Sierra County Biographies

Dr. R. S. Weston 

Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Nov. 2004

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm


 
was born at Belchertown, Massachusetts, in 1822, where he was raised. He 
received his education at Brown�s university, from which he graduated in 1845, 
taking a degree. He afterwards attended a medical college in Woodstock, Vermont, 
where the degree of M.D. was conferred on him, and commenced practice in Rhode 
Island. Dr. Weston came to California in 1851, via the Isthmus, and settled in 
Butte county, where he practiced three years. In 1854 he came to Forest City, 
engaged in mining until 1863, without success, when he was elected to the 
assembly on the republican ticket. In 1864 he returned to Forest City, and 
opened a drug store, which is still owned by him. His present store was erected 
by him after the fire of 1865. He has been postmaster of the town since 1860, 
telegraph operator since 1864, and justice of the peace since 1866. Dr. Weston 
was married in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1847, his wife dying a year after 
marriage. In 1851, at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, he married again, but lost his 
second wife in 1857. Two children by his second wife died in infancy. He is a 
member of the Knights of Pythias, and has been connected with the Good Templars 
lodge of Forest City since 1867. 
 
Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 
1513 to 1850. - Fariss and Smith, San Francisco,  1882. p 497