FRANK D. WEAVER of the firm of Shinier & Weaver at Allentown, a son of Charles C. Weaver, was born at Plymouth, on May 14, 1863. When five years old, he accompanied his parents to Lehigh County. They located at Guth Station on the C. & F. R_ R_, and there he attended the public school until he became seventeen years old, when he entered the employ of Shimer & Laub, carpet merchants at Allentown. No. 637 Hamilton Street and continued there until the death of both his parents, and then, in 1893, Mr. Shinier retired from the partnership upon which occasion he sold his interest to his son, Joseph P., and Mr. Weaver. The transfer including Mr. Weaver was a well-deserved compliment to him for his faithful and efficient services. The business was then carried on under the name of Shimer, Laub & Weaver, until the decease of Mr. Laub, when it was changed to Shinier & Weaver, and so it has continued until now. Mr. Weaver has been intimately associated with the Shimer family for thirty-four years, and during this long period he has looked upon Mr. Shimer, Sr., as a father. He is a notable example of what a young man with a humble start in life, can accomplish, fortified by industry, perseverance and integrity.

In 1888 Mr. Weaver was married to Mary E., daughter of John T. and Julia (Bush) Burdge, of Allentown, formerly of New Jersey. They have one son Edgar, a graduate of the Allentown high school with the class of 1904, and now an efficient electrician in the employ of the Bell Telephone Company. The son was married to Mary B., daughter of Morris Schantz, of Allentown, and they have a son, Franklin S. They are members of the Linden' Street Methodist Episcopal church.