Person:Henry Weaver (19)

The following information is taken from page 965 of M. Montgomery's Annals and was presumably written by Henry G. Weaver himself (around 1909) ^[1].

Excerpt from M. Montgomery's Annals

Henry G. Weaver, a well-known resident of Morgantown, Caernarvon township, Berks Co., Pa., where he is engaged in an undertaking and furniture business, was born Nov. 2, 1849, near Lititz, Lancaster county, son of Moses and Elizabeth (Grube) Weaver.

The ancestors of Henry G. Weaver came from Zurich, Switzerland, in 1709, being sent therefrom by Queen Anne, and settled in New Amsterdam, now the city of New York. In 1717 four brothers, John, Henry, Samuel and Jacob Weber (as the name was then spelled), located in Tulpehocken township, Berks county, and there remained one year. In 1718 three of these brothers removed to Lancaster county and took up property now known as Weaverland, where they died and were buried. One of these brothers is supposed to have been the grandfather of Henry G. Weaver's great-grandfather, who according to tradition was Christian Weber, born Dec. 25, 1731, in Lancaster county, and married Sept. 30, 1749, to Magdalena Ruth. To this union there were born eight sons and nine daughters, and from seven sons and five daughters there were born 99 grandchildren, 188 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren, all born during Christian Weber's natural life. The majority of this vast progeny attended his funeral, his death occurring Feb. 13, 1820.

Heinrich Weber, a son of Christian, moved into Cumru township (now Brecknock), Berks county, from Weaverland, Lancaster county, in 1784. He purchased a farm of 225 acres, which he cultivated all of his life, and in 1811 he built a barn upon this property, which is still standing. He married Miss Maria Huber, who bore him four sons and two daughters, namely: Samuel settled in Ohio; Henry, born July 7, 1794, died Jan. 16, 1873, married (first) Anna Bowman and (second) Veronica Gehman; Jonathan settled in Weaverland; Christian settled in Dauphin county, Pa.; Anna died single; and Mary married Peter Good.

Henry Weber, son of Heinrich, was a lifelong farmer in the Allegheny Valley, Brecknock township. He was a strict Mennonite, and an elder in his church. By his marriage to Anna Bowman, he had children: Lydia died young; Mary, born July 3, 1818, died Dec. 27, 1893; Soloman, born June 12, 1819, died Aug. 12, 1892; and Leah, born June 14, 1820, died June 26, 1820. He married (second) Veronica Gehman, born Sept. 4, 1805, died Dec. 12, 1894, the mother of seven children, as follows: Anna, born March 15, 1829, died June 7, 1829; Barbara, born June 7, 1830, died Aug. 24, 1830; Elizabeth, born Sept. 5, 1831, died Oct. 3, 1838; Israel, born July 10, 1834, died March 26, 1836; Sara, born Nov. 19, 1837, died Sept. 9, 1838; Veronica, born Nov. 3, 1839, married John Musser, a retired farmer of near Bowmansville, Lancaster county; and Henry G.

Henry G. Weber, son of Henry, was born Jan. 25, 1842, and has spent his life in agricultural pursuits, being now the owner of the old home farm.

He is a strict Mennonite in his religious belief. In 1863 he married Elizabeth Mosser, born Oct. 23, 1843, daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Bowman) Mosser, and ten children have been born to this union, as follows: Jacob, born Dec. 17, 1864, a farmer of Lancaster county, m. Hettie Ann Good; John, born March 27, 186-, and conducting the homestead, m. Lizzie Gehman; Noah, born Aug. 13, 1869, a farmer of near Adamstown, m. Hettie Gehman; Fannie, born Dec. 1, 1870, lives at home; Samuel, born May 2, 1872, a farmer of Lancaster county, m. Annie Bowman; Henry, Jr., born Oct. 23, 1873, a farmer near Goodville, Pa., m. Annie Good; Solomon, born May 2, 1875, a farmer near Bowmansville, m. Mary Good; Joseph, born Nov. 18, 1876, a farmer near Bowmansville, is married to Mary Hirsh; Aaron, born May 20, 1880, who is single, lives at home; Annie, born Nov. 11, 1883, is married to Henry Gehman, son of Abram Gehman. The Webers are an old Mennonite family, and many of them rest from their labors at the Allegheny Meeting House. Henry Weber (1794-1873) was a member of the building committee which erected the Allegheny Meeting House in the spring of 1855, and the ground upon which it stands was donated by Solomon Weber. The first minister was Rev. Christian Gehman, who preached the Word for about forty years, he being succeeded by Rev. Samuel Good, who continued here for a like period. At this time interest in the church began to decline, and Bishop Jacob Moseman, a native of Germany, was sent to the pastorate, he soon reviving the religious fervor. He was buried at the Gehman private burying ground, near the Gehman Meeting House close to Adamstown. Peter Musser succeeded Bishop Moseman, and he in turn was succeeded by Rev. Benjamin Horning, who was followed by Rev. Abram Gehman, the present pastors being Rev. Henry Good and his associates, Rev. Abram Gehman and Rev. Noah Bowman.

The grandfather of Henry G. Weaver, of Morgantown, was Daniel Weber, who was born in 1780, and died in 1860, after spending his life in Cumberland county. He married a Miss Buckwalter, who died in 1815, and among their children was a son, Moses, the father of Henry G. Moses Weaver was born near Manheim, Lancaster Co., Pa., March 4, 1813, and died Jan. 5, 1895. He married Elizabeth Grube, born in February, 1814, who died in July, 1891, and was buried at Weaverland.

When still a boy Henry G. Weaver removed with his parents to the eastern part of Lancaster county, and in 1872 he went to Honey Brook, Chester county, where he learned the cabinet maker's trade. In 1874 he located in Morgantown, and here he established the business in which he is now engaged, and which he has carried on very successfully ever since.

On Sept. 26, 1872, Mr. Weaver was married to Sarah Ellen Spotts, born April 18, 1854, in Chester county, who died at Morgantown, March 15, 1905, and was buried in the Caernarvon cemetery. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Weaver, as follows: Mary F., born Nov. 4, 1873, is a trained nurse; Laura M., born June 27, 1875, is also a trained nurse; Walter, born Aug. 1, 1878, is living with his father at Morgantown; Alice K., born Jan. 2, 1881, married in June, 1907, Morton Edwards, and lived in Morgantown; William C., born Jan. 29, 1885, is a student at the State College; and Katie, born Aug. 6, 1892, lives with her father at Morgantown. Mr. Weaver is a stanch Republican, and has filled the offices of auditor and judge of election. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, and his family of the Morgantown Methodist Church. He has been an industrious, progressive man, and has done much toward advancing the interests of Morgantown, where he has built three houses, in one of which he lives, the others being sold.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Morton L Montgomery. Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania. (Chicago: J H Beers & Co, 1909)
   pg. 965.

   http://berks.pa-roots.com/books/montgomery/w03.html#HenryGWeaver

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Weaver, Martin G. (Martin Good); W. Banks Weaver; and Paul L. Weaver. Weber - Weaver history: descendants of Henry Weber, 1690-1745, Swiss emigrant who settled in Weaverland in 1732. (McAlisterville, Pennsylvania (ed. 1) & Goshen, Indiana (ed. 3): W.B. Weaver, 1975)
   pg. 77, 1975.