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Col. J. M. Weaver was born in Picaway County, Ohio, in 1836, and is a son of Isaac and Sarah (Fetters) Weaver, and of German descent. The father was born in Virginia in 1800, and when about twenty went to Pickaway County, Ohio, where he married and engaged in farming. He died in 1884 in Circleville. The mother was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1807, is yet living, and was the mother of nine children, all save one now living. Our subject was the fifth child, and received his education at Lancaster, Ohio and then engaged in farming. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Twenty-seventh Ohio Regiment Infantry, in six months was made captain, and was then promoted from time to time, until finally commissioned colonel. He was discharged at the close of the war at Columbus, Ohio, and had participated in the battles at Corinth, Resaca, Marietta, and Atlanta, and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. July 4, 1864, he received a wound in his right thigh, which disabled him for three months, but as soon as he was able he rejoined his command. In 1865 he went to Pana, Ill., and there engaged in the hardware and real estate business. And in 1873 went to Charleston, Ark., and was made general agent of the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad, with which railroad he has been connected ever since. About 1881 he settled in Ozark, and in 1883 became a citizen of Van Buren, and has since erected one of the finest dwellings in the town. He is a business man of high esteem, and deals in farm and city property in Crawford County. He is a stockholder in the Van Buren Canning Factory, the Van Buren Ice and Coal Company, and is a director and stockholder in the Crawford County Bank. In 1858 he married Miss Mary A. Wells, daughter of Isaac Wells, and born in Pickaway County, Ohio in 1835. They have three children: Isaac Newton, of Pana, Ill.; Martin L., secretary of the Van Buren Canning Factory, and John M., Jr., loan and real estate dealer of this place. Col. Weaver was once a Republican, but has since joined the Prohibition ranks. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, he having joined the church over twenty years ago, and now being steward and president of the board. He is an active worker in church matters, is a fine speaker, and is elector of the Fourth Arkansas District on the Prohibition ticket.