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8 June 1847 - land purchase, IL
Sounds like all siblings and parent died in a Cholera epedemic
O.D. Weaver, farmer, Sec 35: P.O. Dakota: born in Cumberland Co. PA, Oct 16, 1825: came to Steph Co in the fall of 1845: the three previous years, 1842 to 1845, he had lived in Ohio; in 1852 he went to CA; was engaged in mining there for three years returning here in 1855 when the railroad was built here, he completed the portion of it from Davis to the section west of Dakota, under the direction of the company, was employed in railroading until 1858 or 1859 since which time he has been chiefly engaged in farming, his farm comprising 80 acres; has been Collector of his township, Commissioner of Highways, etc. Religion, Methodist Episcopal, politics, Republican. He was married in 1846. to Miss Henrietta Ilgen: their children are Sultan Armenium, Gustavus Adolphus, Myrrah P., George I., Onesimus Daniel, Henrietta Prudence, Laura Eldora and Lila Minerva. The family is quite noted for musical ability, and for range of voice, culture and ability of execution with different musical instruments, is seldom equaled. The subject of this sketch is the only one living out of all his father's family, which consisted of eight children viz, Theophilus J., Elizabeth, Titicum D., Onesimus D., Catharine, Asaph J., Charlotte A. and Michael. The father of this family, Michael Weaver, was born April 10, 1796: died of cholera in New Orleans in September, 1832, his wife, whose maiden name was Charlotte Krill, was born Feb. 27, 1802, and died June 15, 1831. A generation farther back, the parents were Phillip Weaver and Elizabeth Weaver, her maiden name was Elizabeth Hyde; she was a daughter of Abram Hyde, and was born in 1762; was married to Philip Weaver in 1785, Mrs. Henrietta Weaver is a daughter of George Ilgen, who laid out the town of Cedarville, he died July 12, 1864, his father, William Emanuel Ilgen, came to America during the Revolutionary war, and finally became a Lutheran minister in PA, and was much beloved by all his people.
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