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JOHN WEED was born in Ohio, June 3, 1841, and is the son of Tracy and Cynthia Weed. His father was born in New York and his mother in Virginia. By this union they had eleven children, young John being the third child. He received a common school education, and was ready to enter college when he volunteered in Company H, Ninety-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went with the army to Virginia and raided through Virginia and Tennessee, and was on the Hunter raid, and served under General Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley; was in the battles of Winchester, Cedar Creek, and Fisher’s Creek. He was mustered out in July, 1865, in Cumberland City, Md.; then returned to Ohio, and attended school. He then engaged in teaching school, and also sold goods a while. He was married to Amanda F. Smith, on April 30th, 1868. She was born in Jackson county, Ohio, Feb. 28, 1846. She is the daughter of Susan and Anson Smith. In 1870 Mr. Weed moved to Jasper county and bought a farm and located in Sheridan township for two and a half years; then sold out, and drove through to Colorado with a team; also drove a herd of cattle through, and engaged in stock-raising in Colorado for eight or nine years. In 1881 he sold out and returned to Jasper county and bought his present fine farm of 200 acres, which is all under cultivation. He has a fine orchard and two good springs; has a good house and other fair buildings. The farm is situated in section 34, of Sheridan township. Mr. and Mrs. Weed have three children: James M., Minnehaha, and Juanita. Mr. and Mrs. Weed are both members of the M. E. Church, and belong to the Holiness Band, and take a very active interest in church affairs and in keeping up the Sunday-school. Mr. Weed is president of the Sunday-school Association, and is held in high esteem by all.