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Record for Henry Wetzel (58) facts
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1871 account of the creation of Synod of VA
A Guide to the Hebron Lutheran Church (Madison, Va.) Records, 1871-1882, n.d.
Accession Number 42245
A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Contact Information:
The Library of Virginia
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Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000 USA
Phone: (804) 692-3888 (Archives Reference)
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Processed by: Jessica Tyree
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Administrative Information
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Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Hebron Lutheran Church (Madison, Va.). [cite specific records used and dates]. Accession 42245. Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Purchased in October 2005.
Descriptive Summary
Repository: Library of Virginia
Accession number: 42245
Title: Hebron Lutheran Church (Madison, Va.) Records, 1871-1882, n.d.
Physical Characteristics: 34 leaves and 31 p.
Language: English
Scope and Content
Records, 1871-1882 and n.d., including an 1871 account by pastor Henry Wetzel (1816-1890) of the 1868 creation of the Evangelical Lutheran Concordia Synod of Virginia. Wetzel's history was intended to refute criticisms made by the Tennessee Synod, from which Concordia had extricated itself. In addition to this manuscript, the collection also contains lengthy notes on the origins and history, through 1882, of Hebron Church, now located in Madison County, Virginia. Among the notes is a handwritten copy of a 1737 pamphlet written by Johann Caspar Stover (d. ca. 1738), the congregation's first official pastor, to solicit funds from Evangelicals in his native Germany.
Biographical/Historical Information
Hebron Lutheran Church is the oldest Lutheran congregation in Virginia and the South, and worships in the oldest Lutheran church building in continuous use. While the first Lutherans who came to Virginia in 1717 settled near a German colony of Reformed members, and shared a close association with them, Hebron was never a union church. Organized in 1717 and built in 1740, the church has been in the following counties: Essex, 1717; Spotsylvania, 1721 (moved 1725); Orange, 1734; Culpeper, 1749; and Madison, 1793. For more information, see History of the Hebron Lutheran Church, Madison County, Virginia, from 1717 to 1907, by William Peter Huddle, 1908, and Hebron Lutheran Church: A Brief History, 1717-1974, by Jeannie Edna Light, 1974.
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Record for Henry Wetzel recovered
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Obituary of Reverend Henry Wetzel
03/03/1890
Obituary of Rev. Henry Wetzel.-At his residence, near Calvary, about two miles west of Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia, March 3, 1890 after a complicated illness of three or four months duration, Rev. Henry Wetzel departed this life; aged 74 years, 2 months, and 20 days.
His funeral services took place from Mt. Calvary Church, March 5, at 10 A. M., Rev. P. C. Wike officiating. His remains were then conveyed to Zion's Church, a distance of six miles, and laid to rest by the side of his consort who preceded him to eternity.
He was born in Southwest Virginia, near the Tennessee line, of Christian parents, who brought him up in the nurture and admonition of God. He prepared himself for the Gospel ministry, and was ordained to the office of pastor, by the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod, at its session held in Rader's Church, near Timberville, Rockingham County, Virginia, in the year 1841, and continued in the active services of the ministry until within a few months of his death, -a period of forty-nine years. During his ministry, he served congregations in Augusta, Rockingham, and Shenandoah Counties, Virginia, as well as congregations in West Virginia, doing much missionary work. He also served a congregation in Baltimore, Maryland for several years.
He was a man of strong mind and indomitable energy, an able and impressive preacher, both in the German and English languages, sound in the faith, and ever ready to promulgate, maintain, defend, and perpetuate the true doctrines and usages of the church, in their purity and simplicity. He was an able, fearless, formidable debater, full of zeal and perseverance.
By assiduous effort and close application to study and investigation, He attained an eminent degree in literature and theology, as well as in church history and dogmatics. He was one of the ablest ministers in the Valley of Virginia. He possessed an extensive library, and he really used it. He took great delight in reading the Confessions of the Church and Luther's Entire Works. He was quite familiar with them, frequently making translations from them.
When the translation of the Christian Book of Concord, or the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, into the English language, was undertaken, He was selected to make a purely literal translation of the Epitome; so, too, when Luther's Church-Postil on the Epistles was translated for publication in the English, he was selected to prepare a similar translation of the third volume.
He was a son of George and Margaret Wetzel. He entered into the estate of matrimony with Miss Mary C. Staubus daughter of Christian and Mary E. Staubus, of Augusta County, Virginia December 5, 1839, with whom he had seven children,-six daughters and one son.
He leaves two daughters and several grand-children, with numerous other relatives and friends, to lament his departure. Having finished his course here, he has now gone to the spirit world, to enjoy, as we trust, that rest and those rewards prepared for the faithful.
yangti added this on 7 Aug 2010
Gerald Whetsell originally submitted this to Jonathan Wayne Whetsell on 30 Oct 2009Obituary of Reverend Henry Wetzel
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1871 account of the creation of Synod of VA
A Guide to the Hebron Lutheran Church (Madison, Va.) Records, 1871-1882, n.d.
Accession Number 42245, A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Contact Information:The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000 USA
Phone: +1(804) 692-3888 (Archives Reference)
Fax: +1(804) 692-3556 (Archives Reference)
Email: archdesk@lva.virginia.gov (Archives)
URL: http://www.lva.virginia.gov/
Processed by: Jessica Tyree
© 2005 By the Library of Virginia. All rights reserved.
Conditions of Use
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions: There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Hebron Lutheran Church (Madison, Va.). [cite specific records used and dates]. Accession 42245. Church records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Purchased in October 2005.
Descriptive Summary
Repository: Library of Virginia
Accession number: 42245
Title: Hebron Lutheran Church (Madison, Va.) Records, 1871-1882, n.d.
Physical Characteristics: 34 leaves and 31 p.
Language: English
Scope and Content:
Records, 1871-1882 and n.d., including an 1871 account by pastor Henry Wetzel (1816-1890) of the 1868 creation of the Evangelical Lutheran Concordia Synod of Virginia. Wetzel's history was intended to refute criticisms made by the Tennessee Synod, from which Concordia had extricated itself. In addition to this manuscript, the collection also contains lengthy notes on the origins and history, through 1882, of Hebron Church, now located in Madison County, Virginia. Among the notes is a handwritten copy of a 1737 pamphlet written by Johann Caspar Stover (d. ca. 1738), the congregation's first official pastor, to solicit funds from Evangelicals in his native Germany.
Biographical/Historical Information:
Hebron Lutheran Church is the oldest Lutheran congregation in Virginia and the South, and worships in the oldest Lutheran church building in continuous use. While the first Lutherans who came to Virginia in 1717 settled near a German colony of Reformed members, and shared a close association with them, Hebron was never a union church. Organized in 1717 and built in 1740, the church has been in the following counties: Essex, 1717; Spotsylvania, 1721 (moved 1725); Orange, 1734; Culpeper, 1749; and Madison, 1793. For more info rmation, see History of the Hebron Lutheran Church, Madison County, Virginia, from 1717 to 1907, by William Peter Huddle, 1908, and Hebron Lutheran Church: A Brief History, 1717-1974, by Jeannie Edna Light, 1974.
yangti added this on 7 Aug 2010
Gerald Whetsell originally submitted this to Jonathan Wayne Whetsell on 31 Oct 2009
- [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. The only reference so far that has Elizabeth, the sixth girl referred to in Henry's obituary- jcw, 07.08.2011, Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Rubarts Family Tree, Owner: d_rubarts, Record for Henry Wetzel
- [S1412] census 1860 USA VA, (Name: www.ancestery.com;), census 1860 USA VA Augusta North Subdivision Wetzel, Henry minister; Census Place: North Subdivision, Augusta, Virginia; Roll: ; Page: 927; Image: 407.
Record for Henry Wetzel (14) facts
20190908HAv- edited: census 1860 USA VA Augusta North Subdivision Wetzel Henry minister
1860 United States Federal Census about Henry Wetzel Name: Henry Wetzel Age in 1860: 45 Birth Year: 1815 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1860: North Subdivision, Augusta, Virginia Gender: Male Post Office: Burkes Mill Household Members: Name Age Henry Wetzel 45 VA A.L.Minister M C Wetzel 40 Hesse/Darmstadt M L Wetzel 18 VA School Teacher F J V Wetzel 17 VA R P A Wetzel 12 VA M C H Wetzel 10 VA H V Wetzel 4 VA Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: North Subdivision, Augusta, Virginia; Roll: M653_1333; Page: 927; Image: 407; Family History Library Film: 805333. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Record for Henry Wetzel (14) facts
20190908HAv- pasted from Source Citation Notes, edited:
census 1860 USA VA Augusta North Subdivision Wetzel Henry minister
1860 United States Federal Census about Henry Wetzel
date: 28th July 1860
R.W. Burke, Ass't Marshall
Name: Henry Wetzel
Age in 1860: 45
Birth Year: 1815
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: North Subdivision, Augusta, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Burke's Mill
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Wetzel 45 VA A.L.Minister
M C Wetzel 40 Hesse/Darmstadt
M L Wetzel 18 VA School Teacher
F J V Wetzel 17 VA
R P A Wetzel 12 VA
M C H Wetzel 10 VA
H V Wetzel 4 VA
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: North Subdivision, Augusta, Virginia; Roll: M653_1333; Page: 927; Image: 407; Family History Library Film: 805333. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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Record for Henry Wetzel (14) facts
20190908HAv- pasted from Source Citation Notes, edited:
census 1860 USA VA Augusta North Subdivision Wetzel Henry minister
1860 United States Federal Census about Henry Wetzel
date: 28th July 1860
R.W. Burke, Ass't Marshall
Name: Henry Wetzel
Age in 1860: 45
Birth Year: 1815
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: North Subdivision, Augusta, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Burke's Mill
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Wetzel 45 VA A.L.Minister
M C Wetzel 40 Hesse/Darmstadt
M L Wetzel 18 VA School Teacher
F J V Wetzel 17 VA
R P A Wetzel 12 VA
M C H Wetzel 10 VA
H V Wetzel 4 VA
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: North Subdivision, Augusta, Virginia; Roll: M653_1333; Page: 927; Image: 407; Family History Library Film: 805333. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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census 1860 USA VA Record for Henry Wetzel (14) facts
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census 1860 USA VA Augusta North Subdivision Wetzel Henry minister
1860 United States Federal Census about Henry Wetzel
date: 28th July 1860
R.W. Burke, Ass't Marshall
Name: Henry Wetzel
Age in 1860: 45
Birth Year: 1815
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in… |
- [S1239] census 1880 USA VA, (Name: www.ancestry.com;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Stonewall, Shenandoah, Virginia; Roll: 1390; Family History Film: 1255390; Page: 366C; Enumeration District: 84; Image: .
Record for Henry Wetzel (11) facts
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1880 United States Federal Census about Henry Wetzel
date: 5 June 1880
S. ?. Walker
Name: Henry Wetzel
Home: Stonewall, Shenandoah, Virginia
Age: 65
birth: 1815
Virginia
Relation: Self (Head)
Spouse: Mary C. Wetzel
Father's birth: Pennsylvania
Mother's birth: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Agent
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Wetzel 65 VA PA PA
Mary C. Wetzel 62 wife Hesse/Darmstadt H/D H/D
Henrietta V. Wetzel 22 dau VA VA Hesse/Darmstadt
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Stonewall, Shenandoah, Virginia; Roll: 1390; Family History Film: 1255390; Page: 366C; Enumeration District: 84; .
Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.
Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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census 1880 USA VA 20201210HAv- edited.
1880 United States Federal Census about Henry Wetzel
date: 5 June 1880
S. ?. Walker
Name: Henry Wetzel
Home: Stonewall, Shenandoah, Virginia
Age: 65
birth: 1815
Virginia
Relation: Self (Head)
Spouse: Mary C. Wetzel
Father's birth: Pennsylvania
Mother's birth: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Agent
Marital Status:… |
- [S1921] census 1870 USA VA, (Name: www.ancestry.com;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Stonewall, Shenandoah, Virginia; Roll: M593_1678; Page: 781B; Image: 330; Family History Library Film: 553177.census 1870 USA VA Shenandoah Stonewall Edinburg- Rev. Henry Wetzel.
Henry Witzel (4) facts
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1870 United States Federal Census about Henry Witzel
date: 15 August 1870
G.A. Koontz, Ass't Marshal
Name: Henry Witzel
Birth: 1816 Virginia
Age: 54
Home: Edinburg,
PO, Stonewall, Shenandoah, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
PO: Edinburg
Household
Henry Witzel 54 VA Minister
Mary C Witzel 51 VA
Rebecca C A Witzel 21 VA
Henrietta V Witzel 13 VA
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Stonewall, Shenandoah, Virginia; Roll: M593_1678; Page: 781B; Image: 330; Family History Library Film: 553177.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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census 1870 USA VA Shenandoah Stonewall Henry Wetzel 20190908HAv- pasted from Source Notes, edited:
1870 United States Federal Census about Henry Witzel
date: 15 August 1870
G.A. Koontz, Ass't Marshal
Name: Henry Witzel
Birth: 1816 Virginia
Age: 54
Home: Edinburg,
PO, Stonewall, Shenandoah, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
PO: Edinburg
Household
Henry Witzel 54 VA Minister
Mary C Witzel… |
- [S1931] SOCRATES HENKEL, D. D., HISTORY OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN TENNESSEE SYNOD, (Name: HENKEL CO., PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS.; Date: 1890;).
HISTORY OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN TENNESSEE SYNOD, EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE CAUSES, WHICH GAVE RISE TO ITS ORGANIZATION; ITS ORGANIZATION AND NAME; ITS POSITION AND CONFESSIONAL BASIS; OBJECT OF ITS ORGANIZATION; WORK, DEVELOPMENT, AND VARIOUS SESSIONS; ITS POLICY; AND ITS FUTURE. By SOCRATES HENKEL, D. D. NEW MARKET, VA.: HENKEL CO., PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS. 1890.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~janelle/lutherans.htm
pp. 255-256 Sixty-ninth Session of the Synod, Holly Grove Church, Ilex, Davidson County, North Carolina, November 8, 1889.
Obituary of Rev. Henry Wetzel.
-- At his residence, near Calvary, about two miles west of Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia, March 3, 1890 after a complicated illness of three or four months duration, Rev. Henry Wetzel departed this life; aged 74 years, 2 months, and 20 days.
His funeral services took place from Mt. Calvary Church, March 5, at 10 A. M., Rev. P. C. Wike officiating. His remains were then conveyed to Zion's Church, a distance of six miles, and laid to rest by the side of his consort who preceded him to eternity.
He was born in Southwest Virginia, near the Tennessee line, of Christian parents, who brought him up in the nurture and admonition of God. He prepared himself for the Gospel ministry, and was ordained to the office of pastor, by the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod, at its session held in Rader's Church, near Timberville, Rockingham County, Virginia, in the year 1841, and continued in the active services of the ministry until within a few months of his death, -a period of forty-nine years. During his ministry, he served congregations in Augusta, Rockingham, and Shenandoah Counties, Virginia, as well as congregations in West Virginia, doing much missionary work. He also served a congregation in Baltimore, Maryland for several years.
He was a man of strong mind and indomitable energy, an able and impressive preacher, both in the German and English languages, sound in the faith, and ever ready to promulgate, maintain, defend, and perpetuate the true doctrines and usages of the church, in their purity and simplicity. He was an able, fearless, formidable debater, full of zeal and perseverance.
By assiduous effort and close application to study and investigation, He attained an eminent degree in literature and theology, as well as in church history and dogmatics. He was one of the ablest ministers in the Valley of Virginia. He possessed an extensive library, and he really used it. He took great delight in reading the Confessions of the Church and Luther's Entire Works. He was quite familiar with them, frequently making translations from them.
When the translation of the Christian Book of Concord, or the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, into the English language, was undertaken, He was selected to make a purely literal translation of the Epitome; so, too, when Luther's Church-Postil on the Epistles was translated for publication in the English, he was selected to prepare a similar translation of the third volume.
He was a son of George and Margaret Wetzel. He entered into the estate of matrimony with Miss Mary C. Staubus daughter of Christian and Mary E. Staubus, of Augusta County, Virginia December 5, 1839, with whom he had seven children,-six daughters and one son.
He leaves two daughters and several grand-children, with numerous other relatives and friends, to lament his departure. Having finished his course here, he has now gone to the spirit world, to enjoy, as we trust, that rest and those rewards prepared for the faithful.
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