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Below is a family biography included in The History of Carroll County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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George Weymouth is of English descent, and is a native of Wisconsin. He was born on January 23, 1865, and is a son of George L. Weymouth. The latter was born in Vermont in 1843, and when a boy removed with his father, Daniel F. Weymouth, to the West. Daniel F. Weymouth was a leading lawyer of Wisconsin, and educated his son, George L., for the law. At the outbreak of the Civil War, the latter was but seventeen years of age, but he enlisted in the Federal army. He served first in the infantry and afterward in the cavalry. For a time he served as lieutenant of a company, and was about to be commissioned major when he died. He died in 1865, and was buried on the same day as President Lincoln. During the war he was married in Arkansas to Nancy McDonald. She is a native of Missouri, and is now residing with her son, the subject of this sketch. Early in life George Weymouth learned the printer’s trade. At the age of eighteen, having finished his literary education, he began studying law. He located at Eureka Springs, Ark., in 1882, and about 1885 he began practicing law, in which he has continued. In 1887 he purchased an interest in the Eureka Springs Times, and since devoted much of his time to its publication. His marriage with Mattie S. Connell, of Rich Hill, Mo., was celebrated on December 1, 1886, and to them has been born one son, Daniel G. Both Mr. and Mrs. Weymouth are earnest Christians, and are members of the Congregational Church. Politically he is a stanch Republican.

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This family biography is one of 82 biographies included in The History of Carroll County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Carroll County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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