Weeks was likely born in January 1871, since he doesn't appear in the 1870 census as a baby with his family. He is a 9-year-old in the 1880 census. He was the son of William Smith and Margaret Morrison. He passed away in 1947. He is buried in the Douglas Cemetery, Highfill, Benton, Arkansas.
Sources
Margaret Ann (Smith) Troutman, Smith-Cates Families of Northwest Arkansas, The (Fayetteville, Arkansas, Washington County Historical Society, 1963), Library of Dale & Sara Burns, 34 pages, softbound. Cate(s) family: pp 1-5; Smith family: pp 6-34.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7T-TPB : 13 January 2022), William W. Smith in household of William Smith, Anderson Township, Benton, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9F83-1R5 : accessed 14 July 2022), Household of Weeks W Smith, Hoover, Benton, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 1A, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 44; FHL microfilm 1,374,057.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:1YW9-VKF : accessed 14 July 2022), Household of William W Smith, Hoover, Benton, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 34, sheet 1B, line 84, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 66; FHL microfilm 2,339,801.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9MXC-GFPM : 7 January 2021), Household of Weeks Smith, Hoover Township, Benton, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-32, sheet 2A, line 17, family 28, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 119.
Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 14 July 2022), memorial page for W. W. Smith (1870–1947), Find A Grave: Memorial #76915105, citing Douglas Cemetery, Highfill, Benton County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Arkieologist (contributor 47246586) .
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