 1826 - 1855
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| Born |
22 May 1826 |
Scio, Allegany, NY  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
7 Dec 1855 |
Provo, Utah, UT |
| Notes |
- From Vilate Scott granddaughter:
Franklin Weaver and his brother Miles enlisted with the rank of private in Company A of the Mormon Battalion to fight in the United States' war with Mexico. They were among the first twenty-five to enlist. "Franklin was not old enough to enlist, but managed somehow to do so because he could not bear to be separated from Miles. Martha (their younger sister) was a child of eleven years but through the scarce number of young men some mere children were forced into service as teamsters." Franklin at the time was only seventeen. He could not enlist without the permission of his mother, who had no fear of his being taken because she knew he would tell the truth about his age. Franklin was possibly too young but he laughed that his age would not be questioned because of the length of his manly beard. He told his mother he would not have to tell his age and felt he must go. True to his intuition he was not asked how old he was because of his size and appearance. It is for this reason that his date of birth has been questioned. Even though he later stated that he was born in 1828, if that were true he would have had no problem enlisting in the battalion in July of 1846 because he would have been eighteen in the previous May.
The oldest brother, Horace, stayed to care for the family. The youngest brother, Gilbert, was not fourteen at the time, so Miles and Franklin felt that they should go, to represent the Weaver family in the ranks of the Battalion. Martha threw her arms around Franklin and begged him to watch over his brother Miles, saying, "Guard him and support him, and promise me you'll bring him back to me." Miles' health was far from robust and her anxious heart was wrung at seeing her two boys start off for unknown country.
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| Person ID |
I38665 |
Moon Anderson Family History & Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
19 Feb 2018 |
| Father |
Edward Weaver, b. 15 Aug 1799, Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York , d. 2 Sep 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois |
| Mother |
Martha Raymer, b. 8 Jul 1804, Pittstown, Rensselaer, NY , d. 28 Oct 1849, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa |
| Family ID |
F2742 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 1 |
Sarah Bergion Clark, b. 27 Jan 1831, Clinton, Summit, OH , d. 18 Feb 1910, Gentile Valley, Franklin, ID |
| Married |
24 Dec 1848 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
19 Feb 2018 |
| Family ID |
F13035 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 2 |
Sarah Elizabeth Holmes, b. 24 Jan 1838, Kirtland, Ceauga, Ohio, United States , d. 24 May 1908, Millville, Cache, UT |
| Last Modified |
19 Feb 2018 |
| Family ID |
F13038 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 3 |
Christianna Rachel Reed, b. 1 Dec 1830, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA , d. 24 Dec 1893, Bennington, Bear lake, ID |
| Last Modified |
19 Feb 2018 |
| Family ID |
F13039 |
Group Sheet |
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