The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 558 CLAUD HILL WEIR, M. D. Among those whose knowledge insures them a large medical practice is Dr. Claud Hill Weir, who for eight years has engaged in practice in Yakima, removing to the northwest in 1910. He was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, March 8, 1878, a son of William John and Margaret (Campbell) Weir, both of whom were of Scotch descent and were natives of Maryland. The father was a son of William Weir, who came from Londonderry, in the north of Ireland, but was of Scotch lineage. The grandfather was a contractor who carried on business along that line for many years in Maryland. William John Weir became a contracting engineer and his highly developed powers brought to him a very liberal and important patronage. He was the builder of the state capitol of North Carolina and did a large amount of railway work. Both he and his wife are now deceased. Dr. Weir pursued his education in the Frey & Morsen school, a private school for boys in North Carolina. He afterward entered the University of North Carolina, where he won the Bachelor of Science degree upon graduation with the class of 1899. He next entered Columbia College as a medical student and gained his professional degree in 1904. He then had the benefit of two and a half years' broad experience as interne in New York city, spending two years of that time in the New York City Hospital and six months in the New York Lying-In Hospital. He continued practicing for five years in New York city and in 1910 came to the Pacific northwest, settling in Yakima, where he has since followed his profession. He was surgeon for the government on construction work. He is a most able physician with broad knowledge and wide experience, and his professional standing is attested by his colleagues and contemporaries as well as by the general public. He owns two grain and stock farms in this section, having forty-five acres planted to alfalfa and one hundred and sixty acres to wheat. Dr. Weir was married in 1907 to Miss Laura Harriet Fraser, of New York City, who was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is of Scotch parentage, being a daughter of Joseph Fraser. Dr. Weir holds membership in Harlem Lodge No. 457, F. & A. M., and also with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is likewise connected with the Commercial Club and the Country Club and belongs to the Yakima County Medical Society. The Doctor is a veteran of the Spanish-American war and served as a surgeon at the base hospital at Camp Lewis during the World war. He takes keen interest in fishing and hunting but perhaps receives his greatest enjoyment from travel. He has been from coast to coast in his native country, visiting many points of modern and historic interest, and he is continually broadening his knowledge in this way as well as through reading. In connection with his profession he has never put aside his student habits. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.