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WEEMS, MASON LOCKE
(10 Jul 1806–22 Feb 1856). Mason Locke Weems, physician, son of Dr. Mason Locke
"Parson" Weems, was born in Dumfries, Virginia, in 1806. He graduated from
the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1826 and began
practice in Washington, D.C. He married Asenath Otis Slade of Prince
William County, Virginia, before he moved to Texas in 1838. They had
seven children. Weems lived for two years on Bay Prairie, Matagorda
County, and then moved to a plantation six miles below Wharton. He
was an incorporator of Matagorda University in 1845 and of the
Columbia, Wharton and Austin Railroad in 1854. He was probate judge
of Wharton County for several terms and on July 2, 1849, qualified
for chief justice of the county. An extensive planter as well as a
doctor, he carried on a correspondence on various Texas agricultural
subjects with the United States Patent Commissioner. Weems was a
master Mason and a Unitarian. He died in February 1856. |
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Mason Locke Weems II s/o Mason Locke "Parson" Weems, Sr. & Frances "Fannie" Ewell Thesis at the University of Pennsylvania: Capillary Circulation wife: Asenath Otis Slade (1811 England-1899 Chappell Hill, TX) married 6 Jul 1829 in Virginia; daughter of Charles Slade and Mary Otis
Child: In 1850 Dr. Weems was listed on the 1850 census of Wharton County as being 43 years of age. It stated that he was from Virginia. Weems was an outstanding doctor having come to Texas in 1837. He lived for two years on Bay Prairie in Matagorda County. Going to the Exposition The following ladies and gentlemen arrived in the city this morning. They are on their way to the World's exposition: Dr. J. W. Benton and Walter B. Tanner, Caney, Matagorda county; Dr. Weemes [Weems] and daughter Laura, Columbia; Mr. Taylor, wife and daughter, Columbia.
Galveston Daily News, April 8, 1885 |
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