Joseph Weed (1801 - 1888)

Born 20 Dec 1801 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Louisa Weed — married 7 Mar 1825 in Darien, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Husband of Jane (Tweedy) Weed — married 15 Dec 1835 in New York City, New York

Descendants

Died 9 Mar 1888 at age 86 in San Francisco, California, United States

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Biography

When Joseph Weed and his twin brother William Franklin were born on 20 Dec 1801, in Stamford, Connecticut, their father, Nathan, was 41, and their mother, Mary, was 37. He married Louisa Weed on 15 Dec 1835 in Stamford, Connecticut. Children: Joseph Henry, Nathan, Louisa, Alvah. After Louisa died in 1834 in Connecticut he married second Jane Tweedy on 15 Dec 1835 in New York City, New York. Children: Samuel Richards, Arthur, Beatrice, Arthur, Edgar, Edwin, Jessie Gordon. He died on 3 Mar 1888 in San Francisco, California, having lived a long life of 86 years, and was buried in Colma, California.

There are possibly 3 findagrave memorials for this Joseph. Correct burial is yet to be determined. It is possible his name was put next to his first wife's on a gravestone in Connecticut before he died as is sometimes done, and then he was actually buried in San Francisco instead.

Sources

• US Federal Census 1880

• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

• Connecticut Town Marriage Records

• San Francisco area California Funeral Home Records

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36762764