California Biographies Transcribed by Peggy Hooper This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm Source: History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin Valley, California. An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from its earliest settlement to the present time. Prof. James Miller Guinn , A. M. The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago 1905 Notes: Missing Page: 865-866,983-984,1175-1176 HENRY E. WEAVER. A man of excellent business capacity, keen foresight and great en- terprise, Henry E. Weaver holds a prominent position among the active and progressive agri- culturists of San Joaquin county. As a general farmer and grain raiser, he has met with un- questioned success, and in the harvesting and handling of the products of the eighteen hun- dred acres of land that are under his management he uses the most modern approved machinery, all of his implements and appliances being up-to-date and of a practical and substantial char- acter. A native of Pennsylvania, he was born March 5. 1872, in Westmoreland county, which was the home of his ancestors for several generations, being the birthplace of his father, J. L. Weaver, and of his grandfather, Henry Weaver. The latter, a farmer, came to California with a view to settling here in 1875, but being dissatisfied with the place returned to Westmoreland county and there passed his remaining days. Born and reared in Pennsylvania, J. L. Weaver began work for himself as a coal miner, but sub- sequently purchased land and was there employed .in tilling the soil from 1877 until 1884. Mi- grating then with his family to the Pacific coast, he located in Merced county, Cal., where he con- tinued his farming pursuits. Subsequently buying the ranch of one hundred and sixty acres that he now occupies, he has since been prosperously engaged in raising grain and stock. He married Jennie Greer, a native of the Keystone state, and they have three children, namely: Carrie, born February 10, 1870, and now the wife of Charles Sutliff , of San Joaquin county ; Henry E., with whom this brief sketch is principally concerned; and Lloyd, born July 9, 1875, engaged in farm- ing near Merced. Coming with his parents to California when twelve years old, Henry E. Weaver completed his early education in the schools of the Merced district. Working under his father's instruc- tions, he obtained a superior knowledge of the various branches of agriculture, remaining be- neath the parental roof-tree until his marriage, in 1892. Locating then in Stanislaus county, Mr. Weaver rented a ranch of seven hundred and twenty acres, near Turlock, and for a year was prosperously engaged in raising grain. In 1893, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Charles Sutliff, he rented the Joyce ranch of two thousand acres, which he operated a year. The ensuing four years he carried on the Mitchell ranch in Merced county, renting it and making considerable money. Locating in San Joaquin county in 1897, Mr. Weaver rented the Muenter and Sutliff ranches, together containing twelve hundred and fifty acres of land, and operated them successfully until the fall of 1904, when he gave up the Sutiiff farm. Removing then to the Harrison ranch, which contains one thousand acres of land, lying in Stanislaus county, he is carrying that on with characteristic success, and also manages the Muenter farm of eight hundred acres, which he still rents. Mr. Weaver raises one thousand acres of grain each year, running three ten-mule teams, and has a combined header and harvester, which is run by thirty-two head of horses and mules and cuts over forty acres of grain per day. In San Joaquin county, near Stockton. Mr. Weaver married Lulu May Sutliff, who was born March 7, 1872, near Stockton, a daughter of Charles B. Sutliff, and they have two children : Claude Leslie, born July 30. 1893, and Stella Myrtle, born June 4, 1897. Politically Mr. Weaver cordially supports the principles of the Democratic party by voice and vote. Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and of the Woodmen of the World.