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George S. Weaver, a prosperous and reliable merchant of Lonoke, was born in Northern Alabama, in 1833, and is the son of Adam and Caroline (Cooper) Weaver, natives of East Tennessee and Alabama, respectively, who resided in the latter State until their death. George S. remained at home with his parents, enjoying a share in the advantages for an education that were to be obtained in those days. In 1858 he came to Arkansas and located at Camden, engaging as a stage driver from Gaines’ Landing to Washington, as there were at that time but forty miles of railroad in that State, and that running from Memphis to Madison. In 1859 he returned to his home, and in 1861 enlisted in the Lauderdale Guards, which three months later became a part of the Fourth Alabama Regiment. At the first battle of Manassas, he received a bullet wound in the hip, which disabled him for life. When able to be taken from the hospital, he was moved to his home by his parents who had gone after him. On September 12, 1872, he was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Couch, of Alabama nativity, and a daughter of Jacob M. Couch and wife, formerly Miss Elvira Gower, both originally from Tennessee, their union occurring in 1838. Mrs. Couch was sixty-five years of age at the time of her demise in 1883. He is still living at Lauderdale, Ala., being seventy-four years old, and has been a resident of that place for forty years. He visited Arkansas in 1889, and is very active and enjoys good health for a person of such advanced years. In 1874 Mr. Weaver came to Arkansas, locating at Lonoke, where he has been successfully engaged in business since that time. Three children have been born to himself and wife: John A., Percy B. and George S., Jr. Mrs. Weaver is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.