Wetzel, Lewis Smith

1824 - 1915  (90 years)

• Name	Wetzel, Lewis Smith  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  	HISTORY OF THE WETZEL FAMILY Compiled by W. R. WETZEL Seattle , Washington 1908 This name in the present generation is spelled in several different ways, viz : Wetsel , Wetzel and Whetzel , but we find from investigation that each of these three people come from the original emigrants who came to this country from Germany, and spelled the name Wetzel. The first record we have of this family is that of three brothers : - Nicholas, - Henry and - Martin Whetzel, respectively . These men were Germans and came to America in the early part of the eighteenth century. First we hear of them is about 1730. The only one of these brothers we can trace down to the present generation is that of Nicholas. This brother had a son whom he calls Henry, after his brother Henry. Coming on down we find Henry Whetzel, Jr., married and was father of a - George, - Lewis, - John and some other children, of which we can find no definite record. Coming down later we'find George has children of which - Jacob, - Abraham and - David are named, then from - Jacob, whom we learn was a Lutheran preacher, We find three sons, - Lewis, - Josiah, and - Silas, the others of whom we have no record. •From Lewis we find three sons, - John F., - Daniel, - Charles and others, of whom we have no record . This information of this line of the Wetzels was given us by John F. Wetzel, M.D., and I will quote from him the following, which will make the above seem clearer : "The history of Nicholas, Henry and Martin is lost in the obscurity of early American history, or rather unwritten history of Virginia, Pennsylvania, etc. "To commence with myself and go backwards, I was born June 13, 1853, at Weston, Lewis county, Western Virginia, My wife was Elizabeth Fishback of the valley of Virginia. Attended Medical College at Louisville, Kentucky, two different schools. I taught school in different states. I graduated from Medical College, " Portland, Oregon in 1889. Was assistant surgeon in Polyclinic, San Francisco, California. Post graduate course, Medical Dept., University of California in '84 and '86 "My father, Lewis Smith Wetzel, was born in same county and state as myself in 1820, so he is well toward 80 years old and is as good a worker today as most men at 50 years . The only sickness either of us ever have is headaches. "Father was contracting and building when eighteen years of age. "He worked two or three weeks carving a mantle in the first house he built for a judge in Weston. Later he built turnpike bridges on Stantor Pike as far west as Parkersburg, West Virginia; also a section of the BSO R.R. when it paralleled the pike. He built this pike and bridges. " In 1859 the oil discoveries took him to Burning Springs, Wirt County, West Virginia, where he is now drilling and pumping oil wells. "My mother was Anastasia Murphy, who was born in Cork, Ireland in 18__ of Irish parents who removed to Western Virginia when she was six years old. Grandfather Jacob Wetzel was a Lutheran preacher of Weston, the county seat of the county. His father, George, was a farmer and George's father, Henry, the son of Nicholas, was a settler, hunter and trapper and was named for his uncle Henry, one of the three brothers, the original emigrants from- Germany." This John F. Wetzel is a practicing doctor in San Francisco at the present time, and the following are his children, whom we suppose also reside there : - Benton Gaillard, - Lewis Asbury, - Pearley Poe, - Anacortis and - May Gertrude : "These are the seventh generation along our branch."
  Birth	1820	Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, USA   [3, 16]
  	HISTORY OF THE WETZEL FAMILY Compiled by W. R. WETZEL Seattle , Washington 1908 ,,, "To commence with myself and go backwards, I was born June 13, 1853, at Weston, Lewis county, Western Virginia, My wife was Elizabeth Fishback of the valley of Virginia. Attended Medical College at Louisville, Kentucky, two different schools. I taught school in different states. I graduated from Medical College, " Portland, Oregon in 1889. Was assistant surgeon in Polyclinic, San Francisco, California. Post graduate course, Medical Dept., University of California in '84 and '86 "My father, Lewis Smith Wetzel, was born in same county and state as myself in 1820, so he is well toward 80 years old and is as good a worker today as most men at 50 years . The only sickness either of us ever have is headaches. "Father was contracting and building when eighteen years of age. "He worked two or three weeks carving a mantle in the first house he built for a judge in Weston. Later he built turnpike bridges on Stantor Pike as far west as Parkersburg, West Virginia; also a section of the BSO R.R. when it paralleled the pike. He built this pike and bridges. ."
  Birth	17 Jul 1824	Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, USA   [4, 7, 8, 13, 14, 17, 18]
  	Virginia, at the time
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Lewis County, West Virginia, USA   [19]
  	age 27 VA cabinet maker
  	20230319GHLn- Pasted from Joshua's census Note & edited: 1850 United States Federal Census about Joshua Whetsal Name: Joshua Whetsal [Joshua Wetzel] Age: 25 birth: ca 1825 Virginia Gender: Male Home: District 30, Lewis, Virginia Family: 1447 Household Members: Lewis S Whetsal 27 VA Cabinet Maker Anastasha Whetsal 25 Ireland Racheal Cutlip 18 VA Joshua Whetsal 25 VA Carpenter Catharine Murphy 18 VA Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 30, Lewis, Virginia; Roll: M432_956; Page: 106B; Image: 218. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  Race	White
  FSID	KN65-P88
  Name	L. S. Wetzel  [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Occupation	1850	Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
  	Cabinet Maker
  Residence	1850	Lewis, Virginia, United States
  Residence	1850	Lewis County, West Virginia, USA   [4]
  	District 30
  Residence	1860	Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, USA   [4, 20]
  Residence	1860	Ripley, Jackson, Virginia, United States
  Residence	1900	Burning Springs, Wirt, West Virginia, USA
  Death	1915	Burning Springs, Wirt, West Virginia, USA   [4, 18]
  	age 90. After 1908
  Burial	Burning Springs, Wirt, West Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I80361	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Wetzel, Jacob M. Whetzel,   b. 1803, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA d. 1862, Stonecoal Creek, Lewis, West Virginia, USA (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Smith, Eva,   b. 1804, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA d. 1899 (Age 95 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	3 Oct 1822	Lewis County, West Virginia, USA   [4, 21, 22]
  	by John Mitchell
  SAR jt	24 Jan 1976	West Virginia, USA   [23]
  	West Virginia state no 1203-A, Capt. John Wetzel & Martin Wetzel, applicant General Robert L. Wetzel
  	West Virginia state no 1203-A, Capt. John Wetzel & Martin Wetzel, applicant General Robert L. Wetzel Affidavit, Robert Lewis Wetzel, for Membership in the Sons of the Revolution 01 December 1975 Robert Lewis Wetzel born 06 October 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co,WV son of Columbus Lon Wetzel born Harrison Co,WV 27 June 1901 died Phoenix,AR 03 August 1971 & Ruth Kerr Wetzel, his wife, born Randolph Co,WV 01 March 1901, living Columbus, son of Alonzo Wetzel born 14 Novenmber 1852 Lewis Co, then VA died Harrison Co,WV July 1934 & Camdenna Bartlett Wetzel, his wife, born Rockbridge Co, VA 31 July 1864 died Harrison Co,WV 22 November 1937 Alonzo, son of Joshua Wetzel born 1825-1830, died 1908, & Catherine Murphy Wetzel, his wife, born Ireland 1830, died Nicholas Co,WV on __ married Lewis Co,VA 18 July 1850. Joshua Wetzel, son of Jacob Wetzel & Eva Smith Wetzel married Lewis Co,(VA) 23 October 1822 Jacob Wetzel, son of Martin Wetzel born Rockingham Co,VA 1757 died Ohio Co,(now WV) October 1829 & Mary Coffield Wetzel, his wife born Ohio Co,(WV) 1836/37 married 1784/85 Martin Wetzel, son of Capt John Wetzel born Holland 1733, died Wetzel Co,VA 1786/87 and Mary Bonnett Wetzel, his wife born Pennsylvania 1735 died Ohio Co,VA June 1805 married 1756 Certificate, Robert Lewis Wetzel, for Membership in the Sons of the Revolution The Society of The Sons of the Revolution In the State of West Virginia This is to Certify that General Robert L. Wetzel of Columbus, Georgia was at a meeting of the Board of Managers of the said Society, held on the 24th day of January 1976, duly admitted to membership in the Society of the Sons of the Revolution, in the State of West Virginia, by right of his ancestor Captain John Wetzel & Martin Wetzel Given under our hands and the seal of the said society. Hartley E. Roush, President M.S. Holt, Jr, Secretary West Virginia state no 1203-A 24 January 1976
  Family ID	F50707	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Murphy, Anastasia,   b. 1825, Cork, Cork, Ireland
  Marriage	11 Sep 1849	Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, USA   [18]
  Children	1. Wetzel, Dr. John Franklin MD,   b. 13 Jun 1851, Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, USA d. 18 Jun 1944, Alhambra, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 93 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F64243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1820 - Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, USA Birth - 17 Jul 1824 - Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, USA Marriage - 11 Sep 1849 - Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, USA Census - age 27 VA cabinet maker - 1850 - Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Occupation - Cabinet Maker - 1850 - Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Residence - District 30 - 1850 - Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Residence - 1860 - Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Residence - 1900 - Burning Springs, Wirt, West Virginia, USA Death - 1915 - Burning Springs, Wirt, West Virginia, USA Burial - - Burning Springs, Wirt, West Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  		census 1850 USA PA 20230319GHLn- Pasted from Joshua's census Note & edited: 1850 United States Federal Census about Joshua Whetsal Name: Joshua Whetsal [Joshua Wetzel] Age: 25 birth: ca 1825 Virginia Gender: Male Home: District 30, Lewis, Virginia Family: 1447 Household Members: Lewis S Whetsal 27 VA Cabinet Maker Anastasha Whetsal 25 Ireland Racheal Cutlip…
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• Notes

  HISTORY OF THE WETZEL FAMILY Compiled by W. R. WETZEL Seattle , Washington 1908 This name in the present generation is spelled in several different ways, viz : Wetsel , Wetzel and Whetzel , but we find from investigation that each of these three people come from the original emigrants who came to this country from Germany, and spelled the name Wetzel. The first record we have of this family is that of three brothers : - Nicholas, - Henry and - Martin Whetzel, respectively . These men were Germans and came to America in the early part of the eighteenth century. First we hear of them is about 1730. The only one of these brothers we can trace down to the present generation is that of Nicholas. This brother had a son whom he calls Henry, after his brother Henry. Coming on down we find Henry Whetzel, Jr., married and was father of a - George, - Lewis, - John and some other children, of which we can find no definite record. Coming down later we'find George has children of which - Jacob, - Abraham and - David are named, then from - Jacob, whom we learn was a Lutheran preacher, we find three sons: - Lewis, - Josiah, and - Silas, the others of whom we have no record. •From Lewis we find three sons, - John F., - Daniel, - Charles and others, of whom we have no record . This information of this line of the Wetzels was given us by John F. Wetzel, M.D., and I will quote from him the following, which will make the above seem clearer : "The history of Nicholas, Henry and Martin is lost in the obscurity of early American history, or rather unwritten history of Virginia, Pennsylvania, etc. "To commence with myself and go backwards, I was born June 13, 1853, at Weston, Lewis county, Western Virginia, My wife was Elizabeth Fishback of the valley of Virginia. Attended Medical College at Louisville, Kentucky, two different schools. I taught school in different states. I graduated from Medical College, " Portland, Oregon in 1889. Was assistant surgeon in Polyclinic, San Francisco, California. Post graduate course, Medical Dept., University of California in '84 and '86 "My father, Lewis Smith Wetzel, was born in same county and state as myself in 1820, so he is well toward 80 years old and is as good a worker today as most men at 50 years . The only sickness either of us ever have is headaches. "Father was contracting and building when eighteen years of age. "He worked two or three weeks carving a mantle in the first house he built for a judge in Weston. Later he built turnpike bridges on Stantor Pike as far west as Parkersburg, West Virginia; also a section of the BSO R.R. when it paralleled the pike. He built this pike and bridges. " In 1859 the oil discoveries took him to Burning Springs, Wirt County, West Virginia, where he is now drilling and pumping oil wells. "My mother was Anastasia Murphy, who was born in Cork, Ireland in 18__ of Irish parents who removed to Western Virginia when she was six years old. Grandfather Jacob Wetzel was a Lutheran preacher of Weston, the county seat of the county. His father, George, was a farmer and George's father, Henry, the son of Nicholas, was a settler, hunter and trapper and was named for his uncle Henry, one of the three brothers, the original emigrants from Germany." This John F. Wetzel is a practicing doctor in San Francisco at the present time, and the following are his children, whom we suppose also reside there : - Benton Gaillard, - Lewis Asbury, - Pearley Poe, - Anacortis and - May Gertrude : "These are the seventh generation along our branch." HISTORY OF THE WETZEL FAMILY Compiled by W. R. WETZEL Seattle , Washington 1908 This name in the present generation is spelled in several different ways, viz : Wetsel , Wetzel and Whetzel , but we find from investigation that each of these three people come from the original emigrants who came to this country from Germany, and spelled the name Wetzel. The first record we have of this family is that of three brothers : - Nicholas, - Henry and - Martin Whetzel, respectively . These men were Germans and came to America in the early part of the eighteenth century. First we hear of them is about 1730. The only one of these brothers we can trace down to the present generation is that of Nicholas. This brother had a son whom he calls Henry, after his brother Henry. Coming on down we find Henry Whetzel, Jr., married and was father of a - George, - Lewis, - John and some other children, of which we can find no definite record. Coming down later we find George has children of which Q1 Q - Jacob, - Abraham and - David are named, then from - Jacob, who we learn was a Lutheran preacher, we find three sons: - Lewis, - Josiah, and - Silas, the others of whom we have no record. •From Lewis we find three sons, - John F., - Daniel, - Charles and others, of whom we have no record . This information of this line of the Wetzels was given us by John F. Wetzel, M.D., and I will quote from him the following, which will make the above seem clearer : "The history of Nicholas, Henry and Martin is lost in the obscurity of early American history, or rather unwritten history of Virginia, Pennsylvania, etc. "To commence with myself and go backwards, I was born June 13, 1853, at Weston, Lewis county, Western Virginia, My wife was Elizabeth Fishback of the valley of Virginia. Attended Medical College at Louisville, Kentucky, two different schools. I taught school in different states. I graduated from Medical College, " Portland, Oregon in 1889. Was assistant surgeon in Polyclinic, San Francisco, California. Post graduate course, Medical Dept., University of California in '84 and '86 "My father, Lewis Smith Wetzel, was born in same county and state as myself in 1820, so he is well toward 80 years old and is as good a worker today as most men at 50 years . The only sickness either of us ever have is headaches. "Father was contracting and building when eighteen years of age. "He worked two or three weeks carving a mantle in the first house he built for a judge in Weston. Later he built turnpike bridges on Stantor Pike as far west as Parkersburg, West Virginia; also a section of the BSO R.R. when it paralleled the pike. He built this pike and bridges. " In 1859 the oil discoveries took him to Burning Springs, Wirt County, West Virginia, where he is now drilling and pumping oil wells. "My mother was Anastasia Murphy, who was born in Cork, Ireland in 18__ of Irish parents who removed to Western Virginia when she was six years old. Grandfather Jacob Wetzel was a Lutheran preacher of Weston, the county seat of the county. His father, George, was a farmer and George's father, Henry, the son of Nicholas, was a settler, hunter and trapper and was named for his uncle Henry, one of the three brothers, the original emigrants from Germany." This John F. Wetzel is a practicing doctor in San Francisco at the present time, and the following are his children, whom we suppose also reside there : - Benton Gaillard, - Lewis Asbury, - Pearley Poe, - Anacortis and - May Gertrude : "These are the seventh generation along our branch." ____________________ Subject: Nicholas Wetzel Posted by: David Wetzel Message: Does anyone have a descendant tree for Nicholas Wetzel (1727) and Elizabeth Bonnett, m. 1749? Replies: Nicholas & Elisabeth - Bill Wetzel 2/27/00 Billie Walsh [bwalsh@bright.net] Dear John, I have gone back to check some of my messages and do not believe that Isaid Nicholas was Lewis' brother. If so, I am sorry. I believe he was an uncle, brother of Capt. John. All of my research shows that Nicholas came from Germany with his family aboard the Brittania to Philadelphia 9/21/1731. Hans Martin & Maria Barbara's children as I have it: Maria Barbara b.1722, John b.abt. 1724, married Mary Bonnett, Hans Martin, Jr. b. abt. 1725 married Elizabeth Cromerston, Nicholas b. abt. 1727 married Elizabeth Bonnett, George Henry . abt. 1729 never married and Jacob b. abt. 1731. Lewis the Indian fighter was the son of John & Mary Bonnett. Lewis Wetzel born in 1824 son of Jacob & Eve Smith Wetzel was the brother of my husband's GGGrandfather. We believe that my husband is descended from Nicholas, Henry, George, Jacob, Albert Robert, Treat Ford and Ruth. I have been researching both my husband's family as well as mine for a couple of years and visited many libraries before going on the internet. I wrote down info on many Wetzels, not knowing if it applied to our family or not. We are sure of our information starting with Jacob but cannot verify before him unless someone from that particular family responds. What is your line? What book have you just received? Hope this helps in some way. Unless you are just beginning your research, you probably have all of this. If I can be of any help, please let me know. Billie --Billie Walsh [bwalsh@bright.net] 08.03.00 _____________

  
  

• Sources

  [S2086] W.R.Wetzel, Compilation: History of the Wetzel Family, (Location: Seattle, WA; Date: 1908;). HISTORY OF THE WETZEL FAMILY Compiled by W. R. WETZEL Seattle , Washington 1908 This name in the present generation is spelled in several different ways, viz : Wetsel , Wetzel and Whetzel , but we find from investigation that each of these three people come from the original emigrants who came to this country from Germany, and spelled the name Wetzel. The first record we have of this family is that of three brothers : - Nicholas, - Henry and - Martin Whetzel, respectively . These men were Germans and came to America in the early part of the eighteenth century. First we hear of them is about 1730. The only one of these brothers we can trace down to the present generation is that of Nicholas. This brother had a son whom he calls Henry, after his brother Henry. Coming on down we find Henry Whetzel, Jr., married and was father of a - George, - Lewis, - John and some other children, of which we can find no definite record. Coming down later we'find George has children of which - Jacob, - Abraham and - David are named, then from - Jacob, whom we learn was a Lutheran preacher, we find three sons: - Lewis, - Josiah, and - Silas, the others of whom we have no record. •From Lewis we find three sons, - John F., - Daniel, - Charles and others, of whom we have no record . This information of this line of the Wetzels was given us by John F. Wetzel, M.D., and I will quote from him the following, which will make the above seem clearer : "The history of Nicholas, Henry and Martin is lost in the obscurity of early American history, or rather unwritten history of Virginia, Pennsylvania, etc. "To commence with myself and go backwards, I was born June 13, 1853, at Weston, Lewis county, Western Virginia, My wife was Elizabeth Fishback of the valley of Virginia. Attended Medical College at Louisville, Kentucky, two different schools. I taught school in different states. I graduated from Medical College, " Portland, Oregon in 1889. Was assistant surgeon in Polyclinic, San Francisco, California. Post graduate course, Medical Dept., University of California in '84 and '86 "My father, Lewis Smith Wetzel, was born in same county and state as myself in 1820, so he is well toward 80 years old and is as good a worker today as most men at 50 years . The only sickness either of us ever have is headaches. "Father was contracting and building when eighteen years of age. "He worked two or three weeks carving a mantle in the first house he built for a judge in Weston. Later he built turnpike bridges on Stantor Pike as far west as Parkersburg, West Virginia; also a section of the BSO R.R. when it paralleled the pike. He built this pike and bridges. " In 1859 the oil discoveries took him to Burning Springs, Wirt County, West Virginia, where he is now drilling and pumping oil wells. "My mother was Anastasia Murphy, who was born in Cork, Ireland in 18__ of Irish parents who removed to Western Virginia when she was six years old. Grandfather Jacob Wetzel was a Lutheran preacher of Weston, the county seat of the county. His father, George, was a farmer and George's father, Henry, the son of Nicholas, was a settler, hunter and trapper and was named for his uncle Henry, one of the three brothers, the original emigrants from Germany." This John F. Wetzel is a practicing doctor in San Francisco at the present time, and the following are his children, whom we suppose also reside there : - Benton Gaillard, - Lewis Asbury, - Pearley Poe, - Anacortis and - May Gertrude : "These are the seventh generation along our branch." HISTORY OF THE WETZEL FAMILY Compiled by W. R. WETZEL Seattle , Washington 1908 This name in the present generation is spelled in several different ways, viz : Wetsel , Wetzel and Whetzel , but we find from investigation that each of these three people come from the original emigrants who came to this country from Germany, and spelled the name Wetzel. The first record we have of this family is that of three brothers : - Nicholas, - Henry and - Martin Whetzel, respectively . These men were Germans and came to America in the early part of the eighteenth century. First we hear of them is about 1730. The only one of these brothers we can trace down to the present generation is that of Nicholas. This brother had a son whom he calls Henry, after his brother Henry. Coming on down we find Henry Whetzel, Jr., married and was father of a - George, - Lewis, - John and some other children, of which we can find no definite record. Coming down later we'find George has children of which - Jacob, - Abraham and - David are named, then from - Jacob, whom we learn was a Lutheran preacher, we find three sons: - Lewis, - Josiah, and - Silas, the others of whom we have no record. •From Lewis we find three sons, - John F., - Daniel, - Charles and others, of whom we have no record . This information of this line of the Wetzels was given us by John F. Wetzel, M.D., and I will quote from him the following, which will make the above seem clearer : "The history of Nicholas, Henry and Martin is lost in the obscurity of early American history, or rather unwritten history of Virginia, Pennsylvania, etc. "To commence with myself and go backwards, I was born June 13, 1853, at Weston, Lewis county, Western Virginia, My wife was Elizabeth Fishback of the valley of Virginia. Attended Medical College at Louisville, Kentucky, two different schools. I taught school in different states. I graduated from Medical College, " Portland, Oregon in 1889. Was assistant surgeon in Polyclinic, San Francisco, California. Post graduate course, Medical Dept., University of California in '84 and '86 "My father, Lewis Smith Wetzel, was born in same county and state as myself in 1820, so he is well toward 80 years old and is as good a worker today as most men at 50 years . The only sickness either of us ever have is headaches. "Father was contracting and building when eighteen years of age. "He worked two or three weeks carving a mantle in the first house he built for a judge in Weston. Later he built turnpike bridges on Stantor Pike as far west as Parkersburg, West Virginia; also a section of the BSO R.R. when it paralleled the pike. He built this pike and bridges. " In 1859 the oil discoveries took him to Burning Springs, Wirt County, West Virginia, where he is now drilling and pumping oil wells. "My mother was Anastasia Murphy, who was born in Cork, Ireland in 18__ of Irish parents who removed to Western Virginia when she was six years old. Grandfather Jacob Wetzel was a Lutheran preacher of Weston, the county seat of the county. His father, George, was a farmer and George's father, Henry, the son of Nicholas, was a settler, hunter and trapper and was named for his uncle Henry, one of the three brothers, the original emigrants from Germany." This John F. Wetzel is a practicing doctor in San Francisco at the present time, and the following are his children, whom we suppose also reside there : - Benton Gaillard, - Lewis Asbury, - Pearley Poe, - Anacortis and - May Gertrude : "These are the seventh generation along our branch." [S1392] William Leslie Wetzel, GEDCOM: Wetzel 491539 Hans Martin b1700. 30. JACOB M6 WETZEL (GEORGE5, HENRY WETZEL4 JR, HENRY3 WETZEL, NICHOLAS2, HANS MARTIN1) He married "MISS" SMITH. She was born in Weston, VA (WV). Notes for JACOB M WETZEL: REFN365 Notes for "MISS" SMITH: REFN375 Children of JACOB WETZEL and "MISS" SMITH are: i. JOSIAH7 WETZEL. Notes for JOSIAH WETZEL: REFN369 ii. SILAS WETZEL. Notes for SILAS WETZEL: REFN370 [S733] Public Member Trees, a new rotation 20130407, Database online. Record for John F. Wetzel [S1120] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Eve Smith [S1442] Ancestry.com Wetzel Surname Message Board:, #156 02.03.00. message #156 Thursday, March 02, 2000 Subject: Nicholas Wetzel Posted by: Bill Wetzel Message: David, I hope I can get this typed from the paper I copied it on from my Family Tree Program. Nicholas Had a Son Henry - Henry had a Son "Henry Jr" Henry Jr had sons (1) George (2) Lewis (3) John George had sons (1) Jacob M (2) Abraham (3) David Jacob M Wetzel married "Miss" Smith born Weston Va(WV) and they had three sons (1) Lewis Smith Wetzel (2) Josiah and (3) Silas. Lewis Smith Wetzel born 1820 in Lewis County VA (WV) married Anestasia Murphy born 1825 in Cork Ireland. They had three sons (1) John F Wetzel (2) Daniel Wetzel and (3) Charles Wetzel John F Wetzel had four children - (1) Benton Gaillard Wetzel Male (2) Lewis Asbury Wetzel Male (3) Pearley Poe Wetzel Female and finally (4) Anacortis Wetzel Female. As far as I know this information is accurate and I think its all I have on Nicholas as far as decendants. Regards, Bill Wetzel [S1191] Billie Walsh, Genealogy Report: 'Wetzel Tree Billie.rft (Billie Walsh) [Word doc], (Name: Microsoft Word;), 20250623Chicgo- consolidated (1) to (2). information about the children taken from the 1850 Lewis Co, WV Census [S3059] FamilySearch.org, United States, Census, 1860, "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41Z-WTD : Mon Jul 08 22:47:03 UTC 2024), Entry for Lewis S Wetzel and Anastia Wetzel, 1860. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41Z-WTD [S2976] FamilySearch.org, United States, Census, 1850, "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DZ-64H : Sat Oct 18 09:28:48 UTC 2025), Entry for Lewis S Whetsal and Anastasha Whetsal, 1850. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DZ-64H [S2622] FamilySearch.org, West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-7RMJ : Wed Dec 04 01:59:34 UTC 2024), Entry for Lewis S Whetsel and Ann S Murphy, 11 September 1849. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-7RMJ [S3181] FamilySearch.org, California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS2-WCH1 : Sun Mar 10 01:48:46 UTC 2024), Entry for John F Wetzel and Lewis Wetzel, 18 June 1944. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS2-WCCM [S1296] Ancestry.com, California, Death Index, 1940-1997, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), "California, Death Index, 1940-1997", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPKM-6BY : Tue Feb 25 18:05:15 UTC 2025), Entry for John F Wetzel and Wetzel, 18 Jun 1944. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPKM-6BB [S3243] FamilySearch.org, West Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1928, "West Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X55G-DF2 : 12 December 2019), Wetzell in entry for Jacob S. Wet..., 1854. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X55G-DF2 [S2963] FamilySearch.org, United States, Census, 1900, "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZK-5HB : Sat Jan 18 19:34:54 UTC 2025), Entry for Lewis Whetzel and Anasticia Whetzel, 1900. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZK-5HB [S2959] FamilySearch.org, Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8FG-PDW : Tue Mar 05 04:46:46 UTC 2024), Entry for Charles L Wetzel and Lewis Wetzel, 10 Jul 1915. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8FG-PD4 [S3244] FamilySearch.org, West Virginia, Marriages, 1780-1970, "West Virginia, Marriages, 1780-1970," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRRL-9YG : 11 February 2018), Lewis S Whetsel and Ann Stalia Murphey, 1849; citing Lewis, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 825,111. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRRL-9YG [S1956] e-mail: Billie Walsh [bwalsh@bright.net], 08.03.00. ..., brother of Capt. John. All of my research shows that Nicholas came from Germany with his family aboard the Brittania to Philadelphia 9/21/1731... HISTORY OF THE WETZEL FAMILY Compiled by W. R. WETZEL Seattle , Washington 1908 This name in the present generation is spelled in several different ways, viz : Wetsel , Wetzel and Whetzel , but we find from investigation that each of these three people come from the original emigrants who came to this country from Germany, and spelled the name Wetzel. The first record we have of this family is that of three brothers : - Nicholas, - Henry and - Martin Whetzel, respectively . These men were Germans and came to America in the early part of the eighteenth century. First we hear of them is about 1730. The only one of these brothers we can trace down to the present generation is that of Nicholas. This brother had a son whom he calls Henry, after his brother Henry. Coming on down we find Henry Whetzel, Jr., married and was father of a - George, - Lewis, - John and some other children, of which we can find no definite record. Coming down later we find George has children of which - Jacob, - Abraham and - David are named, then from - Jacob, who we learn was a Lutheran preacher, we find three sons: - Lewis, - Josiah, and - Silas, the others of whom we have no record. •From Lewis we find three sons, - John F., - Daniel, - Charles and others, of whom we have no record . This information of this line of the Wetzels was given us by John F. Wetzel, M.D., and I will quote from him the following, which will make the above seem clearer : "The history of Nicholas, Henry and Martin is lost in the obscurity of early American history, or rather unwritten history of Virginia, Pennsylvania, etc. "To commence with myself and go backwards, I was born June 13, 1853, at Weston, Lewis county, Western Virginia, My wife was Elizabeth Fishback of the valley of Virginia. Attended Medical College at Louisville, Kentucky, two different schools. I taught school in different states. I graduated from Medical College, " Portland, Oregon in 1889. Was assistant surgeon in Polyclinic, San Francisco, California. Post graduate course, Medical Dept., University of California in '84 and '86 "My father, Lewis Smith Wetzel, was born in same county and state as myself in 1820, so he is well toward 80 years old and is as good a worker today as most men at 50 years . The only sickness either of us ever have is headaches. "Father was contracting and building when eighteen years of age. "He worked two or three weeks carving a mantle in the first house he built for a judge in Weston. Later he built turnpike bridges on Stantor Pike as far west as Parkersburg, West Virginia; also a section of the BSO R.R. when it paralleled the pike. He built this pike and bridges. " In 1859 the oil discoveries took him to Burning Springs, Wirt County, West Virginia, where he is now drilling and pumping oil wells. "My mother was Anastasia Murphy, who was born in Cork, Ireland in 18__ of Irish parents who removed to Western Virginia when she was six years old. Grandfather Jacob Wetzel was a Lutheran preacher of Weston, the county seat of the county. His father, George, was a farmer and George's father, Henry, the son of Nicholas, was a settler, hunter and trapper and was named for his uncle Henry, one of the three brothers, the original emigrants from Germany." This John F. Wetzel is a practicing doctor in San Francisco at the present time, and the following are his children, whom we suppose also reside there : - Benton Gaillard, - Lewis Asbury, - Pearley Poe, - Anacortis and - May Gertrude : "These are the seventh generation along our branch." ____________________ Subject: Nicholas Wetzel Posted by: David Wetzel Message: Does anyone have a descendant tree for Nicholas Wetzel (1727) and Elizabeth Bonnett, m. 1749? Replies: Nicholas & Elisabeth - Bill Wetzel 2/27/00 Billie Walsh [bwalsh@bright.net] Dear John, I have gone back to check some of my messages and do not believe that I said Nicholas was Lewis' brother. If so, I am sorry. I believe he was an uncle, brother of Capt. John. All of my research shows that Nicholas came from Germany with his family aboard the Brittania to Philadelphia 9/21/1731. Hans Martin & Maria Barbara's children as I have it: Maria Barbara b.1722, John b.abt. 1724, married Mary Bonnett, Hans Martin, Jr. b. abt. 1725 married Elizabeth Cromerston, Nicholas b. abt. 1727 married Elizabeth Bonnett, George Henry . abt. 1729 never married and Jacob b. abt. 1731. Lewis the Indian fighter was the son of John & Mary Bonnett. Lewis Wetzel born in 1824 son of Jacob & Eve Smith Wetzel was the brother of my husband's GGGrandfather. We believe that my husband is descended from Nicholas, Henry, George, Jacob, Albert Robert, Treat Ford and Ruth. I have been researching both my husband's family as well as mine for a couple of years and visited many libraries before going on the internet. I wrote down info on many Wetzels, not knowing if it applied to our family or not. We are sure of our information starting with Jacob but cannot verify before him unless someone from that particular family responds. What is your line? What book have you just received? Hope this helps in some way. Unless you are just beginning your research, you probably have all of this. If I can be of any help, please let me know. Billie --Billie Walsh [bwalsh@bright.net] 08.03.00 [S862] maps, Lewis County, WV. map, WV, Lewis County- 1024px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Lewis_County Lewis County, West Virginia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lewis County Courthouse Weston.jpg Map of West Virginia highlighting Lewis County Founded December 18, 1816 Seat Weston Largest city Weston Area • Total 390 sq mi (1,010 km2) • Land 387 sq mi (1,002 km2) • Water 2.7 sq mi (7 km2), 0.7% Population (Est.) … [S1191] Billie Walsh, Genealogy Report: 'Wetzel Tree Billie.rft (Billie Walsh) [Word doc], (Name: Microsoft Word;). by Billie Walsh (41) facts 20250623Chicago- edited [S392] Ancestry.com, census 1850 USA PA, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), census 1850 USA VA Lewis District 30 Whetsall Lewis Joshua; Census Place: District 30, Lewis, Virginia; Roll: M432_956; Page: 106B; Image: . Record for Joshua Whetsal (5) fact edited 20230319GHLn- 20230319GHLn- Pasted from Joshua's census Note & edited: 1850 United States Federal Census about Joshua Whetsal Name: Joshua Whetsal [Joshua Wetzel] Age: 25 birth: ca 1825 Virginia Gender: Male Home: District 30, Lewis, Virginia Family: 1447 Household Members: Lewis S Whetsal 27 VA Cabinet Maker Anastasha Whetsal 25 Ireland Racheal Cutlip 18 VA Joshua Whetsal 25 VA Carpenter Catharine Murphy 18 VA Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 30, Lewis, Virginia; Roll: M432_956; Page: 106B; Image: 218. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. census 1850 USA PA 20230319GHLn- Pasted from Joshua's census Note & edited: 1850 United States Federal Census about Joshua Whetsal Name: Joshua Whetsal [Joshua Wetzel] Age: 25 birth: ca 1825 Virginia Gender: Male Home: District 30, Lewis, Virginia Family: 1447 Household Members: Lewis S Whetsal 27 VA Cabinet Maker Anastasha Whetsal 25 Ireland Racheal Cutlip… [S862] maps, Jackson County, WV. map, WV, Jackson County- 538px-Map_of_West_Virginia_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg [S1191] Billie Walsh, Genealogy Report: 'Wetzel Tree Billie.rft (Billie Walsh) [Word doc], (Name: Microsoft Word;). This date was found at the Archives in Charleston, WV [S1120] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Jacob Wetzel, PFT family tree, Owner inewton1642 [S2447] Robert Lewis Wetzel, Affidavit, Robert Lewis Wetzel, for Membership in the Sons of the Revolution. Robert Lewis Wetzel, General (18) facts edited 20240601GHLn- says Mary died in Ohio Co, WV several images, copies of application, affidavit, certificate- Sons of the Revolution While Wetzel Roots does not have a Jacob, son of Martin, Robert's application shows him, in his direct ancestry from Martin. note: birthdate in General Wetzel's affidavit for Mary COFFIELD must be wrong, can't be 1836/37- more like 1856/57- jcw 03.09.2013) 20210804GHLn- pasted from front Media Details to empty Media Notes: Certificate, Robert Lewis Wetzel, for Membership in the Sons of the Revolution The Society of The Sons of the Revolution In the State of West Virginia This is to Certify that General Robert L. Wetzel of Columbus, Georgia was at a meeting of the Board of Managers of the said Society, held on the 24th day of January 1976, duly admitted to membership in the Society of the Sons of the Revolution, in the State of West Virginia, by right of his ancestor Captain John Wetzel & Martin Wetzel Given under our hands and the seal of the said society. Hartley E. Roush, President M.S. Holt, Jr, Secretary state no 1203-A _ 20210804GHLn- passted from Media Notes to empty Source Notes- Affidavit, Robert Lewis Wetzel, for Membership in the Sons of the Revolution, 01 December 1975 1. Robert Lewis Wetzel born 06 October 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co,WV son of 2. Columbus Lon Wetzel born Harrison Co,WV 27 June 1901 died Phoenix,AR 03 August 1971 & Ruth Kerr Wetzel, his wife, born Randolph Co,WV 01 March 1901, living 3. Columbus, son of Alonzo Wetzel born 14 Novenmber 1852 Lewis Co, then VA died Harrison Co,WV July 1934 & Camdenna Bartlett Wetzel, his wife, born Rockbridge Co, VA 31 July 1864 died Harrison Co,WV 22 November 1937 4. Alonzo, son of Joshua Wetzel born 1825-1830, died 1908, & Catherine Murphy Wetzel, his wife, born Ireland 1830, died Nicholas Co,WV on __ married Lewis Co,VA 18 July 1850. 5. Joshua Wetzel, son of Jacob Wetzel & Eva Smith Wetzel married Lewis Co,(VA) 23 October 1822 6. Jacob Wetzel, son of Martin Wetzel born Rockingham Co,VA 1757 died Ohio Co,(now WV) October 1829 & Mary Coffield Wetzel, his wife died in Ohio Co,(WV) [1836 or 1837. 7. That Martin Wetzel, son of Captain John Wetzel, born in Holland on 1733, died in Wetzel Co, VA on 1786 or 1787, and Mary Bonnett Wetzel his wife, born in Pennsylvania on 1735, died in Ohio County, VA on June 1805, married in 1756. 8. . At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. 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