Wetzel, Miles Thomas b. 24 Jul 1899 Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Feb 1975 Houston, Harris, Texas, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

Wetzel, Miles Thomas

1899 - 1975 (75 years)

Name	Wetzel, Miles Thomas [1, 2, 3, 4]
	20230113GHLn- John "Jack" Edwin Wetzel, 3/6/1932-11/29/2021, U Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus Dies. CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023 Hammond, Indiana - John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel 89, University of Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus, died on November 29, 2021. There will be no services. Born in Hammond, Indiana on March 6, 1932, Wetzel was the son of Miles Thomas Wetzel, an electrical engineer, and Isabel (Bella) Barnhart Wetzel, an elementary school teacher. He spent his childhood in Goshen, Indiana and graduated from Goshen High School in 1950. He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964. He joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois in 1961 and retired in May 1999. His wife, Rebecca Sprunger Wetzel, whom he married on September 8, 1962, survives. Also surviving are a sister, Jane Wetzel Penn Click, a niece, Catherine Penn Williams, a nephew, David Benjamin Penn, all living in Tucson, and a grandniece, Vanessa Alys Penn, of Santa Rosa, California. After a year in Champaign, the Wetzels made their home in Savoy in 1963. They moved to Urbana in 1969 and then in 1995 to a condo in Champaign. They have no children. Although his graduate studies were in complex analysis, Wetzel early in his career became interested in problems in elementary and combinatorial geometry. Most of his more than 80 professional publications, many written after his retirement and some with coauthors, dealt with various geometric questions. Wetzel shared with coauthors two Mathematical Association of America awards for expository writing, the Ford Prize in 2005 and the Pólya Prize in 2006. Memorials may be made to the John E. and Rebecca S. Wetzel Library Endowment Fund at the University of Illinois. John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel March 6, 1932 - November 29, 2021 Clipping location on Centre Daily Times page A9 CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023
Birth	24 Jul 1899	Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Gender	Male
Graduation	Abt Jun 1916	Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA
	Bellefonte HS
census 1920	16 Jan 1920	Spring Twp, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA [5]
	StreetAddress: Forge Road; Age: 20; Occupation: None; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 38; RelationToHead: Son; MaritalStatus: Single
	20180714 HAv- Household Members: Name Age 4B Charles E Wetzel 53 Head PA PA PA carpenter, planing mill Catherine A Wetzel 52 wife PA PA PA Mary E Wetzel 23 dau PA PA PA single Miles T Wetzel 20 son PA PA PA single Emma C Wetzel 17 dau PA PA PA single p5A 81/83 Mary A Miller 75 M-in-Law PA PA PA wd none 82/84 Forge Road Clyde Wetzel 58 Head PA PA PA manager, farm Blanche W Wetzel 38 wife PA PA PA Harry A Wetzel 12 son PA PA PA A B Smith 81 FinLaw PA PA PA none Authur J Smith 33 Bro-in-Law PA PA PA none 84/86 Frank Musser 62 Head PA PA PA farmer, own farm Blanche E Musser 59 wife PA PA PA Robert L Musser 22 son PA PA PA single none H Malcum Musser 18 son PA PA PA single laborer, farm Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Spring, Centre, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1549; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 38 20180714 HAv- Charles E Wetzel in the 1920 United States Federal Census date: 14 January, 1920 enumerator: Wilfred I. Miller Name: Charles E Wetzel Age: 53 Birth Year: abt 1867 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1920: North Precinct of Spring Twp, Centre, Pennsylvania Street: Forge Road House Number: X Residence Date: 1920 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House:Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Catherine A Wetzel Father's Birthplace:Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace:Pennsylvania Able to Speak English:Yes Occupation: Carpenter Industry: Planing Mill Employment Field: Wage or Salary Home Owned or Rented:Own Home Free or Mortgaged:Free Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Charles E Wetzel 53 Head PA PA PA carpenter, planing mill Catherine A Wetzel 52 wife PA PA PA Mary E Wetzel 23 dau PA PA PA single Miles T Wetzel 20 son PA PA PA single Emma C Wetzel 17 dau PA PA PA single p5A 81/83 Mary A Miller 75 M-in-Law PA PA PA wd none 82/84 Forge Road Clyde Wetzel 58 Head PA PA PA manager, farm Blanche W Wetzel 38 wife PA PA PA Harry A Wetzel 12 son PA PA PA A B Smith 81 FinLaw PA PA PA none Authur J Smith 33 Bro-in-Law PA PA PA none Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Spring, Centre, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1549; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 38 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).
BA/BS	1921	University Park, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA
	PSU, electrical engineering
Occupation	Abt 1932	Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
	electrical engineer
	20230113GHLn- John "Jack" Edwin Wetzel, 3/6/1932-11/29/2021, U Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus Dies. CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023 Hammond, Indiana - John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel 89, University of Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus, died on November 29, 2021. There will be no services. Born in Hammond, Indiana on March 6, 1932, Wetzel was the son of Miles Thomas Wetzel, an electrical engineer, and Isabel (Bella) Barnhart Wetzel, an elementary school teacher. He spent his childhood in Goshen, Indiana and graduated from Goshen High School in 1950. He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964. He joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois in 1961 and retired in May 1999. His wife, Rebecca Sprunger Wetzel, whom he married on September 8, 1962, survives. Also surviving are a sister, Jane Wetzel Penn Click, a niece, Catherine Penn Williams, a nephew, David Benjamin Penn, all living in Tucson, and a grandniece, Vanessa Alys Penn, of Santa Rosa, California. After a year in Champaign, the Wetzels made their home in Savoy in 1963. They moved to Urbana in 1969 and then in 1995 to a condo in Champaign. They have no children. Although his graduate studies were in complex analysis, Wetzel early in his career became interested in problems in elementary and combinatorial geometry. Most of his more than 80 professional publications, many written after his retirement and some with coauthors, dealt with various geometric questions. Wetzel shared with coauthors two Mathematical Association of America awards for expository writing, the Ford Prize in 2005 and the Pólya Prize in 2006. Memorials may be made to the John E. and Rebecca S. Wetzel Library Endowment Fund at the University of Illinois. John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel March 6, 1932 - November 29, 2021 Clipping location on Centre Daily Times page A9 CLIPPED FROM Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania 12 Dec 2021, Sun • p.A9 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 13 Jan 2023
Civil	19 Jun 1945 [3]
	45 Age: 45
genealogy	Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
	Miles was the writer and genealogist of the family and his materials are available in the Wetzel Collection at the Centre Cunty Library and Historical Museum
Death	16 Feb 1975	Houston, Harris, Texas, USA [2, 4, 6]
	20231201GHLn- Miles T. Wetzel, Goshen, IN died at the Houston Memorial SE Hospital Sunday Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania • Tue, Feb 18, 1975 p20 wetzupdoc • 01 Dec 2023 • County Obituaries Miles T Wetzel Miles T Wetzel, Goshen Ind, died at the Houston Memorial Southeast Hospital Houston Tex Sunday at 8 am. He was born in Bellefonte July 24 1899, the son of Charles and Kathryn Miller Wetzel. His first wife, the former Bela Barnhart, died in 1954. In 1955 he married the former Nellie Patton. who died in 1973. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs Stephen Penn, Houston Tex and a son, John Wetzel, Urbana IL. Three grandchildren also survive. He was an electrical engineer for the North Indiana Public Service Company. Funeral services will be held at the First United Church of Christ Goshen Ind Thursday at 1:30 pm with the Rev William Howenstien officiating. Committal services will be held at the Union Cemetery Bellefonte Saturday at 11 am at the Houston Memorial Southeast Hospital Houston Tex Sunday at 8 am.
Obituary	18 Feb 1975	State College, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA [4, 6]
	CDT Tue page 20 Miles T Wetzel, Goshen Ind, died at the Houston Memorial Southeast Hospital Houston Tex Sunday at 8 am.
	20231201GHLn- Miles T. Wetzel, Goshen, IN died at the Houston Memorial SE Hospital Sunday Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania • Tue, Feb 18, 1975 p20 wetzupdoc • 01 Dec 2023 • County Obituaries Miles T Wetzel Miles T Wetzel, Goshen Ind, died at the Houston Memorial Southeast Hospital Houston Tex Sunday at 8 am. He was born in Bellefonte July 24 1899, the son of Charles and Kathryn Miller Wetzel. His first wife, the former Bela Barnhart, died in 1954. In 1955 he married the former Nellie Patton. who died in 1973. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs Stephen Penn, Houston Tex and a son, John Wetzel, Urbana IL. Three grandchildren also survive. He was an electrical engineer for the North Indiana Public Service Company. Funeral services will be held at the First United Church of Christ Goshen Ind Thursday at 1:30 pm with the Rev William Howenstien officiating. Committal services will be held at the Union Cemetery Bellefonte Saturday at 11 am _________ 20231202GHLn- Miles Thos Wetzel, Ex-NIPSCO Supervisor died in a Houston hospital 0800h Sunday, 16 Feb 1975. The South Bend Tribune South Bend, Indiana • Mon, Feb 17, 1975 p7 wetzupdoc • 02 Dec 2023 • Ex-NIPSCO Supervisor Wetzel Dies GOSHEN- Miles Thomas Wetzel, ,75, former supervisor of the Goshen District of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, (NIPSCO) died et 8 a.m. Sunday in Memorial Southwest Hospital in Houston here he was admitted Feb. 6. He lived at 103 N. Riverside, Goshen, and had been staying with a daughter, Mrs. Stephan Penn in Houston. Born in Bellefonte, Penn.. July 24, 1899, he had worked as an electrical engineer for NIPSCO for 35 years, retiring several years ago. He was a member of First United Church of Christ and was a World War I veteran. On June 21, 1923, he married Bella Barnhart. She died Feb. 18, 1954. On June 11, 1955, he married Nellie E. Patten, who died Aug. 18, 1973. Surviving besides his daughter are a son, John Edwin ol Urbana, IL.; and three grandchildren. Friends may call Wednesday in the Yoder-Culp Vuneral Home, then from 12:30 p.m. Thursday until services at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in . First United Church of Christ, Rev. William Howenstine officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery in Bellefonte.. United States Indiana South Bend The South Bend Tribune 1975 Feb 17 Page 7
Race	White [5]
FSID	M1D5-H9P
Name	Miles T Wetzel [5, 6, 7]
Name	Miles Wetzel
	20180714 HAv- 20180712 Boalsburg, Dr. Hanlen's office: Debra Wensel Ponish Grgrandfather Charles Wetzel & Catherine Musser Wetzel 3 children Miles- an engineer, electrical Goshem, IN Emma - Gregg Wensel Mary- never married Greg Frederick Wensel, Debra’s father Grace Lynn Wensel- mother ?
Residence	Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA [4, 6]
_EMPLOY	Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
	electrical engineer for the Northern Indiana Public Service Company
	20180714 HAv- 20180712 Boalsburg, Dr. Hanlen's office: Debra Wensel Ponish Grgrandfather Charles Wetzel & Catherine Musser Wetzel 3 children Miles- an engineer, civil? Goshem, IN Emma - Gregg Wensel Mary- never married Greg Frederick Wensel, Debra’s father Grace Lynn Wensel- mother ?
Burial	20 Feb 1975	Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 4]
	Union Cemetery
Person ID	I91532	WETZEL-SPRING

Father	Wetzel, Charles Edwin, b. 17 Feb 1866, Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA d. 4 Oct 1951, Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 85 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Miller, Catherine Ann, b. 15 Sep 1867, Benner Twp, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA d. 22 Apr 1947, Benner Twp, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 79 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	24 Oct 1895	Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA
Family ID	F39786	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Barnhart, Isabella Blanche, b. 10 Nov 1898, Spring Twp, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA d. 18 Feb 1954, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA (Age 55 years)

Marriage 21 Jun 1923 Indiana, USA [4]

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The South Bend Tribune
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• Ex-NIPSCO Supervisor Wetzel Dies
GOSHEN- Miles Thomas Wetzel, ,75, former supervisor of the Goshen District of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, (NIPSCO) died et 8 a.m. Sunday in Memorial Southwest Hospital in Houston here he was admitted Feb. 6.
He lived at 103 N. Riverside, Goshen, and had been staying with a daughter, Mrs. Stephan Penn in Houston.
Born in Bellefonte, Penn.. July 24, 1899, he had worked as an electrical engineer for NIPSCO for 35 years, retiring several years ago. He was a member of First United Church of Christ and was a World War I veteran.
On June 21, 1923, he married Bella Barnhart. She died Feb. 18, 1954. On June 11, 1955, he married Nellie E. Patten, who died Aug. 18, 1973.
Surviving besides his daughter are a son, John Edwin ol Urbana, IL.; and three grandchildren. Friends may call Wednesday in the Yoder-Culp Vuneral Home, then from 12:30 p.m. Thursday until services at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in . First United Church of Christ, Rev. William Howenstine officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery in Bellefonte..

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Children

	1. Wetzel, John Edwin Ph.D., b. 6 Mar 1932, Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA d. 29 Nov 2021, Hammond, Spencer, Indiana, USA (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Wetzel, Jane Elizabeth, b. 24 Jun 1935, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA d. 14 Aug 2013, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F54621 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Patten, Nellie Eliza, b. 3 Jun 1896, Lagrange County, Indiana, USA d. 18 Aug 1973, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA (Age 77 years)
Marriage	11 Jun 1955	Lagrange County, Indiana, USA [4, 6]
	20231202GHLn- Miles Thos Wetzel, Ex-NIPSCO Supervisor died in a Houston hospital 0800h Sunday, 16 Feb 1975. The South Bend Tribune South Bend, Indiana • Mon, Feb 17, 1975 p7 wetzupdoc • 02 Dec 2023 • Ex-NIPSCO Supervisor Wetzel Dies GOSHEN- Miles Thomas Wetzel, ,75, former supervisor of the Goshen District of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, (NIPSCO) died et 8 a.m. Sunday in Memorial Southwest Hospital in Houston here he was admitted Feb. 6. He lived at 103 N. Riverside, Goshen, and had been staying with a daughter, Mrs. Stephan Penn in Houston. Born in Bellefonte, Penn.. July 24, 1899, he had worked as an electrical engineer for NIPSCO for 35 years, retiring several years ago. He was a member of First United Church of Christ and was a World War I veteran. On June 21, 1923, he married Bella Barnhart. She died Feb. 18, 1954. On June 11, 1955, he married Nellie E. Patten, who died Aug. 18, 1973. Surviving besides his daughter are a son, John Edwin ol Urbana, IL.; and three grandchildren. Friends may call Wednesday in the Yoder-Culp Vuneral Home, then from 12:30 p.m. Thursday until services at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in . First United Church of Christ, Rev. William Howenstine officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery in Bellefonte.. United States Indiana South Bend The South Bend Tribune 1975 Feb 17 Page 7 20231201GHLn- Miles T. Wetzel, Goshen, IN died at the Houston Memorial SE Hospital Sunday Centre Daily Times State College, Pennsylvania • Tue, Feb 18, 1975 p20 wetzupdoc • 01 Dec 2023 • County Obituaries Miles T Wetzel Miles T Wetzel, Goshen Ind, died at the Houston Memorial Southeast Hospital Houston Tex Sunday at 8 am. He was born in Bellefonte July 24 1899, the son of Charles and Kathryn Miller Wetzel. His first wife, the former Bela Barnhart, died in 1954. In 1955 he married the former Nellie Patton. who died in 1973. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs Stephen Penn, Houston Tex and a son, John Wetzel, Urbana IL. Three grandchildren also survive. He was an electrical engineer for the North Indiana Public Service Company. Funeral services will be held at the First United Church of Christ Goshen Ind Thursday at 1:30 pm with the Rev William Howenstien officiating. Committal services will be held at the Union Cemetery Bellefonte Saturday at 11 am In 1955 he married the former Nellie Patton. who died in 1973.
Family ID	F55635	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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	Birth - 24 Jul 1899 - Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA
	Graduation - Bellefonte HS - Abt Jun 1916 - Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA
	BA/BS - PSU, electrical engineering - 1921 - University Park, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA
	Marriage - 21 Jun 1923 - Indiana, USA
	Occupation - electrical engineer - Abt 1932 - Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
	genealogy - Miles was the writer and genealogist of the family and his materials are available in the Wetzel Collection at the Centre Cunty Library and Historical Museum - - Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
	Marriage - 11 Jun 1955 - Lagrange County, Indiana, USA
	Death - 16 Feb 1975 - Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
	Obituary - CDT Tue page 20 Miles T Wetzel, Goshen Ind, died at the Houston Memorial Southeast Hospital Houston Tex Sunday at 8 am. - 18 Feb 1975 - State College, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA
	Residence - - Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
	_EMPLOY - electrical engineer for the Northern Indiana Public Service Company - - Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
	Burial - 20 Feb 1975 - Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA

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John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel 89, University of Illinois Mathematics Professor Emeritus, died on November 29, 2021. There will be no services.
Born in Hammond, Indiana on March 6, 1932, Wetzel was the son of Miles Thomas Wetzel, an electrical engineer, and Isabel (Bella) Barnhart Wetzel, an elementary school teacher. He spent his childhood in Goshen, Indiana and graduated from Goshen High School in 1950. He received a BS from Purdue in 1954 and a mathematics PhD from Stanford in 1964.
He joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois in 1961 and retired in May 1999. His wife, Rebecca Sprunger Wetzel, whom he married on September 8, 1962, survives. Also surviving are
a sister, Jane Wetzel Penn Click,
a niece, Catherine Penn Williams,
a nephew, David Benjamin Penn, all living in Tucson, and
a grandniece, Vanessa Alys Penn, of Santa Rosa, California.
After a year in Champaign, the Wetzels made their home in Savoy in 1963. They moved to Urbana in 1969 and then in 1995 to a condo in Champaign. They have no children.
Although his graduate studies were in complex analysis, Wetzel early in his career became interested in problems in elementary and combinatorial geometry. Most of his more than 80 professional publications, many written after his retirement and some with coauthors, dealt with various geometric questions. Wetzel shared with coauthors two Mathematical Association of America awards for expository writing,
the Ford Prize in 2005 and
the Pólya Prize in 2006.
Memorials may be made to the John E. and Rebecca S. Wetzel Library Endowment Fund at the University of Illinois. John (Jack) Edwin Wetzel March 6, 1932 - November 29, 2021
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BIRTH 17 Feb 1866
Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 1951 (aged 84-85)
BURIAL Union Cemetery
Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
GPS- Latitude: 40.9147889, Longitude: -77.7708167
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Parents John Wetzel 1827-1919
Susan Musser Wetzel 1831-1911
Spouse Catharine Ann Miller Wetzel 1867-1947
Siblings Walter Wetzel
Frank Wetzel 1852-1936
Samuel D. Wetzel 1854-1932
Samuel D Wetzel 1854-1914
John Henry Wetzel 1856-1915
Allen Wetzel 1857-1860
Oscar W. Wetzel 1859-1920
Mary E. Wetzel Harper 1860-1934
Clyde W. Wetzel 1862-1934
Harvey Musser Wetzel 1864-1912
Lewis Calvin Wetzel 1869-1956
William W. Wetzel 1871-1941
Children Mary E. Wetzel 1896-1970
Miles Thomas Wetzel 1899-1975
Infant Daughter Wetzel 1900-1900
Emma C Wetzel Wensel 1902-1970

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BIRTH 17 Feb 1866
Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 1951 (aged 84-85)
BURIAL Union Cemetery
Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
GPS- Latitude: 40.9147889, Longitude: -77.7708167
MEMORIAL ID110020766 ·
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John Wetzel in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Name John Wetzel
Birth 2 Jan 1827
Death 9 Nov 1919
SAR Membership 65193
IN 1244
Role Ancestor
Appl 19 Jun 1945
Father John Henry Wetzel
Mother Elizabeth Ertley
Spouse Susan Musser
Children Charles Edwin Wetzel
Record for John Henry Wetzel (19) facts
John Henry Wetzel in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Name John Henry Wetzel
Birth 6 Jan 1799
[1799 Mar 6]
Death 13 Jun 1879
SAR Membership 65193
Role Ancestor
Application Date 19 Jun 1945
Father Henry Wetzel
Mother Catharine Wetzel
Spouse Elizabeth Ertley
Children John Wetzel
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Henry Wetzel in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Name Henry Wetzel
[Henry (Johann Heinrich) Wetzel]
Birth 29 May 1762
Death 2 Oct 1850
SAR 65193
Role Ancestor
Appl 19 Jun 1945
Father Jacob Wetzel
Mother Anna Maria Wetzel
Spouse Catharine Wetzel
Children John Henry Wetzel
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Jacob Wetzel in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Name Jacob Wetzel
Birth 1728
The Palatinate, Germany
Death 1785
Berks, Pennsylvania
SAR 65193
Role Ancestor
Appl Date 19 Jun 1945
Spouse Anna Maria Wetzel
Children Henry Wetzel
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Charles Edwin Wetzel in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Name Charles Edwin Wetzel
Birth 17 Feb 1866
SAR 65193
Role Ancestor
Appl 19 Jun 1945
Father John Wetzel
Mother Susan Musser
Spouse Catherine Ann Miller
Children Miles Thomas Wetzel
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Miles Thomas Wetzel in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Name Miles Thomas Wetzel
Birth 24 Jul 1899
Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania
SAR 65193
Role Applicant
Appl 19 Jun 1945
Father Charles Edwin Wetzel
Mother Catherine Ann Miller

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	Screenshot (100) 20231201GHLn- John Wetzel in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name John Wetzel Birth 2 Jan 1827 Death 9 Nov 1919 SAR Membership 65193 IN 1244 Role Ancestor Appl 19 Jun 1945 Father John Henry Wetzel Mother Elizabeth Ertley Spouse Susan Musser Children Charles Edwin Wetzel Record for John Henry Wetzel…
	Screenshot (102) 20231201GHLn- John Wetzel in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name John Wetzel Birth 2 Jan 1827 Death 9 Nov 1919 SAR Membership 65193 IN 1244 Role Ancestor Appl 19 Jun 1945 Father John Henry Wetzel Mother Elizabeth Ertley Spouse Susan Musser Children Charles Edwin Wetzel Record for John Henry Wetzel…

[S2282] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1940-1955, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The South Bend Tribune; Publication Date: 17 Feb 1975; Publication Place: South Bend, Indiana, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/516344476/?article=ebd872bb-6874-46c4-8b4f-7c26ea624dcf&focus=0.045500353,0.032247346,0.16546898,0.2898516&xid=3355.
Record for Miles Thomas Wetzel (12) facts
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Miles Thos Wetzel, Ex-NIPSCO Supervisor died in a Houston hospital 0800h Sunday, 16 Feb 1975.
The South Bend Tribune
South Bend, Indiana •
Mon, Feb 17, 1975 p7
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• Ex-NIPSCO Supervisor Wetzel Dies
GOSHEN- Miles Thomas Wetzel, ,75, former supervisor of the Goshen District of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, (NIPSCO) died et 8 a.m. Sunday in Memorial Southwest Hospital in Houston here he was admitted Feb. 6.
He lived at 103 N. Riverside, Goshen, and had been staying with a daughter, Mrs. Stephan Penn in Houston.
Born in Bellefonte, Penn.. July 24, 1899, he had worked as an electrical engineer for NIPSCO for 35 years, retiring several years ago. He was a member of First United Church of Christ and was a World War I veteran.
On June 21, 1923, he married Bella Barnhart. She died Feb. 18, 1954. On June 11, 1955, he married Nellie E. Patten, who died Aug. 18, 1973.
Surviving besides his daughter are a son, John Edwin ol Urbana, IL.; and three grandchildren. Friends may call Wednesday in the Yoder-Culp Vuneral Home, then from 12:30 p.m. Thursday until services at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in . First United Church of Christ, Rev. William Howenstine officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery in Bellefonte..

United States
Indiana
South Bend
The South Bend Tribune
1975
Feb
17
Page 7

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Miles Thos Wetzel, Ex-NIPSCO Supervisor died in a Houston hospital 0800h Sunday, 16 Feb 1975.
The South Bend Tribune
South Bend, Indiana •
Mon, Feb 17, 1975 p7
wetzupdoc • 02 Dec 2023

• Ex-NIPSCO Supervisor Wetzel Dies
GOSHEN- Miles Thomas Wetzel, ,75, former supervisor of the Goshen District of the Northern Indiana Public…

[S490] census 1920 USA PA, (Name: Ancestry; Location: www.ancestry.com;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Spring, Centre, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1549; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 38 Chas E. Wetzel.
Record for Charles E Wetzel; Clyde
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Household Members:
Name Age
4B
Charles E Wetzel 53 Head PA PA PA carpenter, planing mill
Catherine A Wetzel 52 wife PA PA PA
Mary E Wetzel 23 dau PA PA PA single
Miles T Wetzel 20 son PA PA PA single
Emma C Wetzel 17 dau PA PA PA single
p5A 81/83
Mary A Miller 75 M-in-Law PA PA PA wd none
82/84 Forge Road
Clyde Wetzel 58 Head PA PA PA manager, farm
Blanche W Wetzel 38 wife PA PA PA
Harry A Wetzel 12 son PA PA PA
A B Smith 81 FinLaw PA PA PA none
Authur J Smith 33 Bro-in-Law PA PA PA none
84/86
Frank Musser 62 Head PA PA PA farmer, own farm
Blanche E Musser 59 wife PA PA PA
Robert L Musser 22 son PA PA PA single none
H Malcum Musser 18 son PA PA PA single laborer, farm

Source Citation
Year: 1920; Census Place: Spring, Centre, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1549; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 38

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Charles E Wetzel in the 1920 United States Federal Census
date: 14 January, 1920
enumerator: Wilfred I. Miller
Name: Charles E Wetzel
Age: 53
Birth Year: abt 1867
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1920: North Precinct of Spring Twp, Centre, Pennsylvania
Street: Forge Road
House Number: X
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House:Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Catherine A Wetzel
Father's Birthplace:Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace:Pennsylvania
Able to Speak English:Yes
Occupation: Carpenter
Industry: Planing Mill
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Home Owned or Rented:Own
Home Free or Mortgaged:Free
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors:
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Household Members:
Name Age
Charles E Wetzel 53 Head PA PA PA carpenter, planing mill
Catherine A Wetzel 52 wife PA PA PA
Mary E Wetzel 23 dau PA PA PA single
Miles T Wetzel 20 son PA PA PA single
Emma C Wetzel 17 dau PA PA PA single
p5A 81/83
Mary A Miller 75 M-in-Law PA PA PA wd none
82/84 Forge Road
Clyde Wetzel 58 Head PA PA PA manager, farm
Blanche W Wetzel 38 wife PA PA PA
Harry A Wetzel 12 son PA PA PA
A B Smith 81 FinLaw PA PA PA none
Authur J Smith 33 Bro-in-Law PA PA PA none
84/86
Frank Musser 62 Head PA PA PA farmer, own farm
Blanche E Musser 59 wife PA PA PA
Robert L Musser 22 son PA PA PA single none
H Malcum Musser 18 son PA PA PA single laborer, farm

Source Citation
Year: 1920; Census Place: Spring, Centre, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1549; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 38

Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).

	census 1920 USA PA Centre Spring 38_4B- Charles E Wetzel.jpg 20180714 HAv- Charles E Wetzel in the 1920 United States Federal Census date: 14 January, 1920 enumerator: Wilfred I. Miller Name: Charles E Wetzel Age: 53 Birth Year: abt 1867 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1920: North Precinct of Spring Twp, Centre, Pennsylvania Street: Forge Road House Number: X Residence…
	census 1920 USA PA Centre Spring 38_5A- Mary A Miller.jpg 20180714 HAv- Household Members: Name Age 4B Charles E Wetzel 53 Head PA PA PA carpenter, planing mill Catherine A Wetzel 52 wife PA PA PA Mary E Wetzel 23 dau PA PA PA single Miles T Wetzel 20 son PA PA PA single Emma C Wetzel 17 dau PA PA PA single p5A 81/83 Mary A Miller 75 M-in-Law PA PA PA wd none 82/84 Forge Road Clyde Wetzel 58…

[S2282] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1940-1955, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), Centre Daily Times; Publication Date: 18 Feb 1975; Publication Place: State College, Pennsylvania, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/755184980/?article=f9b61fdc-e6b3-4b6d-a5d0-2bb724d66970&focus=0.2720188,0.22157335,0.38671213,0.31168258&xid=3355.
Record for Miles T Wetzel (13) facts
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Miles T. Wetzel, Goshen, IN died at the Houston Memorial SE Hospital Sunday
Centre Daily Times
State College, Pennsylvania •
Tue, Feb 18, 1975 p20
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Miles T Wetzel
Miles T Wetzel, Goshen Ind, died at the Houston Memorial Southeast Hospital Houston Tex Sunday at 8 am.
He was born in Bellefonte July 24 1899, the son of Charles and Kathryn Miller Wetzel. His first wife, the former Bela Barnhart, died in 1954. In 1955 he married the former Nellie Patton. who died in 1973.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs Stephen Penn, Houston Tex and a son, John Wetzel, Urbana IL. Three grandchildren also survive.
He was an electrical engineer for the North Indiana Public Service Company.
Funeral services will be held at the First United Church of Christ Goshen Ind Thursday at 1:30 pm with the Rev William Howenstien officiating. Committal services will be held at the Union Cemetery Bellefonte Saturday at 11 am

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Miles T. Wetzel, Goshen, IN died at the Houston Memorial SE Hospital Sunday
Centre Daily Times
State College, Pennsylvania •
Tue, Feb 18, 1975 p20
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• County Obituaries
Miles T Wetzel
Miles T Wetzel, Goshen Ind, died at the Houston Memorial Southeast Hospital Houston Tex Sunday at 8 am.
He was born in…

[S2758] Ancestry.com, Oregon, U.S., State Marriages, 1906-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;), Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, Marriage Records, 1906-1910, 1946-1966.
Record for Jane Elizabeth Wetzel (13) facts
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Jane Elizabeth Wetzel in the Oregon, U.S., State Marriages, 1906-1971
Name Jane Elizabeth Wetzel
Gender Female
Race White
Age 18
single
her res 1002 S. 7th ST, Goshen
Birth Jun 24 1935
Goshen, Indiana
Marriage 31 Oct 1953
Eugene, Lane, Oregon, USA
Father Miles T Wetzel
Mother Bella Barnhart
Spouse Stephen Frank Penn
File Nr 362647
Record for Stephen Frank Penn (13) facts
Name Stephen Frank Penn
Gender Male
Age 18
single
his res Bld 208 Stanford
Village
Stanford, Calif
his occ student
Birth Jun 27 1935
Father Ralph Sieber Penn
Mother Mary Gluew
Spouse Jane Elizabeth Wetzel
Certificate 10479
File Nr 362646

Oregon State Archives; Salem, Oregon; Oregon, Marriage Records, 1906-1910, 1946-1966

OR US State Marriages 19531031 Jane Elizabeth Wetzel.jpg
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Jane Elizabeth Wetzel in the Oregon, U.S., State Marriages, 1906-1971
Name Jane Elizabeth Wetzel
Gender Female
Race White
Age 18
single
her res 1002 S. 7th ST, Goshen
Birth Jun 24 1935
Goshen, Indiana
Marriage 31 Oct 1953
Eugene, Lane, Oregon, USA
Father Miles T Wetzel
Mother Bella Barnhart
Spouse Stephen Frank Penn
File…

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