Levi E. Weaver and Matilda Coutz
Husband Levi E. Weaver 1
AKA: Levi C. Weaver Born: 23 Oct 1842 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Rev. Charles "Carl" Weaver (1820-1852) 2 Mother: Rebecca Eberhart (1824- ) 1
Marriage:
Wife Matilda Coutz 1
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
General Notes: Husband - Levi E. Weaver
He moved west with his mother when a boy, and when of age enlisted in the army for service during the Civil War. He belonged to the Twenty-eighth regiment Iowa volunteer infantry, and was wounded at the battle of Champion Hills, near Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was promoted to the rank and office of sergeant. After recovering from his wound he was detailed in the Contraband Department, and aided in organizing camps on the Louisiana side of the river opposite Vicksburg. He remained in this department until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged.
Shortly after returning home he married and for a number of years engaged in agricultural pursuits, and then moved to Nebraska, and was employed in the United States mail service.
General Notes: Wife - Matilda Coutz
from Benton Co, IA
Notes: Marriage
Their children:
1. Maud Esther Weaver; married to Thomas Maxwell.
2. Asa Jacob Weaver.
3. Charles Marion Weaver.
4. Earnest Levi Weaver.
1 Rev. Uriah Eberhart, History of the Eberharts (Chicago Lawn, IL: Donohue & Henneberry, Printers and Binders, 1891), Pg 113.
2
Rev. Uriah Eberhart, History of the Eberharts (Chicago Lawn, IL: Donohue & Henneberry, Printers and Binders, 1891), Pg 114.
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