Son of David Weir and Eliza Septer born in Iowa. Died in Kansas of pleura-pneumonia. When he was 10 years of age he came to Kansas, with his parents, where his home has since been. He married about 10 years ago to Miss Lillie Pyke, who with four small children, parents, three brothers and four sisters survive him. Funeral services held on the Sabbath afternoon attended by a large concourse of people at the Brethen in Christ church.
Children: Emerson, Mary, Grace, Arthur
Sources
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF5K-L3Z : 19 February 2021), David Wear in household of David Wear, Plymouth, Russell, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 291, sheet 78C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,395.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMT6-127 : accessed 14 July 2021), David Weir, Abilene city Ward 3-4, Dickinson, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 11A, family 237, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,478.
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