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Weavers’ home place is near the Culpeper-Rappahannock county line and is presently being restored by Weaver's son. John. "With all those at home, we loved it,” Weaver said. His parents even took an extra child, whose parents had died, to raise. ‘‘Her grandmother was an old granny woman, a midwife,” Weaver said. "Now, as you can imagine, we saw a lot of that midwife. So when the child’s mother died, we just added her to our family."
When his father died in the 'twenties, Weaver returned home from his work as a carpenter and painter in the city to help his mother raise the younger children and run the farm. In time, as the depression hit, he stayed in the City during the week and caught up with the farm work on week ends with the help of a hired hand.
"I stayed there until I was satisfied the younger children were taken care of.” Weaver said. "Then, at thirty, it was time for me to get married.”
Weaver met his wife, Grace, now deceased, at a dance. "We used to play music around at dances. I would play fiddle or guitar. 1 had another girlfriend at the time but when I met my wife I ^st made up my mind. At the end of the evening I told her, ’Now. if everything goes
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