1851–1926

Introduction

Born: Sep­tem­ber 18, 1851, Ar­nolds Creek, West Vir­gin­ia.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 8, 1926, Park­ers­burg, West Vir­gin­ia.

Buried: Park­er­sburg Me­mo­ri­al Gar­dens, Park­ers­burg, West Vir­gin­ia.

Biography

William was the son of Da­ni­el Week­ley and Eli­za­beth Jane Pratt. He mar­ried twice, to Ro­sa L. Wil­son and Em­ma L. Gib­son.

A gra­du­ate of As­bury Se­mi­na­ry, Wil­more, Ken­tuc­ky, Week­ley was a bi­shop in the Church of the Unit­ed Breth­ren in Christ (1905) (now part of the Unit­ed Me­tho­dist de­nom­i­na­tion).

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If you know where to get a good pho­to of Week­ley (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),