennsylvania, is a great-great-grandson of Jacob 
Weaver, the first of the Weaver family to come across the ocean.  Jacob 
Weaver, in company with eleven other men, came to this country from Bavaria, 
and located in Juniata county.  Jacob Weaver was married, and became the 
father of seven children as follows: Abraham, Jacob, Christian, John, Samuel, 
David, Peter, all of whom lived in this section of the country.
Abraham Weaver lived near Davidsville, Conemaugh township, was a farmer and a 
member of the Mennonite church.  He married a Miss Coughman and was the father 
of six sons and two daughters, as follows: Jonas, Christian, Manuel, Abraham, 
see forward; Daniel, Christina, Lucinda and David. Mr. Weaver, the father, 
died about 1860.
Abraham Weaver, son of Abraham Weaver, was born May 1, 1818.  About 1840 he 
settled on the farm now owned by his son, Jonas A. Weaver, and devoted 
himself to its cultivation in connection with the lumber business.  He owned 
several other farms, bought stock to supply the Johnstown markets, was a 
stockholder in the Scalp and Johnstown pike, of which he was the treasurer, 
and served several times as supervisor of Paint township.  His political 
principles were those advocated by the Republican party, and he was a member 
of the German Baptist church.  Mr. Weaver married Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob 
Stutzman, and their children were: Lucinda, born 1841, married Noah Miller, 
died about 1865; Steven B., born 1843, married Elizabeth Custer, had ten 
children; Mary, born 1845, wife of Henry Hostetler, had seven children; 
Samuel, born 1847, married Mary Berkey, has seven children; Jacob, born 1849, 
married Lavina Hoffman, has nine children; Abraham, born 1851, died 1853; 
Hiram, born 1853, married Frances Reed, has eight children; Susan, born 1856, 
wife of Isaac D. Shaffer, has eight children; Jonas A., see forward; 
Elizabeth, born 1866, died 1870.  The mother of this family died in 1877, and 
the death of Mr. Weaver occurred May 31, 1895.
Jonas A. Weaver, son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Stutzman) Weaver, was born 
September 22, 1860.  He settled on the homestead, where he has since lived as 
a farmer.  For the last seven years he has supplied milk to the inhabitants of 
Windber.  He is a stockholder in the Scalp and Johnstown pike, the Windber 
National Bank, the Johnstown Trust Company, the Citizens' National Bank, and 
the Hooversville National Bank, in which he is also a director.  He is a 
Republican and a member of the German Baptist church.
Mr. Weaver married Mary J., daughter of Hiram and Frances Shaffer, and 
granddaughter of David Shaffer.  The marriage took place November 4, 1883, the 
issue being as follows: Milton, born July 27, 1884; Charles, November 16, 
1885; Abraham, December 23, 1887; Hiram, September 25, 1889; Quinter, October 
14, 1891; Fannie, January 27, 1893; died March 12, 1900; and Joseph, March, 
24, 1902.  To these children Mr. Weaver has given the best educational 
facilities within his power, and Milton, the eldest, is now a teacher in one 
of the public schools.