Santa
Clara County
Biographies
CLARENCE ROY WEAVER, D.D.S.
C.R.
WEAVER, D.D.S., has carried on the practice of dentistry in Gilroy continuously
since 1885, and in the meantime has witnessed many changes in the city. He has seen its interests multiply, its homes
increase in number and beauty, and its resources for the industriously inclined
take on added possibility and vigor. His
own advancement, from the small and not overly prepossessing quarters in which
he first announced his intentions to the community, to his present
establishment on Fifth street, illustrates better than aught else the stride
which has encompassed among his wholesome and inspiring surroundings. His office in connection with his home is
complete and up-to-date, equipped with the most expensive and latest
instruments and furnishings, and lighted by electricity generated from his own
plant. That the doctor has thorough
mechanical ingenuity is evident, not only from his skill along dental surgery
lines, but from the fact that he made his own electric engines and all of his
electric appliances. Since the early
part of his residence here he has been engaged in the pharmacy business on and
off, alone until 1889, when the pressure of dental work induced the selling of
a part of the drug stock, and thereafter continuing the business under the firm
name of Weaver & Wents. The
continued enlargement of his professional responsibility resulted in the entire
disposal of the drug interest in 1899, since which time he has devoted his
energies solely to his profession.
Dr. Weaver is justly proud of his descent
from Everard Bogardus, kin of one of the old Holland kings, who was born in Old
Amsterdam, Holland. The Dutch clergyman,
who became one of the great factors in the New Amsterdam, now known as New York
City, during the early part of 1600, was the owner of the farm called Dominie’s
Bouwerie, now the property of the Trinity Church corporation in New York
City. His zeal in well doing was
tragically terminated in the Bristol Channel September 26, 1647, through the
wrecking of the vessel upon which he sailed.
The reputation for meritorious accomplishment established by this remote
ancestor seems to have been sustained by his successors, who have attained to
high places in business and professional life, and have eve transferred their
worthiness to the upbuilding [sic.] of the west. A.R. Weaver, the father of the doctor, was
born in Utica, N.Y., and previous to coming to California in the early days
practiced law in his native state. In
Colusa county he was elevated to the bench, becoming
judge of the county, and held this position at the time of his death in
1872. His wife, formerly Eliza Tibbetts,
was born in Nova Scotia, and was the daughter of a captain engaged in the
coasting trade. Mrs. Weaver came to California
when quite young, and now lives in Chico, this state.
The only
child born to his parents, Dr. Weaver was born in Colusa, Cal., November 5,
1862, and at the early age of seventeen began to study medicine and dentistry
in Princeton, eventually devoting his entire time to the later science. He began to practice his profession in
Princeton in 1884, and the following year located in Gilroy, which therefore
embraces practically all of his professional life. The doctor
is a member of the State Dental Association, and is variously connected
fraternally, being a member and senior warden of Keith Lodge No. 187, F.&
A.M.; Gilroy Lodge, I.O.O.F., of which he is past grand and past district
deputy; and Independent Order of Foresters, of which has is past chief
ranger. Dr. Weaver is possessed of
excellent business ability and experience, is well informed on the questions of
the day, takes a lively interest in the well-being of the community, and is in
all respects an honorable and creditable representative of the first generation
of native born Californians.
Transcribed by
Louise E Shoemaker, September 20, 2015.
Source: History
of the State of California & Biographical Record of Coast Counties,
California by Prof. J. M. Guinn, A. M., Pages 770-771. The Chapman
Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904.
© 2015 Louise E. Shoemaker.