1804 - 1849

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• Birth	8 Jul 1804	Pittstown,Rensselaer,New York
  Gender	Female
  Buried	Oct 1849	(Winter Quarters),Council Bluffs,Pottawattamie,Iowa
  Died	28 Oct 1849	Council Bluffs,Pottawattamie,Iowa
  Person ID	I93586	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	03 Nov 2004 00:00:00
  Father	Conrad RAYMER, b. 2 Apr 1770, Germantown,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
  Mother	Elizabeth "Lizzie" LADOW, b. Abt 1767, Of Fishkill,Dutchess,New York
  Family ID	F40721	Group Sheet
  Family 1	William DRAPER, b. 24 Apr 1807, Richmond Township,Lennox & Addington,Ontario,Canada
  Married	28 Jan 1846	Nauvoo,Hancock,Il
  Notes	_UID2D576A499D3D7749876276956E902280655B Invalid sealing-to-spouse temple code: Only).
  Children	> 1. Almon DRAPER, b. 28 Oct 1846, ,Kanesville,Pottawattamie,Iowa
  Family ID	F40706	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Edward WEAVER, b. 15 Aug 1799, Saratoga,Saratoga,Ny
  Married	8 Jul 1820	Dryden,Tompkins,Ny
  Children	> 1. Horace Racio WEAVER, b. 12 Oct 1822, Scio,Allegany,Ny > 2. Miles WEAVER, b. 22 May 1826, Scio,Gennessee,Ny > 3. Franklin WEAVER, b. 29 May 1828, Scio Allegany,Ny > 4. Gilbert WEAVER, b. 2 Mar 1835, Conneaut,Crawford,Pa > 5. Martha Elizabeth WEAVER, b. 24 Apr 1837, Scio,Allgny,Ny   6. Miranda Bridget WEAVER, b. 3 Mar 1838, Nauvoo,Hancock,Il   7. Julia Cecelia WEAVER, b. 19 Dec 1841, Pleasant Vale,Pike,Il
  Family ID	F40720	Group Sheet

• Notes

  "The leader of the mob was a large, burly and murderous demon. He told grandmother if she would denounce Mormonism she would be unmolested. Her strength and faith in our Gospel was very significant and she faced this wicked man with defiance and dignity, stomping her foot and saying: "You may burn it and bedamned." His answer was, "I'll give you twenty minutes to get out." With thehelp of the seven children she gathered the most necessary and needful articles and threw them into a wagon. There was no time for packing. She had no team of horses; but she had one ox and a cow. The boys yoked them together to the wagon and drove away bidding farewell to their home. Grandmother suddenlyremembered a fat pig ready to kill, so she sent the boys back to see if it had been spared. It was burned to a crisp. They joined a company of Saints who were on their way to Council Bluffs. In the company was a man by the name of William Draper. He soon proposed marriage. She felt more secure having a husband and father for herself and children. They were married January 8, 1846but soon Martha passed away leaving another son, Almon, born in 1847." Myfather, Gilbert Weaver, was fourteen years old at the time of his mother's death. Like most boys of that age disappointments were hard to take. With the absence of his two brothers, who had been called to join the Mormon Battalion,and now the loss of his mother, he was desperate, so he made up his mind tohide in one of the wagons, since the journey by his own family to Utah had necessarily been postponed. He had a cousin whose name was Guernsey Brown, whowas leaving immediately with a company; so, he stowed away in Brown's wagon and was not discovered until they camped the first night. Brown sent word backto Council Bluffs that the Weaver boy was with him and that he would take him on to Salt Lake City. Father was very grateful to him and helped all he could by driving the teams and taking his turn driving the cattle. He told thisstory many times and spoke of his love for Guernsey Brown. [Mrs. Ida Rachel Weaver Haycock] [Treasures of Pioneer History: Vol 3 - We Remember Their Stories; The Stowaway]

• Sources

  [S1748] Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998). [S1755] GEDCOM File : weaver.ged, Mary Weaver (weaverkm@earthlink.net), (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=:1616212&id=I1037), 3 Jul 2001. [S1756] GEDCOM File : weaver.ged, 3 Nov 2004.