Lancaster Intelligencer, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1851. [3]
1850 Joseph Wenger (age 84, born in Pennsylvania) lived in West Earl Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Benjamin Wenger (age 42), Nancy Wenger (age 41), Emanuel Wenger (age 22), Joseph Wenger (age 21), Benjamin Wenger (age 15), Maria Wenger (age 19), Susanna Wenger (age 16), Jacob Wenger (age 13), and Michael Wenger (age 11). Joseph Wenger was a preacher. [1]
1851 The death of Joseph Wenger was announced: "On the 18th ult. [February], Joseph Wenger, for many years a Preacher in the Mennonite Society, aged 84 years." [2]
1851 Rev Joseph Groff Wenger died on February 17 and was buried at Groffdale Mennonite Brick Church Cemetery, Leola, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Rev Joseph Groff Wenger was born on August 30, 1766. [4] [5]
[1] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryRecord].
[2] Newspaper, Lancaster Intelligencer Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 04 Mar 1851, page 3, column 1.
[3] Lancaster Intelligencer, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1851, page 3, [NewspapersClip].
[4] Find A Grave Memorial 29658972, [FindAGrave].
[5] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].