Wetzel, George Washington Whetzel

1869 - 1939  (70 years)

• Name	Wetzel, George Washington Whetzel  [1, 2]
  Birth	1869	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	Gery, R C, VA
  Gender	Male
  Census	16 Aug 1870	Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	Brock's Gap twp; age 1 VA, at home
  	Pierce Wetzell in the 1870 United States Federal Census date: 16 August 1870 Name: Pierce Wetzell [Pierce Whetzel] Age in 1870: 48 Birth Year: abt 1822 Birthplace: Virginia Cornelius Wetzell in the 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Cornelius Wetzell [Cornelius Whetzel] Age in 1870: 12 Birth Year: abt 1858 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia township: Brocks Gap Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Harrisonburg township: Brocks Gap Value of real estate: Household Members: Name Age Pierce Wetzell 48 VA Day Laborer Nancy Wetzell 42 VA keeping house Morgan Wetzell 20 VA Day Laborer Jonathan Wetzell 18 VA school Solomon Wetzell 16 VA school Cornelius Wetzell 12 VA school Jacob Wetzell 10 VA school James Wetzell 6 VA at home George Wetzell 1 VA at home neighbor: Isaac Wetzell 50 VA farmer Catherine Wetzell 48 VA keeping house Jacob Wetzell 15 VA works on farm Monroe Wetzell 13 VA school Mary Wetzell 10 VA school James Wetzell 8 VA at home Wells Wetzell 2 VA
  Name	George W. Whetzel  [3, 4]
  Residence	1880	Plains, Rockingham, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	Age: 11; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
  Residence	1930	Plains, Rockingham, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	Age: 61; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Death	1939	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 4]
  	Age: 70
  Burial	1939	Bergton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA   [2, 4, 6]
  	George W Whetzel in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: George W Whetzel Birth: 1869 Death: 1939 Cemetery: Martin Luther Lutheran Church Cemetery Bergton, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Has Bio?:Y Spouse: Emma Jeanette Whetzel URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-... ________ 20250323GHLn- https://www.rocktownhistory.org/static-pages/cemeteries/cem/cem298.html Rockingham County Virginia Tombstones by Cemetery Cemetery Martin Luther Lutheran Church Cemetery Location Bergton Area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, go through Broadway and take Route 259 west (Brocks Gap Road). Drive past Fulks Run Grocery Store and continue on Rt. 259 till you come to Route 820 (Bergton Road) and turn left. Go 2.5 miles and you will see church/cemetery in front of you. Notes Well maintained. J. Robert Swank notes church as Martin Luther Phanuels Church and cemetery. Rows were recorded from the bottom end of cemetery to the top. Facing headstones, they were recorded from left to right. Majority of notes in remarks column were made by J. Robert Swank. Survey Date and Recorder 09 Nov 2004 Bob & Lois Emswiler 014 Whetzel, Sr. Joseph M. 4 Jan 1894 4 Oct 1970 014 Vaughan Cora G. 1903 1960 Mother 014 Unknown Marker with no writing 014 Whetzel George W. 1869 1939 Father s/Pierson 014 Whetzel E. Nettie 1872 1934 Mother w/George W.; nee Smith Martin Luther Church Cemetery, Whetzel, George W.1869 1939 Father s/Pierson
  Person ID	I65563	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Wetzel, Pierson /Whetzel
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Wetzel, Mrs Pierson /Whetzel
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F59139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Smith, Emma Jeanette,   b. 1874, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA d. 1934, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	23 Oct 1892	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA   [1, 3]
  	George W. Whetzel in the Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 Name: George W. Whetzel Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Age: 23 Birth Date: 1869 Birth Place: Rockingham, VA Marriage Date: 23 Oct 1892 Marriage Place: Rockingham, Virginia Father: Pierson Mother: Nancy Spouse: Emma J. Smith FHL Film Number: 33497 Reference ID: Id. 26, p. 154 Source Information Ancestry.com. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. ______________
  Children	1. Wetzel, Russel Jennings Whetzel,   b. 13 Nov 1896, Virginia, USA d. 5 Mar 1988 (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Wetzel, Joseph Mathew Whetzel,   b. 4 Jan 1894, Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F45781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1869 - Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Census - Brock's Gap twp; age 1 VA, at home - 16 Aug 1870 - Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, USA Residence - Age: 11; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1880 - Plains, Rockingham, Virginia, USA Marriage - 23 Oct 1892 - Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Residence - Age: 61; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1930 - Plains, Rockingham, Virginia, USA Death - 1939 - Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Burial - 1939 - Bergton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Headstone, Whetzel, George W 1869-1939 and _, Martin Luther Church Cemetery, Bergton, Rockingham, VA George Whetzel Grave Site, Johnathan's Brother HerschelReese HerschelReese originally shared this to Herschel Reese and Julie Sandman Family Tree - 2010 ?14 Jan 2011 ?Portrait / Family Photo BLONDEANDBRATTY BLONDEANDBRATTY added this to Callis/Seymour Families ?09 Jul 2012 Headstone, Whetzel, George W 1869-1939 and _, Martin…

  
  

• Sources

  [S920] Public Member Trees, 2015Q1, Database online. Record for George Washington Whetzel http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=48101689212&indiv=try [S1120] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Pearson Whetzel [S1698] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for George W. Whetzel George W. Whetzel in the Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 Name: George W. Whetzel Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Age: 23 Birth Date: 1869 Birth Place: Rockingham, VA Marriage Date: 23 Oct 1892 Marriage Place: Rockingham, Virginia Father: Pierson Mother: Nancy Spouse: Emma J. Smith FHL Film Number: 33497 Reference ID: Id. 26, p. 154 Source Information Ancestry.com. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. [S854] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for George W Whetzel George W Whetzel in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: George W Whetzel Birth Date: 1869 Death Date: 1939 Cemetery: Martin Luther Lutheran Church Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place:Bergton, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Has Bio?:Y Spouse: Emma Jeanette Whetzel URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-... Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. [S1921] census 1870 USA VA, (Name: www.ancestry.com;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Brocks Gap, Rockingham, Virginia; Roll: M593_1676; Page: 38A; Image: 81; Family History Library Film: 553175. Record for Cornelius Wetzell Pierce Wetzell in the 1870 United States Federal Census date: 16 August 1870 Name: Pierce Wetzell [Pierce Whetzel] Age in 1870: 48 Birth Year: abt 1822 Birthplace: Virginia Cornelius Wetzell in the 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Cornelius Wetzell [Cornelius Whetzel] Age in 1870: 12 Birth Year: abt 1858 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia township: Brocks Gap Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Harrisonburg township: Brocks Gap Value of real estate: Household Members: Name Age Pierce Wetzell 48 VA Day Laborer Nancy Wetzell 42 VA keeping house Morgan Wetzell 20 VA Day Laborer Jonathan Wetzell 18 VA school Solomon Wetzell 16 VA school Cornelius Wetzell 12 VA school Jacob Wetzell 10 VA school James Wetzell 6 VA at home George Wetzell 1 VA at home neighbor: Isaac Wetzell 50 VA farmer Catherine Wetzell 48 VA keeping house Jacob Wetzell 15 VA works on farm Monroe Wetzell 13 VA school Mary Wetzell 10 VA school James Wetzell 8 VA at home Wells Wetzell 2 VA 20200803HAv- Pasted from Media Notes to empty Source Notes: Year: 1870; Census Place: Brocks Gap, Rockingham, Virginia; Roll: M593_1676; Page: 38A; Image: 81; Family History Library Film: 553175 20190908HAv- renamed from: census 1870 USA VA Rockingham.jpg to: census 1870 USA VA Rockingham BrocksGap Harrisonburg _38A.jpg date: 16th August 1870 C.A. Strinkel? census 1870 USA VA Rockingham 20190908HAv- renamed from: census 1870 USA VA Rockingham.jpg to: census 1870 USA VA Rockingham BrocksGap Harrisonburg _38A.jpg date: 16th August 1870 C.A. Strinkel? [S2982] Cemeteries, Rockingham Co, (Location: Bergton, Rockingham, VA; Date: 09 Nov 2004;). Russel F. Whetzel (1) fact 20250323GHLn- Cemeteries 20250323GHLn- https://www.rocktownhistory.org/static-pages/cemeteries/cem/cem298.html Rockingham County Virginia Tombstones by Cemetery Cemetery Martin Luther Lutheran Church Cemetery Location Bergton Area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, go through Broadway and take Route 259 west (Brocks Gap Road). Drive past Fulks Run Grocery Store and continue on Rt. 259 till you come to Route 820 (Bergton Road) and turn left. Go 2.5 miles and you will see church/cemetery in front of you. Notes Well maintained. J. Robert Swank notes church as Martin Luther Phanuels Church and cemetery. Rows were recorded from the bottom end of cemetery to the top. Facing headstones, they were recorded from left to right. Majority of notes in remarks column were made by J. Robert Swank. Survey Date and Recorder 09 Nov 2004 Bob & Lois Emswiler 20250323GHLn- Rockingham County Virginia Tombstones by Cemetery Martin Luther Lutheran Church Cemetery Bergton Area, Rockingham County, Virginia. 014 Whetzel, Sr. Joseph M. 4 Jan 1894 4 Oct 1970 014 Vaughan Cora G. 1903 1960 Mother 014 Unknown Marker with no writing 014 Whetzel George W. 1869 1939 Father s/Pierson 014 Whetzel E. Nettie 1872 1934 Mother w/George W.; nee Smith 016 Whetzel Russell J. 13 Nov 1896 5 Mar 1988 Father 016 Whetzel Edith Daniel 18 Jun 1896 11 Jun 1965 Mother w/Russell J. 016 Whetzel Russell F. 25 May 1921 24 Jun 1945 Son; Gave his life on Okinawa s/R. J. & E. D.

  
  

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TNG ID: I65563