Perry Weaver
Perry Weaver, son of David Weaver, was born in Centre County, Penn., May 15, 1822. His father, who was also a native of that county and State, came to Ohio in 1831, locating in Congress Township, Wayne County, where he purchased 160 acres of land, and here spent the remainder of his days, dying in his sixty-eighth year. He reared and educated a family of ten children, who grew to manhood and womanhood.
His son, Perry, the subject proper of these lines, received liberal education at the public schools, and in his boyhood and early manhood experienced the Areadian life of a farmer's boy, from which he evolved, by his own individual exertions, into the successful and highly respected agriculturist he is today. December 31, 1841, he was united in marriage with Mary Ann, daughter of John Funnalman, who was one of the early pioneers of Wayne County, Ohio. To this union were born fourteen children, six of whom survive. Mr. Weaver commenced life with $500 given him by his father, and by hard work, indomitable perseverance, careful industry and judicious management he has now one of the finest improved farms in the county, embracing 228 acres. He and his estimable wife have long been identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church; in politics he is a Democrat.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889