Edgar Weeks married Mary S. Campbell (d.1933). Son of Aaron and Laura Weeks, who established the first oak stave factory in eastern Michigan. Left school to work in a printing office in New Baltimore. Worked for the Lake Superior Journal, the Free Press and Tribune in Detroit. Began the study of law in 1858 with Eldredge and Hubbard. Admitted to the bar in 1861. Mustered out of the infantry as a brevet major in the Civil War with injuries. Served as Judge of Probate. Elected to the 56th and 57th Congresses. Established the Monitor with Talmadge Lee. As a member of the Bacon Congressional Party, he traveled around the world for 6 months. Two Rodman guns were secured by him for the Court House Square in honor of General Macomb and the soldiers and sailors who fought in the Civil War. This cannon was donated to the war effort of World War II. Founder and Past President (1890) of The Old Crowd.
Edgar Weeks married Mary S. Campbell (d.1933). Son of Aaron and Laura Weeks, who established the first oak stave factory in eastern Michigan. Left school to work in a printing office in New Baltimore. Worked for the Lake Superior Journal, the Free Press and Tribune in Detroit. Began the study of law in 1858 with Eldredge and Hubbard. Admitted to the bar in 1861. Mustered out of the infantry as a brevet major in the Civil War with injuries. Served as Judge of Probate. Elected to the 56th and 57th Congresses. Established the Monitor with Talmadge Lee. As a member of the Bacon Congressional Party, he traveled around the world for 6 months. Two Rodman guns were secured by him for the Court House Square in honor of General Macomb and the soldiers and sailors who fought in the Civil War. This cannon was donated to the war effort of World War II. Founder and Past President (1890) of The Old Crowd.
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