Wetzel, George Henry Whetsel

1777 - 1834  (57 years)

• Name	Wetzel, George Henry Whetsel  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	1777	Pleasant Valley, Rockingham, Virginia, USA   [4, 6, 7]
  	Shenandoah County?
  Gender	Male
  LDS	• LYDK-D72
  	20260123GHLn- George Wetzel Male about 1777 – 26 July 1853 • LYDK-D72 When George Wetzel was born about 1777, in Pleasant Valley, Rockingham, Virginia, United States, his father, Henry Wetzel, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Rubelson, was 26. He married Rebecca Wendall on 24 October 1801, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Lewisburg District, Greenbrier, Virginia, United States in 1820 and Greenbrier Parish, Greenbrier, Virginia, United States in 1850. He died on 26 July 1853, in Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, Virginia, United States.
  FSID	LYDK-D72
  Name	George * Whetsel Wetzel  [7]
  Occupation	farmer
  	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." __________ 20260123GHLn- George Wetzel Male about 1777 – 26 July 1853 • LYDK-D72 When George Wetzel was born about 1777, in Pleasant Valley, Rockingham, Virginia, United States, his father, Henry Wetzel, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Rubelson, was 26. He married Rebecca Wendall on 24 October 1801, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Lewisburg District, Greenbrier, Virginia, United States in 1820 and Greenbrier Parish, Greenbrier, Virginia, United States in 1850. He died on 26 July 1853, in Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, Virginia, United States.
  Residence	1783	Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA   [7]
  Residence	1810	Elizabeth, Wirt, West Virginia, USA   [7]
  	Ohio county, in McCammon-Pautler reference
  Residence	1820	Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA   [6]
  Death	29 Dec 1834	Horner, Lewis, West Virginia, USA   [6, 7]
  Person ID	I80379	WetzelFANcestry

  
  

  Father	Wetzel, Henry Whetzel,   b. Abt 1752, Frederick County, Maryland, USA d. 16 Apr 1839, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rubelson, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1752, Shenandoah, Prince William, Virginia, USA d. 1802 (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	28 Dec 1773	Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA   [8]
  	Millennium File about George Henry Wetzel Name: George Henry Wetzel Gender: Male Birth Date: 1752 Marriage Date: 28 Dec 1773 Marriage Place: Shenandoah, Virginia Father: Nicholas Wetzel Mother: Elizabeth Bonnett Spouse: Elizabeth Rubelson Children: George Whetsel
  Family ID	F40738	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wendell, Rebecca,   b. 1784, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA d. 14 Feb 1853, Horner, Lewis, West Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	24 Oct 1801	Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Wetzel, David D.,   b. Between 2 Jun 1804 and 6 Jun 1809, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA d. 27 Nov 1882, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Wetzel, Jacob M. Whetzel,   b. 1803, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA d. 1862, Stonecoal Creek, Lewis, West Virginia, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Wetzel, John Whetsell,   b. 1806, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA d. 15 Jun 1872, Sullivan, Missouri, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. WhetselWetzel, Abraham,   b. 1807, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA d. 1 Jun 1869, Life's Run, Jane Lew, Lewis, West Virginia, USA (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F50715	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1777 - Pleasant Valley, Rockingham, Virginia, USA Residence - 1783 - Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 24 Oct 1801 - Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA Residence - Ohio county, in McCammon-Pautler reference - 1810 - Elizabeth, Wirt, West Virginia, USA Residence - 1820 - Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Death - 29 Dec 1834 - Horner, Lewis, West Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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." 20260123GHLn- George Wetzel Male about 1777 – 26 July 1853 • LYDK-D72 When George Wetzel was born about 1777, in Pleasant Valley, Rockingham, Virginia, United States, his father, Henry Wetzel, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Rubelson, was 26. He married Rebecca Wendall on 24 October 1801, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Lewisburg District, Greenbrier, Virginia, United States in 1820 and Greenbrier Parish, Greenbrier, Virginia, United States in 1850. He died on 26 July 1853, in Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, Virginia, United States.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1392] William Leslie Wetzel, GEDCOM: Wetzel 491539 Hans Martin b1700. 12. HENRY WETZEL4 JR (HENRY3 WETZEL, NICHOLAS2, HANS MARTIN1) Notes for HENRY WETZEL JR: REFN293 Children of HENRY WETZEL JR are: 19. i. GEORGE5 WETZEL. ii. LEWIS WETZEL. Notes for LEWIS WETZEL: REFN363 iii. JOHN WETZEL. Notes for JOHN WETZEL: REFN364 19. GEORGE5 WETZEL (HENRY WETZEL4 JR, HENRY3 WETZEL, NICHOLAS2, HANS MARTIN1) Notes for GEORGE WETZEL: REFN362 Children of GEORGE WETZEL are: 30. i. JACOB M6 WETZEL. ii. ABRAHAM WETZEL. Notes for ABRAHAM WETZEL: REFN366 iii. DAVID WETZEL. Notes for DAVID WETZEL: REFN367 [S1773] GenForum, (Name: http://genforum.genealogy.com/;), http://genforum.genealogy.com/wetzel/messages/614.html. http://genforum.genealogy.com/wetzel/messages/614.html Re: George Whetzel Posted by: Mary Lynne McClain Pruett Date: April 02, 2000 at 13:20:32 In Reply to: Re: George Whetzel by Jo Stephens of 1552 My g-g-g-g grandfather was George H. Wetzel who married Rebecca Wendell. Who were George H. Wetzell's parents?? I have some information on the Wetzel family:(1) George (2)Jacob (3)Josuha Tolbert Wetzel, (4) Charles Columbus Wetzel who married Margaret Ann Veach. Charles Columbus Wetzel was born in 1865 in Lewis County, WV, lived in Mead Colorado, and died in Denver, CO in 1925. Charles Columbus and Margaret Ann Veach Wetzel had 1 son and 9 daughters. [S1773] GenForum, (Name: http://genforum.genealogy.com/;), http://genforum.genealogy.com/wetzel/messages/400.html. http://genforum.genealogy.com/wetzel/messages/400.html Re: George Whetzel Posted by: Jo Stephens Date: August 30, 1999 at 06:42:03 In Reply to: Re: George Whetzel by Linda Gorbey of 1552 Abraham Wetzel was the son of George H. Wetzel and Rebecca Wendell who were married 24 Oct 1801 Shenandoah co., VA. This info is from Mrs. Edwin G. Clawsey, long-time researcher from Washington, D. C. Rebecca was the d/o John Wendell. [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer. Record for John Wetzel [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 [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 [S909] Public Member Trees, 201412, Database online. Record for George Henry * Wetzel http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=7005902733&indiv=try [S593] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;). Record for George Henry Wetzel Millennium File about George Henry Wetzel Name: George Henry Wetzel Gender: Male Birth Date: 1752 Marriage Date: 28 Dec 1773 Marriage Place: Shenandoah, Virginia Father: Nicholas Wetzel Mother: Elizabeth Bonnett Spouse: Elizabeth Rubelson Children: George Whetsel Millennium File about George Henry Wetzel Name: George Henry Wetzel Gender: Male Birth Date: 1752 Marriage Date: 28 Dec 1773 Marriage Place: Shenandoah, Virginia Father: Nicholas Wetzel Mother: Elizabeth Bonnett Spouse: Elizabeth Rubelson Children: George Whetsel Source Information: Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting. Description: The Millennium File contains more than 880,000 linked family records, with lineages from throughout the world, including colonial America, the British Isles, Switzerland, and Germany

  
  

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TNG ID: I80379

FSID: LYDK-D72