San Joaquin County
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JESSE ALFRED WEAVER
J. A. WEAVER, a farmer of
Elliott Township, was born in Lawrence County, Tennessee, March 22, 1834, a son
of Isaac and Lettie (Lewis) Weaver; the father was
born in 1792, in North Carolina, and died in October, 1867, in Barry County,
Missouri; he served five years in the war of 1812. He enlisted in 1813, in
Buncombe County, North Carolina, and was transferred to New York, under
Harrison. He was discharged at Jefferson barracks, Missouri, in 1818. J. A.
Weaver, the subject of this biographical sketch, left his native State for
California, in 1854; he crossed the plains with a train of thirteen, and
arrived in Butte County, where Sanford’s ranch now is, September 2, 1854. He
remained there a couple of months, then started for
Placer County, where he was engaged in mining for six years. In 1860 he came to
this county and followed teaming and farming until he was at last able to
purchase a comfortable home. In 1884 he bought his ranch of 160 acres of well
improved land.
He was married October 9,
1881, in Stockton, California, to Mrs. Lilie Niman, who was born in Seneca County, New York, May 4, 1844, a daughter of Jacob and Cynthia (Harvey) Soper. They have one child: Jessie N., born in
Pottawattamie County, Iowa, October 15, 1868, living at home.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 456. Lewis Pub. Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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