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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  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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Dr. Joshua W. Weaver, physician and farmer, Rosston, Ark. Among the people of Nevada County, the name that heads this sketch is by no means an unfamiliar one, for, for many years he has been actively and successfully engaged in his chosen profession and during this time his career as a practitioner and thorough student of medicine won for him no less a reputation than did his personal characteristics as a citizen and neighbor. His parents, Wilson and Mary J. (Munn) Weaver, were natives of North Carolina, the father born on January 16, 1788, and the mother on August 3, 1797, and were married in their native State on February 11, 1813. They were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was a Whig in politics. He died on August 2, 1881. Dr. Joshua Weaver was born in Carroll County, Tenn., on July 13, 1828, received his education in Mississippi and Arkansas, studied medicine under Dr. J. W. Davis, at Centreville, Hempstead County, Ark., and September 30,1856, was married to Miss Elizabeth Tatom, a native of Tennessee, born August 3, 1839, and the daughter of Richard Tatom. She died on August 8,1861, leaving two children: Ansel B. (born April 29, 1859, and died April 28, 1882), and Mary E. (born July 19, 1861). Dr. Weaver’s second marriage occurred on February 24, 1867, to Miss Mary V. Culbreath, who was born on December 1, 1848, in Arkansas, and who is the daughter of Hughel and Martha Culbreath. To this marriage were born seven children: Sydney J. (born July 19, 1869), Martha J. (born December 22, 1871), Maudie N. (born February 24, 1867), Thomas W. (born December 19, 1878), Cora E. (born November 7, 1884), Hattie V. (born July 16, 1885), and Espy H. (born December 9, 1889), all living. Dr. Weaver is the owner of 380 acres of land, the finest in Arkansas, and is also engaged in the practice of his profession. In principle, the Doctor is a Jeffersonian Democrat, but is a Union Labor man, voting for the best man at all times. Socially he is a Mason. He was not in the army, but lost about $5,000, nearly all he had in the world. Mrs. Weaver is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

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This family biography is one of 96 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Nevada County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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