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Albert, son of Joseph Weed, was born at Ticonderoga, Jan. 10, 1857
He was educated in the public schools and the Union Free Academy at Ticond
eroga. He worked for a time at the trade of carpenter and for some three years in the pulp mill at Ticonderoga. He then learned the drug business, and from 1892 to Sept. 1909, was in partnership with his brother, Alexander H. Weed, under the firm name of Weed Brothers, druggists. He has been in the fire insurance business in addition to his other avocations since 1887, in the firm of Weed & Burleigh. He is also a partner in the firm of Stevens & Weed, dealers in clothing, Ticonderoga. He was a director of the First National Bank of Ticonderoga for a number of years. In politics he is a Republican, and he has taken a prominent part in public affairs. He was supervisor of the town, 1891-93; member of the board of trustees of the incorporated village of Ticonderoga; member of the assembly in 1895-96. Since 1901, when he was appointed by President McKinley, he has been postmaster of Ticonderoga. He is a member of Mount Defiance Lodge, No. 794, Free and Accepted Masons; of Carillon Chapter, No. 290, Royal Arch Masons, Ticonderoga; of De Soto Commandery, Knights Templar, of Plattsburgh; of Oriental Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Troy. In religion he is an Episcopalisn. Mr. Weed married, October, 1884, Ida Stevens of Westport, N.Y., daughter of Charles A. Stevens. Children: Charles, born 1888, died 1894. Marjorie, July, 1897.
Former Mayor of Ticonderoga
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