Individual Details
Charles Monroe WEAVER
(2 Feb 1867 - 15 Jan 1957)
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SIXTH GENERATION
844. Charles Monroe Weaver was born on 2 Feb 1867 in Carbondale,Jackson County, Illinois. He appeared on the census on 20 Apr 1910 inCommerce Township, Scott County, Missouri. (1189) He appeared on thecensus on 5 Feb 1920 in Commerce Township, Scott County, Missouri.(1190) He appeared on the census on 2 Apr 1930 in Johnston City,Williamson County, Illinois.(1191) He died on 15 Jan 1957 in JohnstonCity, Williamson County, Illinois. He was buried in Lakeview Cemetery,Williamson County, Illinois.
Obituary of Charles M WEAVER, Williamson & Franklin County, Illinois
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Susan Merrell
Obituary clipping found among my grandmother and great grandmothersbelongings.
Obit of Charles N. Weaver
There were articles about Charles N. Weaver found in mygreat-grandmothers belongs. The first, shorter one is below is datedJan 15, 1957 and is clearly his obituary.
The second, undated, is a longer write up and seems to be a biography.It
has a picture of the subject setting on the front porch of what lookslike
someone's house.
Obit of Charles N. Weaver.
Dated Jan 15, 1957 in ink at the top of the clipping. Newspaperunknown
but I think it was probably the Johnston City Progress.
Aged Minister to Deliver Sermon at Own Funeral.
An aged Johnston City minister will preach his own funeral Thursday
afternoon.
Elder C. N. Weaver, who would have been 90 years old February 15,several years ago had a recording made of a sermon he delivered forhis own funeral. He died today.
A minister friend, Rev. Homer Young, Nashville, who's church was closeto
Elder Weaver's when the Nashville minister was pastor of the JohnstonCity
First Methodist church a few years ago, will conduct the service.
Elder Weaver's church is the Pleasant Hill Baptist church on PineStreet in
Johnston City. Its last service was conducted by him on October 28.
The funeral service will be held at 2 pm Thursday at the Murman-Wilson
funeral home in Johnston City, where the body will lie in state after6 pm
today. Burial will be in Lakeview cemetery, east of Johnston City.
The aged man died suddenly at 7:30 am at his home, 601 East 9thStreet,
Johnston City. Although in failing health for several years, he hadnot
been bedfast. Death is attributed to a heart attack.
He was the son of Jess Weaver and Cynthia Hunter Weaver, pioneerWilliamson county settlers. Ordained in 1892 at the Pleasant HillBaptist church, then located south of Johnston City, he went to Illmo,Mo., where he
resided several years. He returned to Johnston City 28 years ago.
Survivors are his wife, Alice, three daughters, Mrs. Louis Eifert,Decatur;
Mrs. Viola Moore, Chicago, and Mrs. Grace Smith, DuQuoin, and son Fred
Weaver, Illmo. Four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren also
survive.
Biography of Charles M. Weaver.
Elder Charles Monroe Weaver, 601 E. 9th Street, Johnston City, is ourNeighbor today. One of seven children, six sons and one daughter bornto Jesse and Cynthia Hunter weaver, he was born Feb 15, 1867 nearCarbondale, Jackson county.
Elder Weaver's family background is connected with four pioneerfamilies of Williamson County, the Weavers and Bakers, the Hunters andDuncans. While his ancestors were mostly farmers, among theirimmediate descendants are found ministers of the gospel, lawyers,doctors and schoolteachers.
The first school Elder Weaver attended was that known as Youngdistrict school near the farm of Esq. Will Young. His first teacherwas Dr. Matt Fowler. Following district schools, he attended a selectterm of school taught by Jack Gambrill at old Shake-Rag, east ofJohnston City. R.W. Jones, owner and publisher of the Johnston CityProgress was also enrolled in this school.
In the year 1889, Elder weaver left Illinois and went into the stateof Missouri, locating and finding employment on a farm near Commerce,in Scott County. In the spring and summer of 1891, he worked on thefarm for Thomas A. Matthews, and on the 15th day of October of thatyear was married to Addie Alice Matthews, the eldest daughter ofThomas and Martha Matthews. He followed farming and stock raising for35 years or until 1928, when he and his wife returned to Illinois tomake their home.
Elder and Mrs. Weaver were parents of five children, three daughtersand two sons. Their first born, a son, died in infancy. Theirsurviving children are Mrs. Lola Eifert of Decatur, Mrs. Viola Mooreof Chicago, Mrs. Grace Smith of DuQuoin and their son Fred P. Weaverof Illmo Mo, who is a railroad conductor on the Cotton Belt Railroad.
Elder Weaver joined the Pleasant Hill Primitive Baptist church when hewas 12 years old. The church was located one mile south of JohnstonCity. In 1882, he was ordained a minister and was immediately calledby that church to serve as pastor and continued in that capacity for55 years. The church is now located in Johnston City and Elder Weaverpreaches there regularly twice a month.
He has been moderator of the Bethel Association of Primitive Baptistsin Southern Illinois for the past 51 years. The approximately numberof funerals he has conducted in his 58 years in the ministry, reaches1000 to 1500.
Elder Weaver was a splendid singer in his youth and attended singingschools taught by John Hicks, and mastered the rudiments of vocalmusic and became an efficient teacher of vocal music and taughtseveral schools.
In 1917 he wrote a book of more than 200 pages, entitled "My God andMy Salvation," and had it published by the Egyptian Printing Companyof Marion. This book was read throughout the United States, Canada andin some countries overseas. In 1925 he wrote and had printed anothersmaller book treating the subjects of the state of the dead and futurepunishment. This book was printed by the Lewis Brothers Publishing Co,of Christopher.
Elder Weaver has written many poems, some of which have been printedin different periodicals throughout Southern Illinois and elsewhere.His poems received the personal compliments of the noted Edgar A.Guest, telling Mr. Weaver that his poems compare favorably with thoseof James Whitcomb Riley.
In 1908 Our Neighbor founded a religious paper, "PredestinarianBaptist" and his first publishers were the late Co. John Greer and hisson David, who were publishing a county paper in DuQuoin at the time.
In all his 58 years of ministry he has never prepared a sermon or evenused notes but just speaks "out of my heart what the Lord gives me tosay."
Mr. and Mrs. Weaver will have been married 57 years on October 15th.He is 81 years old and she will be 76 next Monday.
He was married to Addie Alice Matthews on 15 Oct 1891 in Commerce,Missouri. Addie Alice Matthews was born on 27 Jul 1872 in Commerce,Missouri. She died on 30 Jun 1962 in Johnston City, Williamson County,Illinois. She was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Williamson County,Illinois.
Obituary of Alice Matthews WEAVER, Williamson & Franklin County,Illinois
This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by:
Susan Merrell
Obituary clipping found among my grandmother and great grandmothers
belongings.
Obit of Alice Weaver
Dated in by hand in ink as July 7, no year is given. Newspaper:Johnston City Progress.
Mrs. Alice Weaver, 89, Died Here Sunday.
Mrs. Alice M. Weaver, 89, of 601 East 9th St., died at 12:10 pmSaturday at
her home. She was the widow of Elder Charles M. Weaver who passed awayJan
16, 1957.
Mrs. Weaver was born at Commerce, Mo., July 27, 1872, the daughter of
Thomas A. and Martha Wilmore Matthews. She had lived in this city 34
years.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Viola Moore of this city;Mrs.
Louis Eifert, Decatur and Mrs. Grace Smith, DuQuoin; a son Fred Weaverof
Illmo, Mo.; four grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon by Rev. Homer Youngof
Karnak at the Murman-Wilson Funeral home. Burial was in LakeviewCemetery.
Charles Monroe Weaver and Addie Alice Matthews had the followingchildren:
+1515 i. Lola Weaver.
1516 ii. Thomas Loren Weaver was born on 6 Dec 1892 in Scott County,Missouri. He died on 9 Feb 1894 in Scott County, Missouri. He wasburied in Thomas Mathews Farm, Commerce, Missouri.
+1517 iii. Viola Weaver.
+1518 iv. Grace Marie Weaver.
+1519 v. Fred Perkins Weaver.
SIXTH GENERATION
844. Charles Monroe Weaver was born on 2 Feb 1867 in Carbondale,Jackson County, Illinois. He appeared on the census on 20 Apr 1910 inCommerce Township, Scott County, Missouri. (1189) He appeared on thecensus on 5 Feb 1920 in Commerce Township, Scott County, Missouri.(1190) He appeared on the census on 2 Apr 1930 in Johnston City,Williamson County, Illinois.(1191) He died on 15 Jan 1957 in JohnstonCity, Williamson County, Illinois. He was buried in Lakeview Cemetery,Williamson County, Illinois.
Obituary of Charles M WEAVER, Williamson & Franklin County, Illinois
This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by:
Susan Merrell
Obituary clipping found among my grandmother and great grandmothersbelongings.
Obit of Charles N. Weaver
There were articles about Charles N. Weaver found in mygreat-grandmothers belongs. The first, shorter one is below is datedJan 15, 1957 and is clearly his obituary.
The second, undated, is a longer write up and seems to be a biography.It
has a picture of the subject setting on the front porch of what lookslike
someone's house.
Obit of Charles N. Weaver.
Dated Jan 15, 1957 in ink at the top of the clipping. Newspaperunknown
but I think it was probably the Johnston City Progress.
Aged Minister to Deliver Sermon at Own Funeral.
An aged Johnston City minister will preach his own funeral Thursday
afternoon.
Elder C. N. Weaver, who would have been 90 years old February 15,several years ago had a recording made of a sermon he delivered forhis own funeral. He died today.
A minister friend, Rev. Homer Young, Nashville, who's church was closeto
Elder Weaver's when the Nashville minister was pastor of the JohnstonCity
First Methodist church a few years ago, will conduct the service.
Elder Weaver's church is the Pleasant Hill Baptist church on PineStreet in
Johnston City. Its last service was conducted by him on October 28.
The funeral service will be held at 2 pm Thursday at the Murman-Wilson
funeral home in Johnston City, where the body will lie in state after6 pm
today. Burial will be in Lakeview cemetery, east of Johnston City.
The aged man died suddenly at 7:30 am at his home, 601 East 9thStreet,
Johnston City. Although in failing health for several years, he hadnot
been bedfast. Death is attributed to a heart attack.
He was the son of Jess Weaver and Cynthia Hunter Weaver, pioneerWilliamson county settlers. Ordained in 1892 at the Pleasant HillBaptist church, then located south of Johnston City, he went to Illmo,Mo., where he
resided several years. He returned to Johnston City 28 years ago.
Survivors are his wife, Alice, three daughters, Mrs. Louis Eifert,Decatur;
Mrs. Viola Moore, Chicago, and Mrs. Grace Smith, DuQuoin, and son Fred
Weaver, Illmo. Four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren also
survive.
Biography of Charles M. Weaver.
Elder Charles Monroe Weaver, 601 E. 9th Street, Johnston City, is ourNeighbor today. One of seven children, six sons and one daughter bornto Jesse and Cynthia Hunter weaver, he was born Feb 15, 1867 nearCarbondale, Jackson county.
Elder Weaver's family background is connected with four pioneerfamilies of Williamson County, the Weavers and Bakers, the Hunters andDuncans. While his ancestors were mostly farmers, among theirimmediate descendants are found ministers of the gospel, lawyers,doctors and schoolteachers.
The first school Elder Weaver attended was that known as Youngdistrict school near the farm of Esq. Will Young. His first teacherwas Dr. Matt Fowler. Following district schools, he attended a selectterm of school taught by Jack Gambrill at old Shake-Rag, east ofJohnston City. R.W. Jones, owner and publisher of the Johnston CityProgress was also enrolled in this school.
In the year 1889, Elder weaver left Illinois and went into the stateof Missouri, locating and finding employment on a farm near Commerce,in Scott County. In the spring and summer of 1891, he worked on thefarm for Thomas A. Matthews, and on the 15th day of October of thatyear was married to Addie Alice Matthews, the eldest daughter ofThomas and Martha Matthews. He followed farming and stock raising for35 years or until 1928, when he and his wife returned to Illinois tomake their home.
Elder and Mrs. Weaver were parents of five children, three daughtersand two sons. Their first born, a son, died in infancy. Theirsurviving children are Mrs. Lola Eifert of Decatur, Mrs. Viola Mooreof Chicago, Mrs. Grace Smith of DuQuoin and their son Fred P. Weaverof Illmo Mo, who is a railroad conductor on the Cotton Belt Railroad.
Elder Weaver joined the Pleasant Hill Primitive Baptist church when hewas 12 years old. The church was located one mile south of JohnstonCity. In 1882, he was ordained a minister and was immediately calledby that church to serve as pastor and continued in that capacity for55 years. The church is now located in Johnston City and Elder Weaverpreaches there regularly twice a month.
He has been moderator of the Bethel Association of Primitive Baptistsin Southern Illinois for the past 51 years. The approximately numberof funerals he has conducted in his 58 years in the ministry, reaches1000 to 1500.
Elder Weaver was a splendid singer in his youth and attended singingschools taught by John Hicks, and mastered the rudiments of vocalmusic and became an efficient teacher of vocal music and taughtseveral schools.
In 1917 he wrote a book of more than 200 pages, entitled "My God andMy Salvation," and had it published by the Egyptian Printing Companyof Marion. This book was read throughout the United States, Canada andin some countries overseas. In 1925 he wrote and had printed anothersmaller book treating the subjects of the state of the dead and futurepunishment. This book was printed by the Lewis Brothers Publishing Co,of Christopher.
Elder Weaver has written many poems, some of which have been printedin different periodicals throughout Southern Illinois and elsewhere.His poems received the personal compliments of the noted Edgar A.Guest, telling Mr. Weaver that his poems compare favorably with thoseof James Whitcomb Riley.
In 1908 Our Neighbor founded a religious paper, "PredestinarianBaptist" and his first publishers were the late Co. John Greer and hisson David, who were publishing a county paper in DuQuoin at the time.
In all his 58 years of ministry he has never prepared a sermon or evenused notes but just speaks "out of my heart what the Lord gives me tosay."
Mr. and Mrs. Weaver will have been married 57 years on October 15th.He is 81 years old and she will be 76 next Monday.
He was married to Addie Alice Matthews on 15 Oct 1891 in Commerce,Missouri. Addie Alice Matthews was born on 27 Jul 1872 in Commerce,Missouri. She died on 30 Jun 1962 in Johnston City, Williamson County,Illinois. She was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Williamson County,Illinois.
Obituary of Alice Matthews WEAVER, Williamson & Franklin County,Illinois
This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by:
Susan Merrell
Obituary clipping found among my grandmother and great grandmothers
belongings.
Obit of Alice Weaver
Dated in by hand in ink as July 7, no year is given. Newspaper:Johnston City Progress.
Mrs. Alice Weaver, 89, Died Here Sunday.
Mrs. Alice M. Weaver, 89, of 601 East 9th St., died at 12:10 pmSaturday at
her home. She was the widow of Elder Charles M. Weaver who passed awayJan
16, 1957.
Mrs. Weaver was born at Commerce, Mo., July 27, 1872, the daughter of
Thomas A. and Martha Wilmore Matthews. She had lived in this city 34
years.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Viola Moore of this city;Mrs.
Louis Eifert, Decatur and Mrs. Grace Smith, DuQuoin; a son Fred Weaverof
Illmo, Mo.; four grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon by Rev. Homer Youngof
Karnak at the Murman-Wilson Funeral home. Burial was in LakeviewCemetery.
Charles Monroe Weaver and Addie Alice Matthews had the followingchildren:
+1515 i. Lola Weaver.
1516 ii. Thomas Loren Weaver was born on 6 Dec 1892 in Scott County,Missouri. He died on 9 Feb 1894 in Scott County, Missouri. He wasburied in Thomas Mathews Farm, Commerce, Missouri.
+1517 iii. Viola Weaver.
+1518 iv. Grace Marie Weaver.
+1519 v. Fred Perkins Weaver.
Events
| Birth | 2 Feb 1867 | Carbondale, Jackson Co., IL | |||
| Census | 1 Jun 1870 | P.O. Jeffersonville, Twp. 8 Range 3, Williamson Co., IL, pg. 6; Charles Weaver, 3 (1866-67) born IL. | |||
| Census | 1 Jun 1880 | Twp. 8 Range 3 East, Lake Creek, Williamson Co., IL, ED 138 pg 30D; Charley Weaver, son, 13 (1866-67) born IL both parents born TN [sic], farmer. | |||
| Marriage | 15 Oct 1891 | Commerce, Scott Co., MO - Addie Alice MATTHEWS | |||
| Census | 1 Jun 1900 | Marion, Williamson Co., IL, ED 118 Sh 18B; C. M. Weaver, head, born Feb 1868, 32, married 9 yr., born IL both parents born IL, minister. | |||
| Census | 15 Apr 1910 | Commerce Twp., Scott Co., MO, ED 163 Sh 7B; Charles M. Weaver, head, 43 (1866-67), marriage 1 of 18 yr., born IL both parents born IL, farmer. | |||
| Census | 1 Jan 1920 | Commerce Twp., Scott Co., MO, ED 186 Sh 14A; Charles Weaver, head, 52(?) (1867), married, born IL both parents born IL, farmer. | |||
| Census | 1 Apr 1930 | Johnston City, Lake Creek Twp., Williamson Co., IL, ED 36 Sh 1B; C. M. Weaver, head, 63 (1866-67), 24 at first marriage, born IL both parents born IL clergeman [sic] - Baptist church. | |||
| Death | 15 Jan 1957 | Johnston City, Williamson Co., IL | |||
| Reference No | 6525 |
Families
| Spouse | Addie Alice MATTHEWS (1872 - 1962) |
| Child | Thomas Loren WEAVER (1892 - 1894) |
| Child | Lola WEAVER (1895 - 1984) |
| Child | Viola WEAVER (1897 - 1983) |
| Child | Grace Marie WEAVER (1900 - 1974) |
| Child | Fred Perkins WEAVER (1905 - 1994) |
| Father | Jesse WEAVER (1834 - 1877) |
| Mother | Cynthia Ann HUNTER (1837 - 1912) |
| Sibling | Alfred WEAVER (1858 - 1878) |
| Sibling | Thomas M. WEAVER (1860 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Mary Emily WEAVER (1862 - 1883) |
| Sibling | William Edgar WEAVER (1864 - 1949) |
| Sibling | George W. WEAVER (1872 - 1893) |
| Sibling | Henry Bert WEAVER (1874 - 1954) |