Son of Joseph and Della (Bailey) Weaver. Brother of George, Martha, Gladys, Stella, Nancy, Edwin, Vincent, Eleanor and Janet. Buried close to his maternal grandparents, Joseph and Nancy Bailey.


Altoona Mirror, 18 December 1913:

"INJURIES RESULT IN LAD'S DEATH

Walter Weaver, Aged 11, Succumbs to Hurts He Sustained in Fall Under Freight Train

Walter Weaver, aged 11, son of Joseph Weaver of Frankstown, a gang leader in the Pennsy shops at Hollidaysburg, died at 5:05 o'clock this morning in the Altoona hospital, without regaining consciousness after being badly injured while trying to board a freight train in the Hollidaysburg receiving yards at 9 o'clock last evening.

Weaver, in company with his brother George, and two other youths residing in Frankstown, had spent the evening together and had wandered off to the Pennsylvania tracks of the Petersburg branch, which lead into the Hollidaysburg receiving yards. The quartet had planned to ride a freight. An empty westbound train, composed of seven steel cars was selected while the four waited at the station.

The unfortunate lad reached out and grabbed the hand railing, but failed to pull himself on the foot step. His feet dragged along the rails for a short distance, his hands slipping. The body then fell to the road bed and his legs slipped across the rails.

The cries of the boy were heard by his companions and assistance secured. Dr. W.R. Palmer of Hollidaysburg was hastily summoned, arriving in a motor car. Later the lad was placed in the physician's car and raced to the Altoona hospital at 11 o'clock. He remained in an unconscious state and no operation was performed owing to his weakened condition.

The lad's companions notified the father of the accident. He arrived at the hospital shortly after midnight. He remained at the bedside of his son until his death. The boy's companions are almost prostrated with grief. The body was taken charge of this morning by Funeral Director F.J. Wolf of Hollidaysburg.

Walter Weaver was the son of Joseph K. and Della Weaver and was born in Blair county. He was a student in the second graded schools in Frankstown and a member of the Frankstown Sunday school. He is survived by his parents and four sisters and two brothers, George, Lavinda, Stella, Edwin and two younger children, all residing at home. The funeral arrangements have not as yet been made, the lad's parents being grief stricken over the accident."