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History of the Counties of Lehigh
and Carbon, in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania
DAVID WEIDA.
Peter
Weida, the grandfather of David, was an early resident of Berks County,
his father having emigrated from Germany
and settled in Pennsylvania. He removed to Lehigh (then Northampton)
County in 1803, and married Charlotte Stump, of Lancaster City
and County, to whom were born children,--John and George.
The death of Peter Weida occurred Feb. 21, 1837, and that
of his wife Jan. 18, 1835. Their son,
John, was born in Berks County, and removed with his parents to Lehigh County, where he followed the
pursuits of a farmer and merchant. He
married Elizabeth, daughter of David Kuhns, whose children were
Benjamin, Maria (Mrs. Stephen Hartman), David, Anna (Mrs. Benjamin
Kocher), Peter, Elizabeth (Mrs. W. F. Hoffman). Solomon, and Sarah
(Mrs. William H. Wetherhold). Mr. Weida
died March 11, 1864, and his wife Nov. 9, 1854. Their
son, David, was born May 4, 1814, in Lowhill township.
He enjoyed the advantages of a common-school education
supplemented by a brief period in New Jersey
and at the Allentown
Academy, and
early became an assistant to his father in his daily avocations. He began commercial operations in connection
with his brother in 1838 as a merchant at Weidasville, Lowhill township. This was continued for a limited time, the
cultivation of a farm and the business of a butcher also engaging his
attention. Having acquired a competence
which enabled him to retire, he, in 1858, made Allentown his residence.
Mr. Weida was, in 1838, married to Muss Caroline Krause,
daughter of Philip Krause, of Saegersville. Their
two children are Owen J. and Sarah E. (Mrs. Lewis D. Krause). Mrs. Weida died on the 11th of May,
1854, and he was again married Sept. 1, 1857, to Mrs. Jonas Haas,
daughter of Andrew Sheffersteine, whose death occurred March 11, 1877. Mr. Weida has been identified with the Allentown Bank
as director, and during his active career was frequently called into
service as the administrator of estates and to other important offices
of trust. He was in politics, formerly, a
Whig, and later became a Republican. He is
a member of the Lutheran
Church.
Page
225
History
of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania
Alfred
Mathews and Austin N. Hungerford
J.
B. Lippincott & Co., Pennsylvania.
1884
Transcribed
by Annette Bame Peebles
The
Lehigh
County,
Pennsylvania
Biographies Project –
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~arkbios/Lehigh/index.html.
Date
of Transcription: 11 June 2007
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