JOHN M. WEYGANDT, a leading and successful agriculturist of Amwell township, is a native of Nottingham township, Washington Co., Penn., having been born February 27, 1856, on his father’s farm and when three years of age was brought with the family to the old home in Amwell township, this county. G. Weygandt, the pioneer ancestor, emigrated with his family at an early date from Germany to America, and took up a farm of 180a acres on ‘Ginger Hill’, Nottingham township, this county, where he successfully carried on general agriculture. He had the following named children: Susanna, Jacob W., Solomon, Isaac and Abraham (all now deceased). Mr. Weygandt died about the year 1840, an active member of the Lutheran Church.
Isaac Weygandt, son of G. Weygandt, was born March 4, 1817, in Nottingham township, Washington county. He received his rudimentary education at the subscription schools of the neighborhood of his birthplace, after which he attended an academy, and during a portion of the time taught vocal music. He was united in marriage with Miss Susan Swickord, of Nottingham township, daughter of John and Mary Swickord, a prominent family of that township, and to them were born the following children: Mary Ann (Mrs. Dagu), Margaret (deceased), Sadie (Mrs. Pease), Lavina (Mrs. Dalyrimple), George and John M. Mr. Weygandt followed farming principally, and was a prosperous man. He was a prominent Democrat, and held the offices of road commissioner and township clerk. He and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church, while their children are all Presbyterians. Mr. Weygandt died in 1864, on the old farm in Amwell township.
John M. Weygandt, the subject of this memoir, was married on October 31, 1878, to Miss Anna B. Darlington, daughter of Griffith and Martha Darlington, of Washington, this county, and three children have been born to them, viz: Mabel, Albert and Robert. Mr. Weygandt is an active member of the Democratic party, and in religion he is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Text taken from page 545 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).Transcribed May 1997 by LuShelle Fletcher of Grand Island, NE as part of the Beers Project.
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