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Dr. John H. Weaver, physician and surgeon, McNeil, Ark. In presenting in this work brief biographical sketches of representative citizens of the county, among these in the medical profession is very properly given a short sketch of the life of Dr. Weaver, and of his identification with the town of McNeil. The marriage of his parents, John and Eliza (Hodges) Weaver, occurred in Tennessee, the father having been born in the middle part of the State, on June 22, 1823, and the mother in that State also in 1820. The parents emigrated from Tennessee to Camden, Ark., in 1836, when there were but two houses there, and a short time afterward moved to Hempstead County of that State. In 1858 they moved to Nevada County, and here they have made their home ever since. The father is a practical farmer, and is one of the pioneers of that county. The paternal grandfather, Wilson Weaver, was born in Ashe County, Tenn., and died August, 1881, in Nevada County. He came to Arkansas in 1836, was a noted hunter, and was also a successful agriculturist. He served all through the War of 1812. Dr. John H. Weaver was born in what is now Nevada County, on December 31, 1857, and was the seventh of thirteen children—five sons and eight daughters—five sons and six daughters now living. He was reared in Nevada, received a good literary education there, and later received his medical education at Louisville Medical College, from which institution he graduated in 1881. He began practicing the same year in Howard County, Ark., but went from there to Nevada County, where he practiced for three years. From there he came to McNeil, in 1884, and has been a resident of this town ever since. He has built up a thriving practice, and as a physician and personally is highly esteemed. He was married on November 8, 1881, to Miss Janie Tidwell, a native of Nevada County, Ark., born January 10, 1862, and the fruits of this union were three children, one now living: Bragg. Dr. Weaver is a Master Mason, having joined McNeil Lodge No. 440, and represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge in 1888 and 1889. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, casting his first presidential vote for Cleveland. The Doctor has just completed a fine office building, and is an enterprising, public spirited citizen.