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Accession Number:1992-215.26
Accession Date:
Condition:fair
Location:Fulbright, box 1, folder 27
Keywords:Fulbright, Weaver, business, grocery store, Galena, saw mill, Bower's Mill, Disler's
Area of Origin:Bower's Mill
Period:ca. 1880
Category:documentary artifact
Object:print, photographic
Maker:J.H. Disler's
Description/History:A black and white photo of Major Weaver's grovery store and house. Jane Ann Weaver has an apron on and stands on front porch and Major Weaver, wearing a suit stands in front of her in street. He managed a sawmill in Galena, then moved to Bower's Mill, where he had a saw mill in connection with the store. Weavers returned to Springfield about 1890 where Weaver was elected to the legislatue in 1896.
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