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Honey Creek Twp. -
JOHN P. WEGER, farmer and stock-dealer, of Honey Creek
Township, Crawford County, was born in Lawrence County,
Ill., Apr. 7, 1839. William Weger, his father,
a hale old man of many winters, is residing near his son's
farm, in the same township. He was born in the east
part of Tennessee, the date of which has been made obscure
by the lost of the records of the family, but is supposed to
have been about 1808. He came to Crawford County, in
company with his parents, in 1828, at which time he was but
a child. By this marriage with Miss Elizabeth
Highsmith, Jan. 8, 1832, they had ten children born to
them, amongst whom was John W., the subject of this
sketch. The rest of the children of the family were
Malisse, Matilda, Mary E., Margaret, Joseph, George R.,
Eliza A. and James William. Two not named
died in infancy. She was a native of Kentucky, and
died in Crawford County, Ill., Nov. 15, 1853. After
her death he married as second wife, Miss Nancy Lackey.
They had four children born to them, as follows:
William Jasper, Jesse N., Sarah Ann, Charles S. Adam
Lackey, father of Mrs. Weger, was born in
Tennessee, and fought under Gen. Marion during the
revolution. Her name was Catharine Lester.
She was born in Tennessee, and was the mother of eighteen
children. She died about the year 1856. Mr.
Weger was reared a farmer, and his early life was
necessarily accompanied by hardships and privations incident
to pioneer life. He, however, acquired a fair
education in the neighborhood school. Though poor, yet
possessed with the riches of hardihood and the industrious
characteristics of his father, he soon made a start in life,
and at present time is one of the principal farmers and
stock-dealers of the county. He was married in
Crawford County, Ill., Apr. 2, 1868, to Miss Lavina Jones,
daughter of Lewis and Polly Jones. Both were
born in Pennsylvania, the former, Aug. 6, 1801, and the
latter, 1807. Mr. Weger has five children, as
follows: Mary Elizabeth, Josephine, John O., Carl
Carson and Louisa. He and wife are both
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is also
a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he officiated
as Worthy Master for ten years.
--- Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois -
Illustrated -
Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
Lakeside Building,
1883 - Page 369 |
