Marcus Weston died on Tuesday at the age of 101 & 3/4. He was an apprentice from 1938-1942.
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Marcus Weston
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Marcus Weston
"The building as architecture is born out of the heart of man, permanent consort to the ground, comrade to the trees, true reflection of man in the realm of his own spirit." FLLW, "Two Lectures in Architecture: in the Realm of Ideas".
Besinger, p 122, "Winter 1941-42": ". . .I was told that I was to share a room on the apprentice court with Marcus Weston. Marcus and I were both seeking draft classification as conscientious objectors. I had gotten to know him when we were both assigned to work on construction projects at Taliesin in the fall of 1939. I enjoyed working with Marcus on these projects and learned something about carpentry from him. Marcus had learned carpentry from working with his father, Will Weston."
P 142, "Winter 1942-43": "In December, Marcus Weston was tried in federal court by Judge Patrick D Stone and in January was sentenced to prison. The trial and sentencing were surrounded by much publicity and by a public debate in the newspapers between Mr Wright and those holding pro-war sentiments. One of the casualties of Marcus's refusal to report for induction into the army was the longtime working relationship and friendship between Marcus's father, Will Weston, and Mr Wright. Marcus's father and mother both felt that Marcus should have been willing to serve in the army and that Marcus had been unduly influenced by Mr Wright. At that time, Will Weston was doing carpentry work for the remodeling of Wes and Svet's apartment. When that was completed he did no further work at Taliesin. And an essential ingredient in the Fellowship as I had come to know it was missing.
"The winter sentencing of Marcus was followed by the arrests in March of Jack Howe and Davy Davidson for failure to report for induction. They were tried in June and sentenced to four years in Sandstone, a federal prison in Minnesota."
The last time we see Marcus Weston at Taliesin is in the summer of 1946, when he is sent to pick up Curtis at the train station in Spring Green. Besinger has been away from the Fellowship since 1943. We hear no more of Weston except as the recipient of letters quoted frequently thereafter in the memoir, until Besinger himself leaves Taliesin for good in 1955.
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P 142, "Winter 1942-43": "In December, Marcus Weston was tried in federal court by Judge Patrick D Stone and in January was sentenced to prison. The trial and sentencing were surrounded by much publicity and by a public debate in the newspapers between Mr Wright and those holding pro-war sentiments. One of the casualties of Marcus's refusal to report for induction into the army was the longtime working relationship and friendship between Marcus's father, Will Weston, and Mr Wright. Marcus's father and mother both felt that Marcus should have been willing to serve in the army and that Marcus had been unduly influenced by Mr Wright. At that time, Will Weston was doing carpentry work for the remodeling of Wes and Svet's apartment. When that was completed he did no further work at Taliesin. And an essential ingredient in the Fellowship as I had come to know it was missing.
"The winter sentencing of Marcus was followed by the arrests in March of Jack Howe and Davy Davidson for failure to report for induction. They were tried in June and sentenced to four years in Sandstone, a federal prison in Minnesota."
The last time we see Marcus Weston at Taliesin is in the summer of 1946, when he is sent to pick up Curtis at the train station in Spring Green. Besinger has been away from the Fellowship since 1943. We hear no more of Weston except as the recipient of letters quoted frequently thereafter in the memoir, until Besinger himself leaves Taliesin for good in 1955.
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Carpenter William "Billy" Weston lost his 14 year old son Ernest in the massacre. Marcus Weston was his second son born five months later.m.perrino wrote:How was Marcus Weston related to the Weston involved in the tragedy at Taliesin ? Would Wm " Will" Weston have been his father ? I'm kind of confused. Thanks.
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Thanks, JimM for answering the question about Marcus.
I don't know how many children Wm. Weston & his wife had, but I think Marcus was the 4th child. Ernest was the oldest, followed by Nettie & Ralph (I'm not sure in what order), then Marcus. "Nettie" (I'm guessing her name was Annette) became Nettie Cunningham, and was a secretary for FLW in the late 1920s during the first trip to Arizona to work on the Biltmore.
I don't know much about Ralph, but he died in the late 1920s in an accident involving his car & a train (he must have been trying to cross the tracks). His death was mentioned in the local newspaper in the late 1920s. He left a pregnant wife, so I figure he was in his early 20s at that time.
I don't know how many children Wm. Weston & his wife had, but I think Marcus was the 4th child. Ernest was the oldest, followed by Nettie & Ralph (I'm not sure in what order), then Marcus. "Nettie" (I'm guessing her name was Annette) became Nettie Cunningham, and was a secretary for FLW in the late 1920s during the first trip to Arizona to work on the Biltmore.
I don't know much about Ralph, but he died in the late 1920s in an accident involving his car & a train (he must have been trying to cross the tracks). His death was mentioned in the local newspaper in the late 1920s. He left a pregnant wife, so I figure he was in his early 20s at that time.
"The building as architecture is born out of the heart of man, permanent consort to the ground, comrade to the trees, true reflection of man in the realm of his own spirit." FLLW, "Two Lectures in Architecture: in the Realm of Ideas".