Henry Weeks

WEEKS, MEAD, BABCOCK, GIBSON

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/28/2004 at 22:56:24

Henry Weeks settled on section 6, in 1866. He bought his farm of Henry Mead, who purchased of Babcock, the original owner of the farm. Mr. Weeks was born in Middlesex county, Massachusetts, in 1823, going to Illinois in 1854, and settling in Ogle county. He married Jane Gibson, a native of Canada. They have three children – Joseph, born February, 1863, Mary E., born here in 1867, and Charles F., born May 29, 1877. Mr. Weeks is the only one of his father’s family living in Iowa. Two brothers of Mrs. Weeks, Joseph R. and Theophilus, live in Shell Rock. Mr. Weeks has about 270 acres of land.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 423