Benjamin Boyd Weaver (1880 - 1965)

Born 5 Mar 1880 in Tennessee, United States

Husband of Ada Elizabeth (Hollis) Weaver — married 29 Mar 1908 in Wayne, Tennessee, United States

Died 15 Dec 1965 at age 85 in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Benjamin was born in 1880, the son of Herbert Weaver and Sarah Blackwell. He married Ada Elizabeth Hollis in Wayne County, Tennessee on March 29, 1908.^[1] Their children included:

1. Robbie Paralee Weaver (1908-1982)
2. Julius Terry Weaver (1912-1958)
3. Elsie Mae Weaver (1917-2006)
4. Hershel Weaver (1921-)
5. David Weaver (1924-1957)
6. Herbert Weaver (1928-)

In 1910, they lived in Civil District 8 of Wayne County, where Ben worked as a farm laborer on a home farm.^[2] In 1920, they lived in Carning Township, where Ben farmed on his own account.^[3] By 1930, Ben had opened his own blacksmith shop in District 2 of Lawrence County, Tennessee.^[4] In 1940, the area was classified as Civil District 1, west of Shoal Creek and Iron City.^[5]

He passed away in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee at the age of 85^[6][7] and is buried at Category: Railroad Cemetery, Waynesboro, Tennessee.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-D132 : 17 March 2020), Ben Weaver and Lizzie Hollis, 29 Mar 1908; citing Wayne, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 549,276.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGNJ-RJC : accessed 31 December 2020), Ben Weaver, Civil District 8, Wayne, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 135, sheet 2A, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1524; FHL microfilm 1,375,537.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN5R-MKK : 17 December 2020), Ben Wearer, 1920.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP4Y-6LK : accessed 31 December 2020), Ben Weaver, Lawrence, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 8A, line 39, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2261; FHL microfilm 2,341,995.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4C1-Q3R : 19 December 2019), Ben Weaver, Civil District 1, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 50-1A, sheet 8A, line 40, family 157, 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 3912.
6. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS1-XM51 : 25 August 2019), Benjiman Boyd Weaver, 15 Dec 1965; Death, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPB8-8NG : 4 December 2020), Ben Weaver, Dec 1965; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-MBZP : 16 December 2020), Ben, ; Burial, Waynesboro, Wayne, Tennessee, United States of America, Railroad Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #30581214