Amador
County
Biographies
TREVOR WESTON
Trevor
Weston, who conducts a successful undertaking business in Plymouth, Amador
County, and also sells insurance, is a native of this place, born on the 20th
of August, 1880, his parents being Winfield Scott and Elizabeth (Wheeler)
Weston. Mr. Weston’s paternal
great-grandfather fought in the War of the Revolution, and several of his
uncles were soldiers in the Civil War.
Grandfather Weston, who fought in the Mexican War, came to California by
way of the Isthmus of Panama in 1863, but returned east in the following
year. After the close of the Civil War
he came back to California, settling at Oleta, Amador County, where he engaged
in mining. While there he witnessed an
attempt by a posse to capture Juan Murietta, the notorious Mexican bandit. He was a boot and shoemaker by trade and,
after trying his luck at mining, he returned to that trade, which was an
important one in those days, when all boots and shoes were made by hand. Later he again followed mining activities and
settled at Plymouth, where his death occurred June 16, 1912. His wife came to California in 1874 and first
lived at Volcano, but later moved to Oleta, where, in 1875, she met and became
the wife of Mr. Weston. They had five
sons and a daughter, but two of the sons are now deceased.
Trevor
Weston received his educational training in the local public schools and then
clerked in local stores for a while. For
about twenty years he was engaged in the butchering business, after which he
took up contracting and building. For
the past twelve years he has engaged in the undertaking business and has a well
equipped and nicely arranged establishment, and commands his full share of the
funeral directing of this section of the county. He is a notary public and represents a number
of the largest and strongest insurance companies in the country. He is an energetic and wide-awake business
man, has won success and stands high in public regard.
Mr. Weston was married to Miss Laura
G. Dugan, whose father, Albert C. Dugan, was a member of one of the old
families of El Dorado County, this state.
Mr. and Mrs. Weston are the parents of two children, Wilma and Elizabeth
Marie. Mrs. Weston is the present city
clerk of Plymouth and is discharging her official duties in a very capable and
satisfactory manner. Mr. Weston is a
Republican in his political view, and fraternally is a thirty-second degree
Mason, an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Ancient Egyptian Order of Sciots, the
Daughters of Rebekah and the Native Sons of the Golden West. A man of sterling qualities and genial
manner, he is greatly esteemed throughout the community where he has spent his
life.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 3, Pages 44-45. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
Golden Nugget Library's Amador County Biographies