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 1892 - 1968

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• Birth	16 Jun 1892	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Dec 1968	San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
  Person ID	I7603	Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2007
  Father	William Henry Lee Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 20 Nov 1863, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. 13 Jul 1942, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F14346934	Group Sheet
  Family	Lucy E. Robertson,   b. 6 Feb 1898, Calwood, Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. 5 Mar 1966
  Married	14 May 1916	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Children	> 1. John Jerome Weant,   b. 21 Feb 1917, McCredie, Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. 28 Apr 1977 > 2. Laura Bell Weant,   b. 9 Nov 1918, McCredie, Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown > 3. William Lester Weant,   b. 28 Jun 1920, McCredie, Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. 7 Apr 1967 > 4. Robert Arthur Weant, Sr.,   b. 15 Jul 1922, Tebbetts, Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mary Louise Weant,   b. 23 Sep 1924, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2007
  Family ID	F14346935	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Letter written by Earl on February 13, 1965 to Mrs. W.B. Craghead of Jetmore Kansas who co-arthored the Craighead book. An Aunt told me that my great grandfather and his brother (possibly a twin)emigrated from Virginia to Callaway County, Missouri about 1822. I believe the town of Fulton MO was already named and laid out (BEFORE the Craigheads came). They settled not too far from Fulton which is the county seat of about 10,00 pop. (1960) and ther are more Cra(i)ghead names listed in the phone book now than any other name. All related in one way or another. My grandfather's first name was Powell. He had two brothers, Nichlos and Calvin; that I remember quite well. I have a quilt that my grandmother made in 1908. She embroidered her name on it which she spelled "Craghead" and the date 1908. There were some Kemp men in Callaway Co. that my father claimed as third cousins. The following is Earl's self biographical Sketch he wrote April 15, 1965. Earl Bertin (Craghead) Weant was born June 16, 1892 on a farm three miles south of Fulton, Missouri. He attended the Calwood school and grew to manhood there. He worked as a farm hand for several years and after one stay in Colorado and two trips to the Kansas wheat harvests, he took a civil Service examination. On March 13, 1916 he was appointed Rural Mail Carrier at the Calwood office. He was transferred to the Tebbetts, Missouri office. January 1, 1930 he resigned as mail carrier and move to Kansas City, MO. He resided ther, with his family, until July 1952. He then moved to Wichita, Kansas. He Retired in January 1956 and moved to La Mesa, CA, where he now resides. (1965) He had his ups and downs through life - aside from being the victim of a broken home three different times. When a small boy, he was bitten by a copperhead snake and almost died. In 1910 he had a bout with double pheumonia and almost didn't survive. In 1918 he almost froze to death in a snow storm on the mail route and it was reported in the newspaper. In 1943, he was blown up in an explosion in an airplane factory, where he was employed. His helper, at his side, was killed on the spot. He was taken to the hospital more dead than alive, but after some time he emmerged with facial scars ans minus one eye. He was back at work in six months, and held down a full time job for the next 12 years. On May 14, 1916 he married his childhood sweetheat, Lucy E. Robertson of Calwood. Together they raised five children. After moving to Kansas City in 1930, he became interested in Boyscout work and served as assistant Scoutmaster, Scoutmaster, Committeeman, and Comissioner for the Viking Districk in Kansas City, MO. He was a member of, and taught Sunday School for many years at the Central Baptist Church. The Church was sold and he then became a member, taught Sunday School and was a Deacon of the Independence Ave. Baptist Church until he moved to Wichita, Kansas. All of the above from correspondence with Naomi Craighead-Dekker 1920 United States Federal Census about Earl B Weant Name: Earl B Weant Home in 1920: McCredie, Callaway, Missouri Age: 26 years Estimated birth year: abt 1894 Birthplace: Missouri Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Lucy E Father's Birth Place: Missouri Mother's Birth Place: Missouri Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Household Members: Name Age Earl B Weant 26 Lucy E Weant 21 John J Weant 2 11/12 Laura B Weant 1 1/12 Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: McCredie, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: T625_909; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 42; Image: 889. 1930 United States Federal Census about Earl Weant Name: Earl Weant Home in 1930: Cote Sans Dessein, Callaway, Missouri Age: 37 Estimated birth year: abt 1893 Birthplace: Missouri Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Lucy Race: White Household Members: Name Age Earl Weant 37 Lucy Weant 32 John Weant 13 Laurabelle Weant 11 William Weant 9 Robert Weant 7 Mary Louise Weant 5 Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Cote Sans Dessein, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: 1180; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 58.0.

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  Event Birth - 16 Jun 1892 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Married - 14 May 1916 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Died - 11 Dec 1968 - San Diego, San Diego, California, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth