D. W. Weeks (b. 1809)

WEEKS, FIFIELD

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 7/5/2003 at 10:22:31

Weeks, D. W., farmer, Section 23 (Oran township); PO Oran; born in Gilmanton, NH, in 1809; located in this county in 1857. He married Miss Betsy W. Fifield in 1838; she was born in Brintwood, NH, in 1817; they have four children --- Mary E., born Oct. 2, 1839; Fannie J., born Dec. 27, 1841; Jesse D., born June 10, 1858; Ella M., born April 24, 1860. He has been Town Clerk seven years, Trustee two years, School Director two years, and Secretary of the Board; he is Postmaster at this (Oran) station. He owns 200 acres of land, worth $25 per acre; his son Jesse S. lives with him and owns eighty acres adjoining, worth $25 per acre.

Page 671, "1878 History of Fayette Co., Iowa"