HARRY B. WEAVER, son of Benjamin H. and Mary (Duff) Weaver, was born at Guth's Station, South Whitehall Township on December 9, 1867. When twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Catasauqua and there he received his education in the borough schools. In 1889 he entered the laboratory of the Crane Iron Works as a chemist's apprentice and from this start he became sufficiently familiar with the manufacture of pig iron that he was entrusted with the charge of the following furnaces: Macungie furnace, at Macungie; Wharton furnace, at Wharton, New Jersey; Lehigh Iron Company furnace, at Allentown; Durham Iron Works furnace, at Riegelsville; and Burden Iron Company furnace, at Troy, New York. In 1907, Harry B. Weaver became associated with James K. Bowen, of Allentown, in organizing the Allentown Iron Manufacturing Company, located at the corner of Brick and Furnace Streets, along the west side of the Lehigh Valley Railroad tracks, for the purpose of manufacturing cold blast charcoal iron. He was elected treasurer and general manager of the company, and he remained connected with this enterprise until 1931. In August 1914, the firm of Lehigh Smelting Company, of Allentown, was started for the manufacture of oxide and zinc, with Mr. Weaver serving as president.

While residing at Catasauqua Mr. Weaver served as a member of the Catasauqua School Board, and he took a very active part in the Old Home Week Celebration during 1914, serving as chairman of the Educational Committee. Fraternally he was a member of the Masons. Harry B. Weaver removed to Macungie, and there he served as a member of the school board. In his later years he was a breeder and raiser of beef cattle. Being in ill health for one month, Harry B. Weaver passed away at his Macungie home on October 2, 1943