Ripley B. Weaver

Ripley "Rip" B. Weaver[1] (October 9, 1829 – December 1900)[2][3] was a soldier, raiser of stock animals, state legislator, and government official from Arkansas.

Weaver was a director for Arkansas participation in a world's fair and was appointed a negotiator with the Utes in Colorado[4] He was listed as of Rally Hill when reported to have been appointed a commissioner for Arkansas' participation in the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in 1898.

[5] His photograph is included in a composite of Arkansas state senators in 1881[6] and 1885.

[8] Members of the Arkansas Senate elected him president of the body in 1885.

[9] He was a federal official in 1889 involved in producing a treaty with the Utes of Colorado.