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J. J. Weaver traveled quite a bit in his efforts for the church. He made frequent visits to Mancelona and other areas in northern Michigan to preach for the Mennonite Church. Many of daughters came to the Mancelona area. He is said to use the practice of "PowWow" to heal the sick. He was a preacher for the Shore Mennonite Congregation and in 1865 his post office address was at first Scott. Scott was also known as Van Buren which is where Michael and Barbara Stutzman are found living in the 1880 census. Shore is also the location of the marriage of Michael and Barbara's daughter Anna married to Emanuel C. Yoder. Emanuel C. Yoder was the nephew of Joseph Yoder, the first preacher for the Haw Patch congregation. J. J. Weaver is buried in the Keightley Cemetery just northwest of Shipshewana.
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