Held rank of Lt. Col. in the Florida State Troops, 1872, and was assigned to the Staff of the 1st Division.

Husband of Mary J. Weeks (first marriage) and Elizabeth H. Weeks (second marriage); father of Catherine, Wallace, Elizabeth, Edmund, Josephine.

Civil War: Major, Second Regiment of Florida Cavalry (Federal): "On Feb. 8, Major Edmund Weeks led a force of 386 Federal troops -- 186 men of the Second Regiment of the Florida (Federal) Cavalry and 200 men from the Second Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry -- toward Clay Landing and Levyville, located near present day Chiefland.

By Feb. 10, Weeks and his troops were near Levyville. On that day, Weeks elected to return to Station Four, on the Fernandina to Cedar Key railroad, and the entry point of the railroad into the Cedar Keys. As they left Levyville, they were observed by Confederate scouts sent by Dickison. " (account of the Battle of Station 4 on the St. John's River, Marion County, FL, 1865.

He served as Florida's Lieutenant governor in 1870 and as a member of the legislature representing Leon County in 1877 and 1885. He was also the sheriff of Leon County in 1890 and Marshall of the Northern District of Florida under President Harrison.
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Weeks was county sheriff in early 1873 to Dec 12, 1874; John Antony Pearce was sheriff 1887-1903.

Held rank of Lt. Col. in the Florida State Troops, 1872, and was assigned to the Staff of the 1st Division.

Husband of Mary J. Weeks (first marriage) and Elizabeth H. Weeks (second marriage); father of Catherine, Wallace, Elizabeth, Edmund, Josephine.

Civil War: Major, Second Regiment of Florida Cavalry (Federal): "On Feb. 8, Major Edmund Weeks led a force of 386 Federal troops -- 186 men of the Second Regiment of the Florida (Federal) Cavalry and 200 men from the Second Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry -- toward Clay Landing and Levyville, located near present day Chiefland.

By Feb. 10, Weeks and his troops were near Levyville. On that day, Weeks elected to return to Station Four, on the Fernandina to Cedar Key railroad, and the entry point of the railroad into the Cedar Keys. As they left Levyville, they were observed by Confederate scouts sent by Dickison. " (account of the Battle of Station 4 on the St. John's River, Marion County, FL, 1865.

He served as Florida's Lieutenant governor in 1870 and as a member of the legislature representing Leon County in 1877 and 1885. He was also the sheriff of Leon County in 1890 and Marshall of the Northern District of Florida under President Harrison.
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Weeks was county sheriff in early 1873 to Dec 12, 1874; John Antony Pearce was sheriff 1887-1903.