S. M. WELDON was born in Crittenden County, Ky., August 11, 1836, and is a son of William and Mary (Jones) Weldon; the former was born in 1808 in South Carolina and the latter was born in Jackson County, Tenn. About 1818 the father was taken to Tennessee by his parents, and in 1830 to Crittenden County. There he remained until 1860, when he moved to Pinckneyville, where he still resides, and is at present running a family grocery. The mother died March 4, 1864. S. M. is the fifth of a family of twelve children, of whom the following are now living: Amy E. (wife of G. S. Lewis), in Polk County, Ill.; S. P., in Fulton County, Ark; Nancy J. (wife of Thomas King), of Polk County, Ill.; S. M.; W. E., in Crittenden County, Ky.; M. H., at Marion, Ky.; L. A., in Crittenden County, Ky., and J. W., at Marion. He received his schooling in Crittenden County, and remained at home until he was twenty years of age, when he began learning the blacksmith's trade at Marion, where he remained one year. He then removed to Clements' Mill, where he followed his trade for about four years. He next located at Ford's Ferry, and after remaining there three years, came in 1871 to this county and settled at Walnut Grove, where he remained four years. He then bought a farm two miles from that point, and, turning his attention to agriculture, remained there for seven years. In 1881 he returned to Walnut Grove, and has since been merchandizing [sic], at present carrying a stock of about $800. Mr. Weldon was married November 27, 1856, to Miss Harriet C. Marr, daughter of Samuel and Zilpha (Whitehead) Marr, natives of North Carolina. Mrs. Weldon was born in Bedford County, Tenn., and is the mother of five children, of whom but one, Sarah E., wife of E. M. Dalton, is now living.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 715.