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Phares K. Weis, who is
successfully engaged
in the general insurance
business at Mober]y, is
one of the progressive and enterprising younger
business men of this city.
He is a native of Kentucky, born at Louisa,
Lawrence County, Ky.,
Jan. 7, 1885. He is the son of Dr. Francis W
Josephine (Evans) Weis.
The father was born in Maysville, Ky.,
in 1852, and the mother is
a native of Missouri, born at Armstrong,
Howard County in 1861.
His parents were among the early settlers of
that section of the state.
Phares K. Weis and his
brothers LeRoy D. who now resides at Chi-
cago, Ill. and Rolla L. who
died in infancy, were the only children born
to their parents. Phares K.
Weis was educated in the public schools of
Kentucky, West Virginia
and Moberly. In early life he began the
printer's trade on the
Ashland Daily News, Ashland, Ky. Later he
worked on the Armstrong
Herald, Armstrong, Mo., and in 1896 he came to
Moberly, and was
employed on the Weekly Headlight for two years. He
then entered the employ of
the Moberly Democrat and remained with that
paper for eight years and
at the time of his resignation he was city
editor. He then worked on
the Monitor for four years. He was a
charter member of the
Moberlv Printers Union when he was sixteen
years old.
Mr. Weis began writing
insurance in 1911 and since that rime has
graduallv added some of
the best companies to his agency, until he now
represents a number of the
best insurance companies of the country.
He represents practically
every branch of insurance underwriting and
has built up an extensive
business. His offices are located in the Moberly
Trust Building.
Mr. Weis was married in
1912 to Miss Harriet Turlev of Moberlv
Mo. She is a daughter of
Thomas and Marie Turley. To Mr. and Mrs.
Weis have been born two
children Mary Loraine and Phares K., Jr.
Mr. Weis takes an active
part in all matters pertaining to the better-
ment and upbuilding of the
community and for a time during the year
of 1919, he was acting
secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, an organ-
ization in which he has
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