Wetzel, Rebecca 'Jane' b. 2 Feb 1858 Middlebourne, Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia, USA d. 21 May 1893 Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

Wetzel, Rebecca 'Jane'

1858 - 1893 (35 years)

Name	Wetzel, Rebecca 'Jane' [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Birth	2 Feb 1858	Middlebourne, Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia, USA [3, 4, 5, 6]
	20180825HAv- pasted from R315: b.1862?? note age at marriage jcw 19.08.00: STEWARD, Basil B. 28 Ohio 23 Jan 1879 WETZEL, Rebnecca Jane 17 Tyler Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia/Middlebourne, Ellsworth (District), Tyler Co, WV
Gender	Female
Census	19 Jun 1870	Middlebourne, Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia, USA [7, 8]
	(Middlebourne PO), Ellsworth, Tyler Co, WV, age 11/Middlebourne, Ellsworth (District), Tyler Co, WV
	20250616Chicago- 20180825HAv- pasted from R315: 1870 United States Federal Census about John Wetzel date: 29th June 1870 Daniel Billingsley Name: John Wetzel Age: 32 Birth: abt 1838 Virginia Home: Ellsworth, Tyler, WV Gender: Male PO: Middlebourne Household John Wetzel 32 VA farmer $150 personal estate Hannah Wetzel 43 VA Margaret Wetzel 15 VA Henry Wetzel 12 VA Jane Wetzel 11 VA Martha Wetzel 9 VA Eli Wetzel 4 WV Mary Wetzel 10m WV Jacob Hassig 37 OH Zerd? Workman 42 VA Jane 38 VA ... Rosa Workman 65 VA Charles Matthews 29 VA Ann " 29 VA William " 4 VA Source Citation: Year: 1800; Census Place: Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia; roll: M593_1700; Page: 275A; Image: 115; Family History Library Film: 553199. census 1870 USA WV Tyler Ellsworth Middlebourne 275A WETZEL,John
Name	Jane Wetzel [6]
Death	21 May 1893	Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
	age 35
Person ID	I48148	WetzelAncestry

Father	WETZEL, John Henry, b. 24 Aug 1839, Mannington, Marion, West Virginia, USA d. 25 Feb 1924, Middlebourne, Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia, USA (Age 84 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Mercer, Hannah A., b. 16 Jan 1832, Blacksville, Monongalia, West Virginia, USA d. 14 Jun 1887, Tyler County, West Virginia, USA (Age 55 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	28 Jul 1856	Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA [9, 10]
	20191020Chesterfield- 28 Jul 1856 Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA Spouse John Wetzel 1839-1924
Marriage License	28 Jul 1856	Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA [11, 12]
	WETZEL, John (2) facts License Issued MERCER, Hannah 28 July 1856
military pension	26 Feb 1878	West Virginia, USA
	"invalid". 'Mary E.' listed as 'widow', but '78 is 10 yrs before Mary,so "invalid" must be Hannah, beneficiary -jcw20160811
	20181030HAv- pasted from BUfx: Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 about John Wetzel Name: John Wetzel State Filed: West Virginia Widow: Mary E. Wetzel 1878 Feb 26 Invalid 1924 Mar 12 Widow National Archives and Records Administration. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 544 rolls. Description: This database is an index to and images of pension cards of Civil War veterans in the United States. Each record includes the veteran's name and state in which he, or his dependents, filed the application. The digitized image of the index card itself, contains additional information on the individual, such as unit of service, date of filing, and application and certificate numbers for the pension case file housed at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington D.C. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 about John Wetzel Name: John Wetzel State Filed: West Virginia Widow: Mary E. Wetzel Invalid: 26.02.1878 Widow: 12.03.1924 Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 544 rolls.
Family ID	F12735	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Stewart, Basil B., b. 1851

Marriage 23 Jan 1879 Tyler County, West Virginia, USA [2, 3, 4]

20180825HAv- pasted from R315:
West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 about Rebecca Jane Wetzel

Name: Rebecca Jane Wetzel
Gender: Female
Spouse's Name: Basil B Steward
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 1879
Marriage Place: Tyler, West Virginia, United States

Source Information: Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: "West Virginia Marriages, 1853-1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2009. Digital images of originals housed in County Courthouses in various counties throughout West Virginia. Marriage records.
20180825HAv- pasted from R315:
MARRIAGES: (Information compiled by Carol Hassig and Elizabeth Mullet from the Wetzel County Court records and donated to New Martinsville Library by the Genealogy Society)
NAMES AGE COUNTY WITNESSES OR MARRIED AT/DATE PARENTS
WETZEL, Eli 24 Marion Henry and Mary 3 Nov 1867
ROBERTS, Julia A. 19 Tyler David and Matilda

WETZEL, Isaac E. 22 Monroe Joseph D. and Mary 30 Nov 1869
DODD, Maria 19 Tyler James and Margaret

WILSON, William 22 Virginia William ? 1 May 1858
WETZEL, Mary 35w Virginia Jacob Brookover

MATHEWS, George W. 20 Monongalia 30 Aug 1888
WETZEL, Mary C. 19 Tyler

MARLOW, Allen 24 Monroe Co OH 26 Feb 1876
WETZEL, Priscilla Jane 24 Belmont Co OH

STEWARD, Basil B. 28 Ohio 23 Jan 1879
WETZEL, Rebecca Jane 17 Tyler

MYERS, George L. 20 Wetzel 7 May 1882
WETZEL, Martha Ann 21 Tyler

ROBERTS, John N. 29 Wetzel 24 Feb 1883
WETZEL, Eliza 34 Monongalia

KELLER, Lewis N. 20 Tyler 20 Oct 1890
WETZEL, Eliza Frances 17 Tyler

WETZEL, Joseph L. 24 Tyler 2 May 1886
KIMBLE, Mary 21 Tyler

WETZEL, Alexander 26 Wetzel ... & more
Basil, 28, from Ohio; Rebecca Jane, 17, Tyler Co, WV

Children

	1. Stewart, Norma, b. 7 Apr 1889, West Virginia, USA d. 21 Nov 1918, Wilkinsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 29 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Stewart, John Vernon, b. 4 Oct 1879, New Martinsville, Wetzel, West Virginia, USA d. 21 Jan 1967, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F34292 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Marriage - 23 Jan 1879 - Tyler County, West Virginia, USA
	Death - 21 May 1893 - Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA

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Photos

census 1870 USA WV Tyler Ellsworth Middlebourne 275A WETZEL,John.jpg
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20180825HAv- pasted from R315:
1870 United States Federal Census about John Wetzel
date: 29th June 1870
Daniel Billingsley
Name: John Wetzel
Age: 32
Birth: abt 1838
Virginia
Home: Ellsworth, Tyler, WV
Gender: Male
PO: Middlebourne
Household
John Wetzel 32 VA farmer $150 personal estate
Hannah Wetzel 43 VA
Margaret Wetzel…

Sources

[S339] Juanita (Chapman) Matthews, appended by Mary Ellen Olson, Wetzel Roots, Wetzel Roots.
Wetzel Roots (565) facts but no info;
pdf in Source
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WETZEL ROOTS
by: Juanita (Chapman) Matthews
b 02-06-1913
d (?)

Appended by Mary Ellen (Wetzel) Olson, 10-09-99
b 02-06-30
d (12-25-2020)

The backbone of my WETZEL family history, where it all began for me.

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Commodore Perry Eddy
Birth: April 10, 1882
Tyler, WV
Death: 1970 (87-88)
Family:
Son of Samuel Taylor Eddy and Mary Louise Eddy
Husband of Goldie Mae Eddy
Father of Helen Elizabeth "Betty" Boggs (Eddy); Thelma Jean LeMasters; Nancy Virginia Eddy; Mary Amy Eddy; Private; Private; Private; Private; Private; Ethel May Eddy and Raymond Eddy« less
Brother of Rose Mable Lemasters; Thomas Jefferson Eddy; Salathiel Taylor Eddy; Taylor Eddy; George William Eddy; Hattie Myrtle Rockwell; Chloe Virginia Heslop; Laura Ethel (Grove), Eddy and David Lonzo Eddy« less

Managed by: Private User
Last Updated: May 3, 2022
https://www.geni.com/people/Commodore-Eddy/6000000001404025252
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
[S1336] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Database online.
Record for Rebecca Jane Wetzel West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 about Rebecca Jane Wetzel Name: Rebecca Jane Wetzel Gender: Female Spouse's Name: Basil B Steward Spouse Gender: Male Marriage Date: 1879 Marriage Place: Tyler, West Virginia, United States Source Information: Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "West Virginia Marriages, 1853-1970." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2009. Digital images of originals housed in County Courthouses in various counties throughout West Virginia. Marriage records.
[S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Record for Rebecca Jane Wetzel
[S1374] compiled by Carol Hassig and Elizabeth Mullet from the Wetzel County Court records, Wetzel County Court Records: Marriages1.doc, (Name: Sent as attachment to e-mail 18.08.00: Bill Wetzel;).
STEWARD, Basil B. 28 Ohio 23 Jan 1879 WETZEL, Rebnecca Jane 17 Tyler (Rebecca, I assume- jcw 08.08.2013) b.1862?? note age at marriage jcw 19.08.00.

[S1127] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 171001-174000.
Record for Norma Waltz (11) facts
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Norma Waltz in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971
Name Norma Waltz
[Norma Stewart]
Gender Female
Race White
Age 29y 6m 14d
Birth 7 Apr 1889
West Virginia
Death 21 Nov 1918
Wilkinsburg, Allegheny, PA
cause Influenza
10-92B
pneummonia
Father Basil Stewart
Mother Rebecca J Wetzel
attest Harry P. Waltz
1152 South Ave
Wilkinsburg, Allegheny, PA
burial Nov 24 1918
West Alezander, PA
Cert 173641

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 171001-174000

PA Death Cert 19181121 Norma Steward Waltz.jpg
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Norma Waltz in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971
Name Norma Waltz
[Norma Stewart]
Gender Female
Race White
Age 29y 6m 14d
Birth 7 Apr 1889
West Virginia
Death 21 Nov 1918
Wilkinsburg, Allegheny, PA
cause Influenza
10-92B
pneummonia
Father Basil Stewart
Mother Rebecca J Wetzel
attest Harry P. Waltz
1152 South…

[S1708] Public Member Trees, recovered, kammers family tree1_2010-08-16_01 - donaldkammer / John Wetzel (100) facts /20293705/person/926128786/facts 20201215HAv-.
Record for John Wetzel (100) facts

20201215HAv- kammers family tree1_2010-08-16_01 - donaldkammer
John Wetzel 1839-1924
BIRTH 24 AUG 1839 • Mannington, Monongalia Co. Va.
DEATH 25 FEB 1924 • Sistersville, Tyler Co. W.Va. death cert #2606
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/20293705/person/926128786/facts
Record for John Wetzel (100) facts
20201215HAv- kammers family tree1_2010-08-16_01 - donaldkammer
John Wetzel 1839-1924
BIRTH 24 AUG 1839 • Mannington, Monongalia Co. Va.
DEATH 25 FEB 1924 • Sistersville, Tyler Co. W.Va. death cert #2606
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/20293705/person/926128786/facts?ssrc=&_ga=2.97074911.1317878379.1608069257-1951018592.1545173868

[S12] census 1870 USA WV, Year: 1800; Census Place: Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia; roll: M593_1700; Page: 275A; Image: 115; Family History Library Film: 553199.
WETZEL, John (13) facts

Eli Jeremiah Wetzel (4) facts .... (13)
20250616Chicago-
20180825HAv- pasted from R315:
1870 United States Federal Census about John Wetzel
date: 29th June 1870
Daniel Billingsley
Name: John Wetzel
Age: 32
Birth: abt 1838
Virginia
Home: Ellsworth, Tyler, WV
Gender: Male
PO: Middlebourne
Household
John Wetzel 32 VA farmer $150 personal estate
Hannah Wetzel 43 VA
Margaret Wetzel 15 VA
Henry Wetzel 12 VA
Jane Wetzel 11 VA
Martha Wetzel 9 VA
Eli Wetzel 4 WV
Mary Wetzel 10m WV

Jacob Hassig 37 OH

Zerd? Workman 42 VA
Jane 38 VA
...
Rosa Workman 65 VA

Charles Matthews 29 VA
Ann " 29 VA
William " 4 VA

Source Citation: Year: 1800; Census Place: Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia; roll: M593_1700; Page: 275A; Image: 115; Family History Library Film: 553199.

census 1870 USA WV Tyler Ellsworth Middlebourne 275A WETZEL,John

[S12] census 1870 USA WV.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&ti=0&r=an&db=1870usfedcen&F30=WVM593_1700-0112&rank=0&gss=angs&fh=29 Name: Jane Wetzel Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859 Age in 1870: 11 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Ellsworth, Tyler, West Virginia Family and neighbors: View Results Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: View Image Post Office: Middlebourne Roll: M593_1700 Page: 275 Image: 112 Year: 1870
[S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Record for John Wetzel
[S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Weirton, WV Family Tree, Owner: dtassey1, Record for John Wetzel
[S1362] Roseanne Denbow, Amish Ancestry and Beyond.
ID: I17182 Name: Hannah MERCER Given Name: Hannah Surname: Mercer Sex: F Birth: 1836 in Monongalia Co., (West) VA Death: 14 JUN 1887 Father: William MERCER b: 1788 in Front Royal, Winchester, VA Mother: Margaret "Peggy" METZ b: 1798 in PA Marriage 1 John WETZEL b: 24 AUG 1839 in Monongalia Co., (West) VA Married: 28 JUL 1856 in Wetzel Co., WV
[S1374] compiled by Carol Hassig and Elizabeth Mullet from the Wetzel County Court records, Wetzel County Court Records: Marriages1.doc, (Name: Sent as attachment to e-mail 18.08.00: Bill Wetzel;), WETZEL, John & Hanna Mercer.
WETZEL, John (2) facts
License Issued MERCER, Hannah 28 July 1856

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