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Jonathan L. Weaver, a native and resident of Haywood County, engaged in farming, was born November 12, 1832, and is the son of Jonathan W. and Frances (Link) Weaver. The father was a native of South Carolina and was born July 20, 1796; the mother was a native of Virginia, born April 9, 1809. They were married June 16, 1825. The father, being fond of adventure, spent the first three years of his majority traveling in the wilds of the West. About 1825 he settled on a farm in Haywood County, and he died in Arkansas, October 5, 1855, while superintending a contract of the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad. Our subject is the fourth of six children. After receiving his education he commenced farming, and has been so successful that he now owns 500 acres of fine land in the county. September 16, 1852, he married Elizabeth J. Parker, a native of Haywood County, and a woman of fine intelligence and deep piety; they had ten children—four sons and six daughters; they have lost two sons and a daughter. This is a very religious family; the parents and all the children are members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Weaver is a man of broad views, and is alike honored for his integrity and appreciated for his kindness. He held the office of magistrate for eight years, then declined re-election. Politically Mr. Weaver is an Independent, though in sympathy with the Democratic party.