Joel Edwin Lafayette "Babe" Weaver1,2,3,4
b. Aug 15, 1893, d. Mar 4, 1971
Joel Edwin Lafayette "Babe" Weaver was born on Aug 15, 1893 in Shelbina, MO.5,6 Joel Edwin Lafayette "Babe" Weaver also went by the name of Babe.3
Joel Edwin Lafayette "Babe" Weaver was stationed at circa 1918 in Camp Funston (part of Fort Riley), Riley Co, KS.7
He married Mary Elizabeth DeWitt in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS, on Jun 20, 1920. The couple were married by Rev. Ira DeWitt, the bride's brother.1,2,8,9,5,3,6
Joel was listed as the head of a family on the 1930 Census in Salt River Township, Shelby Co, MO. Fayette was a farmer, with his own farm. Gwenlyn was in school.5
Joel Edwin Lafayette "Babe" Weaver was employed by City Municipal Plant in Shelbina, MO.6
Joel Edwin Lafayette "Babe" Weaver and Mary Elizabeth Weaver were honored with a 50th wedding anniversary reception on Jun 21, 1970.4
Joel Edwin Lafayette "Babe" Weaver died on Mar 4, 1971 at age 77.4
Joel Edwin Lafayette "Babe" Weaver was stationed at circa 1918 in Camp Funston (part of Fort Riley), Riley Co, KS.7
Fayette Weaver Wedding Picture
Photo courtesy of Barbara Hettinger
Photo courtesy of Barbara Hettinger
He married Mary Elizabeth DeWitt in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS, on Jun 20, 1920. The couple were married by Rev. Ira DeWitt, the bride's brother.1,2,8,9,5,3,6
Fayette, Keith, Gwen, Kenneth and Marie Weaver
Photo courtesy of Barbara Hettinger
Photo courtesy of Barbara Hettinger
Group photo of Samuel Jackson DeWitt and Ida Shellhorn DeWitt taken on their 45th wedding anniversary at their home on 4th St., Salina, KS.
Information provided by Myra DeWitt, Gertrude DeWitt Small, and Jane DeWitt Smith, daughters of Lyle B and Hazel Smith DeWitt.
Back row: Lloyd DeWitt, oldest child of Ira and Katie; Merle DeWitt, Florence DeWitt Stites, Clyde DeWitt, Bertha DeWitt Webster, Bertha’s husband “Bud” Warren Myron Webster; Katie Grubb (Mrs. Ira) DeWitt; Ira DeWitt.
Middle Row: Oren Webster, oldest child of Bertha and “Bud” DeWitt; Russell DeWitt, 2nd child of Ira and Katie; “Babe” Fayette Weaver holding one of their twins, either Keith or Kenneth, and Mary Elizabeth “ Marie” Weaver holding the other twin. Keith and Kenneth’s date of birth is 10 July1925. Blanche Beatrice Parks DeWitt (Mrs. Clyde) holding son Dale. Lyle DeWitt (Just above his mother’s left shoulder); Lyle’s wife Hazel Smith DeWitt holding their 4th child, Jane, whose birthday is Nov 14, 1926. On Hazel’s left is Evangeline DeWitt (3rd child of Ira and Katie DeWitt).
Front Row: Gordon Webster, 2nd child of Bertha and “Bud” Webster; Lola Lee Stites, only child of Florence DeWitt Stites; Mary Ellen DeWitt (4th child of Ira and Katie);Gwen Weaver, oldest child of “Babe” and “Marie” Weaver ; Samuel J DeWitt, Ida DeWitt, Gertrude DeWitt (3rd child of Lyle and Hazel DeWitt); Myra DeWitt (2nd child of Lyle and Hazel) and Marian DeWitt, oldest daughter of Lyle and Hazel. At the end of the row, Ida Fay Webster, 3rd child of Bertha and “Bud”.
Photo courtesy Barbara Hettinger
Information provided by Myra DeWitt, Gertrude DeWitt Small, and Jane DeWitt Smith, daughters of Lyle B and Hazel Smith DeWitt.
Back row: Lloyd DeWitt, oldest child of Ira and Katie; Merle DeWitt, Florence DeWitt Stites, Clyde DeWitt, Bertha DeWitt Webster, Bertha’s husband “Bud” Warren Myron Webster; Katie Grubb (Mrs. Ira) DeWitt; Ira DeWitt.
Middle Row: Oren Webster, oldest child of Bertha and “Bud” DeWitt; Russell DeWitt, 2nd child of Ira and Katie; “Babe” Fayette Weaver holding one of their twins, either Keith or Kenneth, and Mary Elizabeth “ Marie” Weaver holding the other twin. Keith and Kenneth’s date of birth is 10 July1925. Blanche Beatrice Parks DeWitt (Mrs. Clyde) holding son Dale. Lyle DeWitt (Just above his mother’s left shoulder); Lyle’s wife Hazel Smith DeWitt holding their 4th child, Jane, whose birthday is Nov 14, 1926. On Hazel’s left is Evangeline DeWitt (3rd child of Ira and Katie DeWitt).
Front Row: Gordon Webster, 2nd child of Bertha and “Bud” Webster; Lola Lee Stites, only child of Florence DeWitt Stites; Mary Ellen DeWitt (4th child of Ira and Katie);Gwen Weaver, oldest child of “Babe” and “Marie” Weaver ; Samuel J DeWitt, Ida DeWitt, Gertrude DeWitt (3rd child of Lyle and Hazel DeWitt); Myra DeWitt (2nd child of Lyle and Hazel) and Marian DeWitt, oldest daughter of Lyle and Hazel. At the end of the row, Ida Fay Webster, 3rd child of Bertha and “Bud”.
Photo courtesy Barbara Hettinger
Joel was listed as the head of a family on the 1930 Census in Salt River Township, Shelby Co, MO. Fayette was a farmer, with his own farm. Gwenlyn was in school.5
Joel Edwin Lafayette "Babe" Weaver was employed by City Municipal Plant in Shelbina, MO.6
From left: Lyle and Hazel DeWitt, Bud and Bertha Webster, Marie and Babe Weaver
Taken on front porch at Ralph and Ida Fay Farrington's, 904 N Paul, Ellsworth, KS on July 6, 1958
Photo courtesy of Warren Farrington
Taken on front porch at Ralph and Ida Fay Farrington's, 904 N Paul, Ellsworth, KS on July 6, 1958
Photo courtesy of Warren Farrington
Joel Edwin Lafayette "Babe" Weaver and Mary Elizabeth Weaver were honored with a 50th wedding anniversary reception on Jun 21, 1970.4
Joel Edwin Lafayette "Babe" Weaver died on Mar 4, 1971 at age 77.4
Family | Mary Elizabeth DeWitt b. June 9, 1897, d. December 22, 1974 |
| Children |
Citations
- [S175] Sharon Shellhorn Phelps, Descendants of Barnet DeWitt, online www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/h/e/sharon-s-phelps/index.html.
- [S590] Obituary, DeWitt, Samuel J., May 28, 1942, page 3, column 5.
- [S1543] Barbara Hettinger, "Re: Your Website (Group photo of Samuel Jackson DeWitt and Ida Shellhorn DeWitt)," e-mail to Julia Langel, September 9, 2004, Re: Your Website (Group photo of Samuel Jackson DeWitt and Ida Shellhorn DeWitt).
- [S1543] Barbara Hettinger, "One More Family," e-mail to Julia Langel, March 30, 2009, One More Family.
- [S1234] 1930 U. S. Census, Missouri, Shelby County, Salt River Township, ED 13, sheet 7B, line 86, dwelling 175, family 177, Missouri, Shelby County.
- [S1543] Barbara Hettinger, "One More Family," e-mail to Julia Langel, March 30, 2009, One More Family.
- [S1543] Barbara Hettinger, "One More Family," e-mail to Julia Langel, March 30, 2009, One More Family.
- [S659] The Salina Journal, February 18, 1970, page 31, column 4.
- [S765] The Salina Journal, June 15, 1944, page 12, column 4.
- [S1890] Warren Farrington, "warren Farrington," e-mail to Julia Langel, March 5, 2011, warren Farrington.