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  W. C. WEEKS
3/8/1900-4/10/1902 and 4/12/1906-2/11/1909
 W.
C. Weeks was born in Cooke County near Gainesville. He lived
in Arlington for more than 30 years.
He was a capitalist and civic builder of Arlington, vice
president of the First State Bank and was in the construction
and building industry. He was connected with William Bryce in
the founding of the Denton Brick Works, which grew from a
comparatively small business into a $1,000,000 enterprise.
Mr. Weeks served as president of the Tarrant County Water
Control and Improvement Board for two terms. He also served on
the Tarrant County Commissioners Court and ran for and was
elected Mayor of Arlington in 1906 and served until 1909.
Mr. Weeks was a Mason and a Shriner. At the time of his
death, it was noted that Arlington, Fort Worth and Tarrant
County had experienced a keen loss in leadership. Local
historian, Dorothy Rencurrel is a descendant.
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