Jonathon Weida 1
- Marriage (1): Mary Bucher
- Died: 1867, Kutztown, Berks, PA 1
- Buried: Wernersville: St. John's Cemetery, Berks, PA 1
FamilySearch ID: K23N-F6V.
Noted events in his life were:
1. Book: Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania, 1909. 1
George W. Weida, justice of the peace and surveyor in Greenwich township, Berks county, was born in that same township June 3, 1865, son of Joseph and Eva Elizabeth (Steiger) Weida.
Jonathon Weida, grandfather of George W., lived near Kutztown, where he died in 1867, and he is buried in the cemetery adjoining St. John's Church. He married Mary Bucher, of Berks county, who survived him a few years, and is buried in the Grimville cemetery.
Joseph Weida, son of Jonathon and father of George W., purchased a farm of over one hundred acres in Greenwich township, and thereon made his home until his death Jan. 16, 1886. After his death his widow made her home with her children, until May 1, 1902, when she, too, fell asleep, having reached the age of seventy-one years, four months, eleven days. In her maidenhood she was Eva Elizabeth Steiger, and her parents, Jonathon and Mary A. (Dietrich) Steiger, are both buried at Dunkel's Church. To Joseph Weida and wife were born children as follows: Susan E., born Sept. 15, 1854, died Feb. 13, 1903; Katie A. married Frank Spohn, and died in April, 1902; Katura A., born July 5, 1862, married Washington Reinhart, and has two children--Lizzie F. and Selwyn G.; and George W.
George W. Weida owns a good farm of fifty-six acres on which he lives, and he also owns an adjoining tract of fifty-two acres, which is the home of his sister. In 1902 he was elected justice of the peace, of his native township, and this office he still holds. He is a man of excellent education, having supplemented the learning acquired in the public schools by a course in the Keystone State Normal School at Kutztown, and he has taught twenty-five terms of school, having a high reputation as an instructor and for scholarship. As a worker in the Democratic party he is well known, and for a number of years he held the office of township auditor, and he has been delegate to a number of county conventions. For some years he was committeeman from his district, and he was once the candidate of his party for county surveyor. He has an excellent business as surveyor, and he takes great pleasure in this work.
Jonathon married Mary Bucher. (Mary Bucher was born in , Berks, PA and was buried in Greenwich Twp.: Grimville Cemetery, Berks, PA.)
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