MORRIS R. WEIR is a member of one of the most prominent families of Franklin township, and was born January 21, 1846, on the Joseph Weir farm, near Van Buren, this county. He is a son of Joseph Weir, who was born in 1800, and reared on the old home place in Washington county. In early life he was united in marriage with Jemima Squiers, also a resident of Washington county, and to their union were born children as follows: Samuel C., William L., Elizabeth and John B. For his second wife Mr. Weir was married to Mrs. Phoebe Hanna, mother of John V. Hanna, and she bore him two children: Morris R. and Margaret (Mrs. John M. Day). Mr. Weir was a very successful farmer, and engaged extensively in sheep raising, being one of the first in his neighborhood to raise Merino sheep. Morris R. Weir passed his boyhood on the farm, and received a common-school education, which he has improved by an extensive course of reading. On October 24, 1872, he was married to Sarah J., daughter of James McClain. Since his marriage Mr. Weir has resided in the township several years, and has been a resident of Washington borough. In 1891 he removed to his present home, on which he is making many improvements. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Washington, and in politics he is an active worker in the Democratic party.

Text taken from page 1357 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed February 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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