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The third generation of his family to live in Front Royal (his grandfather having moved from Culpeper and earlier German ancestors having anglicized their probable "Weber" surname), he was the middle of three sons born to the former Emma Hanson (1851–1920) and her husband William Cass Weaver Sr. (1849–1934).
As a slaveholding family, many members of the Weaver family fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War, such as Captain Elbert Weaver (1841–1935), who was Montraville's first son, and Private Abraham Weaver (1832–1913), who deserted in northern Georgia after his unit was slaughtered during Wheeler's October 1863 Raid.
Clement Weaver (c. 1620-1683), also known as Clement Weaver Jr. and Sergeant Clement Weaver, was a member of the House of Deputies of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in 1678, [1] [2] one of the founders of East Greenwich, [2] [3] [4] and the immigrant ancestor of thousands of Weaver descendants in the United States. [4]
G. W. Wood Jr. was born in 1844 [1] in Turkey [2] as his father was a missionary there. After graduating from Hamilton College in Upstate New York in 1865, [3] he taught and pursued advanced studies at the college of the City of New York. [4] He graduated from Union Theological Seminary in New York City in 1869. [5]
In 1930 Joseph Weaver died and a new family partnership was made, L.E. Weaver and his son. Ed Weaver's son was L.A. Weaver. In 1941 Ed Weaver died and L.A. Weaver changed the shipyard to Weaver Shipyards. Weaver Shipyards became a partnership of several a Weaver family members. [1] During World War II there was a great demand for shipbuilding ...
George Leon-Paul Weaver (May 18, 1912 – July 14, 1995) was an American labor leader, active in promoting civil rights both in the US and internationally. After serving as Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs in both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, he was elected chair of the governing body of the International Labour Organization, a United Nations body, in 1968. [1]
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George W. Peirce was born as the third son of Thomas Tarbell Peirce (born Sept. 5, 1817; died Jan. 8, 1875) and Lydia Jane Pratt,. [13] [14] Four sons were born to Thomas T. and Lydia J. (Pratt) Peirce, as follows : Henry Leeds, b. in Harrison, Maine, Nov. 17, 1842. Married and settled in Lynde, Minn.