Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Page 857

JOHN E. WEAVER, who is engaged in the manufacture and sale of harness, on Main street, in the village of Valley Center, is a native of Macoupin County, and was born April 17, 1859. He is the second child in a family of eleven children, born to his parents, Thomas J. and Mary F. (Bainbridge) Weaver, natives of Ohio and Illinois respectively.

            The parents of the father of our subject were natives of Ohio, in which State he was reared upon his father's farm. In an early day he removed to Illinois, and was one of the pioneers who broke the way for civilization into the grassy wilderness of Macoupin County. He remained in the latter place, engaged in tilling the soil, until 1870, when he came to Kansas and settled in Neosho County, where he is now living.

            The subject of our personal narrative was also reared upon a farm, and received his education in the district school of his native State and of Kansas. On arriving at a suitable age, he commenced an apprenticeship at the trade of harness-making, which business he thoroughly conquered. In 1882 he came to this portion of the State, and locating at Wichita followed his trade for three years, after which he removed to Valley Center and opened his present place of business. In 1886 he purchased a good home in Grant Township, where he has made his residence ever since. He carries full lines of everything requisite in the business, and by his pleasant manners and accommodating disposition, is building up quite a promising trade. As a man, he is esteemed as upright and honorable in all things, and as a merchant, one of undoubted integrity and industry.

            September 16, 1886, Mr. Weaver and Mrs. Alma Rumberger were united in marriage. The lady in question is a native of Logan County, Ill., and was born Oct. 29, 1855. She is the sixth child in a family of seven born to her parents, Norman and Margaret (Carnahan) Sumner, both of whom were natives of Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver are the parents of one child, Reedie Rumberger, who was born in June, 1875. In politics it may be said that Mr. Weaver is a Republican, although he is not very active in that line. He has, however, held the office of member of the Council with considerable credit and honor to himself. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while his wife communes at the Christian Church. They are estimable and sincere Christian people, and enjoy the regard and respect of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Their endeavor is to so lead a blameless life in this world, that when they are called upon to enter into the "life elysian, whose portals we call death," they may be entitled to a place in the land promised unto the faithful.

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