"An Illustrated history of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties : with a
brief outline of the early history of the state of Oregon." Chicago?: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1902.  Page 623.  Malheur County.

JAMES WEAVER

     Deceased.  Among the worthy pioneers, the fruits of whose labors many of
the settlers of eastern Oregon are now enjoying, mention should be made of the
esteemed gentleman whose life's career it is now our privilege to outline.
Although he has since passed to his reward in another world, still his labors
speak and it is eminently fitting that a memorial of him be placed in this
volume of history.
     James Weaver was born in 1819 in the Blue Grass state, and when five years
of age he came with his parents to Indiana, where he was educated and grew to
manhood.  In 1852 his adventurous spirit led him to the gold fields of
California and seven years later he returned to the Indiana home.  He went
thence to Minnesota and in 1864 he made the arduous and dangerous trip across
the plains to Boise valley.  Later he went to Umatilla county and thence he was
called from his labors of this life in 1881.  He was a good man, a faithful
laborer for the development of the country, and was sincerely mourned in his
death.
     The marriage of Mr. Weaver and Miss Elizabeth Cole, a native of Indiana,
was solemnized in Indiana in 1846, and they became the parents of the following
named children:  Mary A., deceased; Hester A., deceased; William, deceased;
James, whose life is mentioned in this volume; and John, a resident of this
county.  The widow of Mr. Weaver resides near Vale, in this county, being
well-to-do and one of the respected and esteemed citizens, as also are her sons,
who have wrought here for some years.
     

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above.