Alexandria City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Biographies.....Weightman, Roger C 1786 - 1861
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Source: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography Vol 2 1915
Author: Ed. Lyon Gardiner Tyler

Weightman, Roger C., born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1786. He was a printer, 
settled in Washington, DC., and at one time was congressional printer. During the 
war of 1812-14 he was an officer of cavalry,and subsequently became a general of 
District of Columbia militia. He was mayor of Washington in 1824-27, became 
cashier of the Washington Bank, and was for many years librarian of the patent 
office. He commanded the troops that were quartered in that building during the 
civil war. He died near Wilson's creek, Missouri, August 10, 1861.

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