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HENRY 1,rESTON FAMILY OF LOGTO\Tf l8t+6
WPA - 1937 - Hancock County Roland Wewton Interview
_r j, Roland Weston said hisgrandfather, Henry Weston vas born in Sak'owegan, Kaine. When he vas still a young man he vas ordered South for his health.
He vent to Nev Orleans and inquiring there as to work in a saw mill vas told of a saw mill at ^ai^e.jsyill)?.,..,^ississipoi, on the Pearl River.	v*—-	■	>
Henry Weston vent to Gainesville where he was employed in the saw mill of W. J. Poitevent in 18^6 as sawyer at S^^OO per month.
He had had some experience in saw mill work having worked in his father's mill in Kaine after school hours and during vacation.
In ISWS Kr. Wingate, who owned and operated a small mill at' t,ogtown'i~ eight*mlles:rfroTn~Gainesville also on the Pearl River, secured the services of Henry Weston ’where he worked for eight years. He was very thrifty and put by a large part of his earnings and in 1356 he and W. W. and Henry Carre bought out Wingate and operated the business under the firm name of Carre Lumber Company.
Nr. Weston also bought Wingate's home, a widespreading rambling country home where the the widow of his eldest son, Asa Eaton lives (1937). The house is more than 100 years old and the original gate still opens to admit visitors.
Henry..Weston - was ^:''slave'~ov;her^duri^g the Civll^al^^d^he' * Manufactured^salt-near Bay St.v Louis7during-this*1 period.
In 187^ the Carre firm dissolved partnership, Mr. Weston taking all holdings North of Eoguehoma' -Bayou (a bayou running East and West through a part of L5ogtown and emptying into Pearl River.), H. C.':.rre the holdings South of the B=you and V. W. Carre uioved to New Orl< Later Weston bought out .-ill the Carr0 5nUrests and beor.^e s.-ole owner.
He built two large iiew mills and a planing mill in Logtown, owned and operated a large fleet of lumber vessels, and opened a lumber yard in New Oilcans. The greater part of the ]v- bsr v:as exported to Europe or South America.
Henry Weston married Lois Fead and six sons and two daughters were born to this union:	,'6die, \«.a, Horatio, Coney, David, Cobw. n,
John and Lois. j;Lvid ;rnd Cob\*, n ,oe the only regaining sons.
Henry Weston, his :; 'x .i	;-nd	J.	S.	Otis	for-aed	the	H.	Wci.
Lumber Coiapcny which was the beginning of the lumber industry in Hancock County and becr.me one of the largest lumber businesses in the South.