John F. Weaver Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1084-1085 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was 
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				JOHN F. WEAVER. 

	John F. Weaver, now serving for the third term as treasurer of 
Potter county, has been a resident of the county during the past three 
decades and was long and successfully identified with general 
agricultural pursuits here. His birth occurred in Pioneer, Williams 
county, Ohio, on the 15th of October, 1861, his parents being John M. 
and Caroline (Snow) Weaver, who were natives of Pennsylvania and New 
York respectively The father, who followed farming throughout his 
entire business career, removed to Ohio with his parents when about 
eighteen years of age and was married in the Buckeye state. 
Subsequently he established his home in Michigan, where his demise 
occurred in January, 1900, while his wife passed away in March, 1905. 
John M. Weaver served in the Civil war as a ninety-day recruit in an 
Ohio regiment. He held some local township offices but never sought nor 
desired the honors and emoluments of public preferment. 

	John F. Weaver, the second in order of birth in a family of three 
children, acquired his education in his native town and also attended 
country schools. When nineteen years of age he secured employment as a 
farm hand in Ohio but at the end of about six months returned home, 
subsequently spending a part of his time under the parental roof and 
being engaged for about three years in railroad work. He was married 
when a young man of twenty-two years and devoted his attention to 
farming on the homestead place until the spring of 1885, when he came 
to South Dakota, locating on a farm six miles south of Lebanon. In the 
operation of that property he was busily engaged until elected to the 
office of county treasurer in 1904 taking office January 1, 1905, and 
since that time his attention has been given to duties of a public 
nature. He served as county treasurer for two consecutive terms and was 
then employed as deputy treasurer until again elected treasurer in 
1914, being the capable incumbent at the present time. He is likewise 
the vice president of the First National Bank of Gettysburg and still 
owns the land on which he settled when he came to this state. 

	On the 4th of October, 1883, Mr. Weaver v as united in marriage 
to Miss Josephine L. Ennis, a native of Iowa and a daughter of Isaac 
and Harriet (Russell) Ennis, both of whom were born in New York. They 
came to South Dakota in May, 1884, and took up their abode on a farm 
six miles south and one mile east of Lebanon, whereon the father passed 
away in the fall of 1896. The mother now makes her home in Gettysburg 
with our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver have six children, as follows: 
Ethel, the wife of Henri S. Klein, who is employed as clerk in a 
hardware store of Gettysburg; Blanche, the wife of Louis Klein. who is 
proprietor of a restaurant in Gettysburg; May, living at home, who was 
formerly engaged in teaching school and has also served in the 
capacities of deputy county treasurer and deputy county auditor; Fay, 
also living with her parents, who formerly taught school and is now 
serving as deputy register; Roy, who assists his father in his official 
duties; and Lloyd, who is attending school. 

	Mr. Weaver gives his political allegiance to the republican party 
and has served as school treasurer and in other public positions in 
addition to that of treasurer of the county, ever making a most 
commendable record as a faithful, reliable and trustworthy official. 
Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, belonging to the 
blue lodge at Gettysburg, in which he is now serving as junior deacon. 
He also acts as treasurer of the local organization of the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows and is likewise affiliated with the Ancient Order 
of United Workmen. His life has been upright and honorable in every 
relation and he has long been numbered among the prosperous, 
representative and valued citizens of his community.