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The John Hanson and Sarah E. (Schwyhart) Weedon family

John and Sarah had possibly 6 children. We have quite a bit of information on son, Alfred's descendants, not so much on the others.

Their children:

1. Susan Weedon (b. 1833) married Jonathan Jones in Jefferson Co.

2. Joseph T. Weedon (b. 28 Sep 1834, Sommerton Co, OH; d. 14 Oct 1882) served as the Sugar Valley postmaster in Anderson Co, KS (ca. 1876), elected as Justice of the Peace for Waker Township in 1873. He is buried in the Sutton Valley Cemetery, Greeley, KS. (per Dana Weedon).

3. Alfred Weedon (b. 15 Nov 1836, Morristown Belmont Co, OH; d. 10 Mar 1925, Cambridge, OH) married Eliza Jane Dull on 13 Feb 1864. They had three children: Ella Nora, Susan Matilda, and David. Alfred and Eliza Weedon moved to Adair Co, IA, in 1868. They later moved to Crawford Co, KS, where Elizabeth died leaving him with the three small children. Alfred brough his family back to Guernsey Co. Alfred served as Clerk of Courts for 6 1/2 years, and as Civil War Pension Agent for a number of years.

Alfred's second wife was Emily (Emma) Little, whom he married on 1 Jan 1873, in Kimbolton, Ohio. They had two children: John F. (b. 25 Jul 1874) and Olive M. (b. by Mar 1879).

His third wife was Sarah Hill (b. 19 Nov 1940, OH; d. 10 Mar 1936, Cambridge, OH) whom he married on 13 Oct 1879/80. Alfred and Sarah had a son, Homer H. Weedon, born 9 Oct 1881 (He died 15 Sep 1970, Dexter City, Noble Co, OH).

4. Elizabeth E. Weedon (said to have died in infancy)

5. John Weedon - no further information available

6. Thomas Weedon (could be the Joseph T. noted above)

1. Ella Nora Weedon (b. 15 Oct 1864) married John H. Marling on 15 Apr 1885, in Guernsey Co, OH. They had 5 children

2. Susan Matilda Weedon (b. 1868) married A. Maynard Mathews on 21 Nov 1885, in Guernsey Co, OH.

3. David Weedon (b. Nov 1869) served in the U.S. Military, 4th Infantry, as a Sergeant, in the Phillipine Islands, as recorded in the 1900 federal census. Is said to have become a printer in Seattle, WA.

Page created 14 Dec 2003, last updated 14 Dec 2003, by Bill Smith.