My Genealogy Hound

Walter Turner Weir, like his brother, William H. Weir, whose sketch immediately precedes this, was born in Clark County, his birth occurring on the 1st of May, 1849, and like him, he is also a successful tiller of the soil and a stock-raiser. After obtaining a fair knowledge of the "world of books'' in the common schools, he completed his education in Okolona Academy, an institution he attended before and after the war. In 1877 he united his fortune with that of Lydia Morrison, who was born in Roane County, Tenn., and by her is the father of a family which consists of three daughters. Mr. Weir has always been noted for his industry and enterprise, and the excellent farm of 180 acres which he is now engaged in tilling, he has earned by his own efforts. He has seventy acres under cultivation, and his farm is otherwise improved, the buildings all being in good condition. He is a Democrat, his first presidential vote being cast for Greeley in 1872, and he is a member of the K. of H., and he and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Weir is a daughter of William and Deborah (Holmes) Morrison, who were born in Tennessee, in which State the mother died in 1867, and the father in 1887. He was a farmer by occupation, and during the late war served in the Confederate army, in Capt. Blythe's cavalry company. Mrs. Weir came with a brother to Clark County, Ark., in 1875, and here met her future husband, Mr. Weir.