Franklin S. Weiser

Franklin S Weiser, a prominent manufacturer of York, was born in the county September 25, 1825, and a son of Jacob and Sarah Weiser. His father being engaged in the mercantile business, our subject was early instilled with business ideas, being an assistant of his father. He received a good education, having the supplementary advantage of the York County Academy. At the age of eighteen he began an apprenticeship to learn the carpenter’s trade, and subsequently followed that trade for five years in Baltimore, Md. Returning to York he formed an association with Jacob Weiser in the coal and lumber business, which continued until 1860, when he became the sole owner. He has since continued in this business, and has also become a manufacturer of cigar and paper boxes. Mr. Weiser is a progressive business man; has been a director of the York County Bank and of the York & Chanceford Turnpike Company, and also prominent in the Lutheran Church. Mr. Weiser was married, March 25, 1852, to Barbara S., daughter of Jacob Stahle, of Manchester Township. They have had born to them six children: Robert S., deceased; Sarah K., deceased; Jacob S., deceased; Harvy K., William H., and Eugene F.


Taken from the book, “History of York County, Illustrated 1886” by John Gibson, Historical Editor