The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-29
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Old PIONEER
DIES IN FRISCO
WILLIAM WEAVER, A WELL
KNOWN OLD TIME RESIDENT
OF CASS COUNTY, DIES IN SAN
FRANCISCO FOLLOWING, AN
OPERATION, rE

Old time friends who knew William
Weaver during his many years as a
resident of Durbin township in Cass
county will deeply regret ito hear OF
his death in San Francisco recently
following an operation there for can
Ger. .s~"
Mr.. Weaver was, for years, one Of
the best known men locally in this
end of the state, having had a large
farm at one time containing over 1000
acres. He was greatly interested in
local politics while a resident here
and held several minor positions of
trust in the local government.
In 1894 he became greatly interested
and after selling out his holdings
here, left for that district where he
| has remained until he went to Cali
fornia for his health which has been
feeble for the last few years. Follow
! ing is an excerpt from The Casa
/ Grande Times which speaks highly of
Mr.. Weaver and mourns his loss to
| that community:
| Casa Grande Times William
Weaver. one Of Casa Grandes most
respected citizens and an old timer in
this section, passed away in San
Francisco at 4 a. m. on Monday morn
ing, Aug. 4. Mr.. Weaver went to San
Francisco short time ago in search
of medical assistance in curing a can
Ger which had been bothering him for
several years, but as usual it was i'm
possible to find a cure.
He was born near Fredonia, Chau-
| tauqua county, N. Y, on Dec. l. 1880
and was married to Lucreta Putnam
July 8. 1857 ......- ,u>,s. 49,, ~
Throughout life William Weaver
was a strong, fearless man who pos
sessed many sterling qualities. He
had lived in many states of the unior
his personality felt and had been act.
i've in the upbuilding Of the communi-
ties where he had lived.
Early in life he moved from the
place Of his birth to a place in south
ern Minnesota and did so much to-
ward the upbuilding Of the town that
a grateful people named the town aft
vile. Minn.). At Weaver Mimi, he
was engaged in the hotel and livery
business. The brick hotel which HI
built at Weaver still stands From
Minnesota Mr.. Weaver moved tx
North Dakota and for eighteen years
operated one of the largest farms IL
the great northwest. this farm con
IalnlIlS over 4yuuU dCIeS.s w llllS on tl1l
farm he went into the breeding O
buffalo on a large scale and in addi.
tion to a great number of pure blood
ed buffalo he raised hundreds of half
breed buffalo. During a San Fran
cisco exposition he took his entir
herd of buffalo to the exposition ant
spent the fall and winter there Tn
following spring he sold the herd ant
many of them are still to be found IL
| 10 a Nruy
cisco.
1t was while in San Francisco tha
:he first became interested in Arizona
Meeting Peralto Reevis, who is sswel
known to all who have lived in tn
Gila valley, he was induced to come t
Arizona and contracted with Reevi
for a large body of land in what i
now the Casa Grande valley, with
view Of colonizine the same. Coin
back to North Dakota as soon as h
made his contract with Reevis he sol
out his entire holdings and in the yea
1894 returned to Casa Grande. Fl
brought with him, besides other STOCK
ten head of famous Poliangus cattl
.. and there can now be found in tn
Casa Grande hundreds of head "a
these fine cattle. 2. l &E g&sT
During the past few years.. +althoug
feeble in health and greatly trouble
! by Deafness he still displayed grea
courage and earnestly ~and honestl
did everything he could: for the bet
terment of Casa Grande.
The remains were brought to Cas-
Grande Friday morning on train M
} 10 and were laid away at ArizoIa at i
a. m. the same day, nearly every mar
woman and child in Casa Grande ac
2 companying him on his last journe
from Casa Grande to Arizola
( He leaves to mourn his loss tw
, sons, Fred Weaver of Cotton Cal
, Walter e. Weaver of Hayden, Mrs. +
F. Phillips of Casa Grande, Mr.
, James Ma1oney Of Fargo, N. D., and
, host Of friends throughout the coun
: try