MILTON S. WEAVER, son of Samuel and Sarah A. (Oberly) Weaver, was born in 1855 in Lower Saucon, now the home of the Lehigh Coke Company. He was reared upon the farm and when his school days were over, he worked a farm adjoining the homestead, continuing to do so for nine years. In 1888 he came to Bethlehem and was employed by the Adams Express Company, both as driver and train messenger for a period of about ten years. In 1898 he became one of the organizers of the Hanover Manufacturing Company, and in 1907 he became the owner of the West End Hosiery Mills, which business he has since carried on. In politics he is a Republican, is a member of the Improved Order of Heptasophs; was a member of the Bethlehem school board for two full terms. Milton S. Weaver was married in 1897 to Emma Boyer, daughter of William and Mary (Rath) Boyer, of Macunge.