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Notes for Samuel Wenger and Elizabeth R Rohrer

1820 Elizabeth Rohrer was born. [1]

Elizabeth Rohrer married Samuel Wenger. [2]

1850 Samuel Wenger (age 27) and Elizabeth Wenger (age 28) lived in Osnaburg, Stark County, Ohio with Susanna (age 3). [3]

1855 Land of S Wenger Jr was shown in Canton Twp, Canton County, Ohio, north of Osnaburg and south of land of S Wenger on the border with Plain Twp. [Photocopy, map of Stark County, Ohio.] [4]

1860 Samuel Wenger (age 38) and Elizabeth Wenger (age 39) lived in Osnaburg, Stark County, Ohio with Susanna (age 13), Mary (age 7), Elizabeth (age 4), and Malinda (age 2) (all children born in Ohio). [5]

1880 Samuel Wenger (age 59) and Elizabeth Wenger (age 60) lived in Osnaburg, Stark County, Ohio with grandson Adison DeHof (age 9). [6]

1891 Samuel Wenger, married, died on September 8, at age 69, in Osnaburg Twp, Stark County, Ohio. Samuel Wenger was born in Pennsylvania. Samuel Wenger had lived at Osnaburg. Samuel Wenger's occupation was Farmer. [7] Samuel Wenger was reported buried at Valley Chapel Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. [8]

1895 Elizabeth Wenger died on April 14 at age 75y 26d. [9] Elizabeth Wenger was reported buried at Valley Chapel Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. [10]

1932 Elizabeth W Brechbill, widowed, died on April 9, at age 75, in Stark County, Ohio. Elizabeth W Brechbill, daughter of Samuel Wenger and Elizabeth Rohrer, was born on November 8, 1856, in Osnaburg Twp [Stark County], Ohio. She was the widow of David Brechbill. [11]

A biosketch reports [12]:

Elizabeth Rohrer married Samuel Wenger. They lived in Canton, Ohio and had 4 children.


Footnotes:

[1] Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A good life in a new land, Vol. 1 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 104, F1273, [FHLCatalog].

[2] Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A good life in a new land, Vol. 1 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 104, F1273, [FHLCatalog].

[3] United States Federal Census, 1850, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[4] William Schuchman, New map of Stark County, Ohio drafted & authentic from actual surveys (Williams Dorr & Co, 1855), [LibraryOfCongress Map (color)], [LibraryOfCongress Map (grayscale)], [LibraryOfCongress (color)], [LibraryOfCongress (grayscale)].

[5] United States Federal Census, 1860, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[6] United States Federal Census, 1880, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[7] Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[8] Find A Grave Memorial 136541491, [FindAGrave].

[9] Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A good life in a new land, Vol. 1 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 104, F1273, [FHLCatalog].

[10] Find A Grave Memorial 136541544, [FindAGrave].

[11] Ohio Department of Health, Ohio, Death Certificates, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[12] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 36, Person VII-C, [GoogleBooks].