Notes for Richard Coxe Weightman

Notes for Richard Coxe Weightman

!US Census 1900 (12 June) District of Columbia, Washington, Washington, Roll T623_160, SD 1 ED 43, Sheet 19A, Page 212A, House No. 1906 Sunderland Place NW, Lines 29-31: Richard Weightman (b. Oct 1845 - 54 - in DC - Occ: Journalist - Fa: DC and Mo: DC) married 20 years to Laura (b. Feb 1857 - 43 - in LA - Fa: VA and Mo: AL) having 2 children born and 0 still living. OTHERS LISTED are: Adelaide Edgerson (b. Sept 1856 - 43 - in DC - BLACK - Occ: Cook - Fa: MD and Mo: MD); and Mary Gary (b. May 1876 - 24 - in GA - BLACK - Occ: Servant - Fa: GA and Mo: GA) married 6 years and having 0 children born.

!US Census 1910 (19 April) District of Columbia, Washington, Enumeration District 52, Series T624_150 Part 2, SD 1 ED 53, Sheet 1A, Page 108A, House No. 1906 Sunderland Place NW, Lines 7-10: Richard C. Weightman (b. 1847 - 63 - in DC - Occ: Journalist - Fa: DC and Mo: DC) married to Annie L. (b. 1860 - 50 - in LA - Fa: VA and Mo: AL) having 2 children born and 0 living. OTHERS LISTED are: Adelaid Edmon (b. 1860 - 50 - in DC - Occ: Cook - Fa: DC and Mo: DC); and Mary Connelly (b. 1889 - 21 - in Ireland - Occ: Servant - Fa: Ireland and Mo: Ireland)

!Obituary - New York Times, 19 Feb 1914, Pg 9, Col 5: Richard Coxe Weightman, for many years a contributor to newspapers and magazines, and Secretary of the War Investigation Committee, appointed by President McKinley, 1888-1890, died of heart disease on Tuesday at his home in District of Columbia Mr Weightman was born in Washington on Oct 25, 1845. He was educated at St Timothy's Hall, Catonsville, MD, 1855-57 and married Miss Laura Jurey of New Orleans in 1878. He served in the Confederate Army from 1861 to 1865 and afterward entered newspaper work on the New Orleans "Times Democrat". Subsequently he went to Washington where he became an editorial writer on the Washington Post. For several years he also was an editorial contributor to the New York Sun.