Weed H. William

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William H. Weed, one of the most progressive and enterprising business men of New Mexico, who has worked his way upward from humble surroundings to a position of wealth and affluence, was born in New York city, on the 22d of May, 1823, and remained there until he had attained his majority. The West, however, proved to him a more attractive field of operation, and in 1846 he went to Independence, Missouri, engaged in freighting from that place to Santa Fe, New Mexico, until 1848, and that year witnessed his arrival in St. Louis, where he continued for about a year, going thence to California. Starting from St. Joseph, Missouri, he traveled by way of Fort Laramie and the Humboldt river to the Pacific slope. This was the time of the gold excitement in that State, and he hoped to rapidly acquire a fortune. He at first engaged in mining on the north fork of the American river, but shortly afterward engaged in merchandising in Sacramento, where he remained until 1852.
In that year Mr. Weed went to the Isthmus of Panama and engaged in the transportation business from Panama to Cruces and Gorgona, and owned boats on the Chagres river until 1854. In that year he again went to California and once more resumed mining, but subsequently engaged in trading for several years through that State, Oregon and Washington, and later through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas: was trading and contracting most of the time. He then went to the Pan-Handle of Texas, where he embarked in merchandising in 1873. He also laid out the town of Mobeetie, was instrumental in securing the organization of the county, was elected at that time as County Commissioner, and during his service built the court-house.


Mr. Weed has resided in White Oaks since March, 1882. He arrived here with $20,000 worth of goods and kept freight trains of goods coming constantly. His store was called the “big new store,” for it was larger than any other mercantile establishment in the locality. From the beginning his enterprise was attended with a phenomenal success, his sales amounting to the immense sum of $326,000 the first year, while his trade extended throughout the Pecos valley, and included Chaves and Eddy counties. Mr. Weed purchased lumber immediately on his arrival at this place, and on the 15th of April had his store building completed and his goods in. His first year’s trading amounted to $126,000 with Gross, Blackwell & Company, of Las Vegas. He owned the freighting outfit which he used, and carried on the largest business ever transacted in this part of the Territory.
Mr. Weed has also been largely interested in the promotion and development of mining interests, and owns considerable mining property in the vicinity of White Oaks. His property of this character is quite extensive, and he has varied business interests all over the Territory, including a very fine store in San Pedro, New Mexico, which he opened in 1889. He has obtained an ample fortune through his own exertions, and his career is an illustration of the fact that persistent work and earnest application is sure of its reward. He is widely known in this section of the country, and his honorable business career and many social qualities have gained him a large circle of friends. [Source: “An Illustrated History of New Mexico . . .;” The Lewis Publishing Company, 1895; transcribed by Genealogy Trails Transcription Team]

In December of 1885, a post office was established at a wide spot in Agua Chiquita Canyon, which was somewhat central for the area and a natural crossroads. The post office was named for W.H. Weed, a prominent White Oaks merchant, born and raised in New York City who had come to that mining town about 1882. There is no evidence that he ever visited the Agua Chiquita, but he set up a branch store there which became Weed as others built around it. The post office changed locations eight times in the next ten years. See Full Story Here

 

William Weed purchased Block 34, Lot 3 in 1882. So this is where the New Big Store was located.

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Results for your Search by Grantee: WEED WILLIAM
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  Grantee Rec Book Page #   Grantor Instrument Description Doc#
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 A 4 1   TOMLINSON JAMES A TRUSTEE 18820515   188210004
  Track Unit Block 34 Lot 3 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       188210004
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 E 490 2   BAROUSET ANGUSTUS 18840612   188410490
    1         BAROUSET SARAH J     188410490
  Track Unit Block 34 Lot 3 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       188410490
  Track Unit Block 35 Lot 7 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       188410490
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 E 555 2   BAVOUSET AUGUSTUS 18840712   188410555
    1         BAVOUSET SARAH J     188410555
  Track Unit Block 34 Lot 7 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       188410555
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 F 185 2   CORBET SAMUEL SPECIAL MASTER 18850103   188510185
    1         NOEL CALLIE L     188510185
    1         NOEL CAMILLE C     188510185
  Track Unit Block 35 Lot 4 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       188510185
  Track Unit Block 38 Lot 2 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       188510185
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 I 41 3   HEWITT AMELIA C 18870503   188710041
    1         HEWITT JOHN Y     188710041
  Track Unit Block 34 Lot 2 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       188710041
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 I 195 1   SLIGH JAMES E 18870722   188710195
    1         SLIGH MARY L     188710195
  Track Unit Block 6 Lot 5-6 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       188710195
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 I 357 2   JEWETT DAVID J W A 18871024   188710357
  Section Township 06S Range 11E           PART SECS 24-25 188710357
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 I 359 2   JEWETT DAVID J W A 18871024 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188710359
    1         JEWETT LODE     188710359
    1         LITTLE MACK LODE     188710359
    1         MAID OF MIST LODE     188710359
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 J 432 3   MADDEN JAMES 18880627   188810432
    1         MADDEN MAY     188810432
  Track Unit Block 16 Lot 7 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       188810432
  WEED WILLIAM H 8 A 70 1   VIAL FANNIE 18890316 MARRIED 3/16/1889 188980070
    8         WEED WILLIAM H     188980070
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 M 81 1   WOODLAND JENETT 18900819   189010081
    1         WOODLAND JOHN A     189010081
  Track Unit Block 5 Lot 2 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       189010081
  Track Unit Block 21 Lot 1 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       189010081
  Track Unit Block 23 Lot 4 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       189010081
  Track Unit Block 32 Lot 2 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       189010081
  Track Unit Block Lot 21 Parcel   CITY LODE-LINCOLN AVE W O       189010081
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 M 109 1   ANDERSON ANDREW N 18900918   189010109
    1         ANDERSON SARAH E     189010109
  Track Unit Block 55 Lot 1-2 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       189010109
Results for your Search by Grantee: WEED WILLIAM
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  Grantee Rec Book Page #   Grantor Instrument Description Doc#
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 N 438 1   RHOADES J H 18851005 CHAVES COUNTY PROPERTY 189110438
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 N 625 2   REID JOHN T 18860421   189110625
  Section Township 06S Range 13E           PART SECS 31 32 189110625
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 O 223 2   YOUNG GEORGE R 18920318   189210223
    1         YOUNG KATE     189210223
  Track Unit Block 34 Lot 6 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       189210223
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 P 479 2   BROTHERS AMERICA M 18940210 CERTIFICATE OF SALE 189410479
    1         BROTHERS JOHN A DEC’D     189410479
    1         LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF     189410479
    1         WEED WILLIAM H     189410479
  Track Unit Block 4 Lot 2-3 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       189410479
  Track Unit Block 2 Lot 8 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       189410479
  Track Unit Block 40 Lot 4 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       189410479
  Track Unit Block 2 Lot 7 Parcel   KEMPTON 1ST ADDITION W O       189410479
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 P 520 1   BROTHERS AMERICA M 18940619   189410520
  Track Unit Block 4 Lot 2-3 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       189410520
  Track Unit Block 2 Lot 8 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       189410520
  Track Unit Block 40 Lot 4 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       189410520
  Track Unit Block 2 Lot 7 Parcel   KEMPTON 1ST ADDITION W O       189410520
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 M 285 1   ALCOCK JAMES A 18920915   189510285
    1         ALCOCK LULU F     189510285
  Track Unit Block 22 Lot 3 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       189510285
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 Q 133 2   BROTHERS CATHERINE A 18950530   189510133
    1         BROTHERS CHARLES     189510133
    1         BROTHERS GEORGE     189510133
    1         BROTHERS JOHN A DEC’D     189510133
    1         BROTHERS JOSEPH     189510133
    1         BROTHERS LUANNA     189510133
    1         BROTHERS NORA     189510133
  Track Unit Block 2 Lot 8 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       189510133
  Track Unit Block 40 Lot 4 Parcel   WHITE OAKS O P       189510133
  Track Unit Block 2 Lot 7 Parcel   KEMPTON 1ST ADDITION W O       189510133
  WEED WILLIAM H 1 Q 257 2   ESSINGER HENRY     189610257
    1         ESSINGER LIZZIE     189610257
    1         JUDELL JOH AKA     189610257
    1         JUDELL JULIUS AKA     189610257
    1         LUDELL JOH AKA     189610257
    1         LUDELL JULIUS AKA     189610257
  Section 05 Township 07S Range 17E           NW/4 1/3 INT 189610257
  WEED WILLIAM J DEC’D 4 M 963 3   ENGLISH FRANK A     110127324
    4         ENGLISH FRED H     110127324

 

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Timeline for William Weed

 

From the Sheriff sale mention of: “One undivided third interest in the N.W. quarter of section 5, Township 7, SR 13 E. Appears located on Coal Dump Canyon, see here

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