An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The
Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893

DAN L. WEAVER, the youthful member of the well-known firm of Alice Houghton &
Co., Spokane, Washington, is a native son of the Golden West, having been born
in Stockton, California, October 21, 1872. His father, Henry W. Weaver, a native
of Pennsylvania, is one of the early settlers of San Joaquin county, and is a
veteran of the Civil war, having served as a member of the Thirty-second
Illinois Volunteers during the entire war. The maiden name of young Weaver's
mother was Ellen Gertrude Cook. She is a descendant of one of the oldest
families of the State of New York. At the age of fifteen Dan L. engaged in the
grain business with his father, continuing in it about eighteen months. Desiring
to extend his business experience, he accepted a position with the firm of
Jackson & Earle, a large hard-ware house of his native city. Being of an
earnest, active disposition, his sole pleasure was derived in acquainting
himself with business methods that would be of service to him in the commercial
life he intended to lead. Not of a robust constitution, he determined to come to
the Northwest, and at the earnest solicitation of family friends he selected
Spokane as the place of his future abode. He is well fitted by education to
bring to a successful issue any enterprise he may undertake, having received a
thorough education in the public schools of his native city. Upon his arrival in
Spokane in the spring of 1890, Mr. Weaver associated himself with the insurance
firm of Hampton & Co., and afterward with T.E. Jefferson & Co. Recently he
became a partner with Mrs. Alice Houghton in the real-estate and insurance
business, giving his attention principally to the latter department. Not long
ago the local board of underwriters was organized and he was elected secretary,
the duties of which office he discharges with great zeal and efficiency. He has
invested considerable money in real estate, and is now the owner of some fine
property which, in the course of the next few years, coupled with his mining
interests, will undoubtedly make a rich man of him. Mr. Weaver has the bearing
of a thorough gentleman, and his looks do not belie him. He is often cited as an
example of the brilliant careers open to capable young men in the city of
Spokane and other Western cities.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in January 2004 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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