Camden People - Francis D. Weaver

Francis D. Weaver was born in Philadelphia around 1861. His family moved to Camden when he was young, and he was educated in Camden's public schools. He had gone west, to St. Louis MO to seek his fortune, but returned in the 1880s. He studied law in Camden with Judge John W. Wescott, He was admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1890, and as a counselor in 1894. The 1890 Camden City Directory shows him living at 404 North 2nd Street, and working at 301 Market Street.

In 1913, Francis Weaver and John W. Wescott formed a partnership that endured until Wescott passed away in 1927. At the time of the 1920 census, Francis Weaver lived at 526 Royden Street, with wife Katherine, sister Anna, and his widowed mother, Harriet A. Weaver. By 1930 he had purchased the house at 323 Cooper Street, where he resided the rest of his years.

Recognized for his expertise in real estate matters, he was appointed to the Camden County Tax Board in 1913, serving there until 1924. In that year he was appointed to the State Board of Taxes and Assessments, and became president of that Board in 1929. When that Board was supplanted by the State Board of Tax Appeals, he became president of the new Board, and continued to be reappointed to that post until his death in January of 1938.

Francis D. Weaver passed away on January 8, 1938. After funeral services at the Joseph H. Murray funeral home at 408 Cooper Street, he was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Camden.

*Camden Post November 10, 1897**

Michael McCusker - Florence CoffeY McCusker Benson Street - Unjon News Company Elwin D. Steen Catharine McGahan - South 2nd Street Richard Golden - John Zander Harry Laird - Trenton Avenue William Staas "Daniel Hughes" was George B. Hughes William A. Husted Clarence Smith - Stephen McCusker David J. Russell - Philip Schmitz Francis D. Weaver - Wilson Jenkins Isaac S. Carson - Samuel Dodd John L. Westcott - Dr. William S. Jones Dr. A. Haines Lippincott

*Camden Courier-Post June 11, 1932**


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Camden Courier-Post - February 1, 1938

FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR FRANCIS D. WEAVER

Funeral services were held yesterday for Francis D. Weaver, 76, president of the New Jersey Board of Tax Appeals, who died Friday of pneumonia. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery.

Mr. Weaver, who resided at 323 Cooper Street, served as a member of the Camden County Tax Board from 1913 to 1924. In 1924, he was appointed by Governor Silzer to the old State Board of Taxes and Assessments, becoming president in 1929. On July 1, 1936, Governor Hoffman named him for another five-year term.

A former law partner of the late John W. Wescott, who was state attorney general, Mr. Weaver later formed a partnership with George H. Jacobs here. He is survived by his widow and daughter, Mrs. Helen MacCausland.

Camden Courier-Post - January 29, 1938

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