Rev Abraham Wenger
1789 - 1857 (67 years)-
Name Abraham Wenger [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] Title Rev Birth 13 Oct 1789 Edom, Rockingham, Virginia, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] Gender Male Family Search ID LHX3-YT6 Occupation Farmer [7] Occupation Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA [2, 8] Mennonite Minister Residence Child RelationToHead: Child [10] Residence 1850 Augusta County, Virginia, USA [7] District 2 and A Half Burial 1857 Augusta County, Virginia, USA [5, 6, 9] Death 25 Sep 1857 Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10] Person ID I10998 Woodworth Ancestry Last Modified 7 Jul 2025
Father Joseph Graybill Wenger, b. 8 Aug 1747, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. May 1812, Edom, Rockingham, Virginia, USA (Age 64 years) Relationship natural Mother Barbara Huber, b. 22 Nov 1747, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1792, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA (Age 44 years) Relationship natural Marriage 22 Nov 1765 [1, 4, 10] Family ID F2810 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Grove, b. 2 Mar 1799, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 1 Jul 1837, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 38 years) Marriage 23 May 1820 Virginia, USA [2] Children + 1. Dr Elias Grove Wenger, b. 16 Apr 1821, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 28 Aug 1887, Gilman, Iroquois, Illinois, USA (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. David G Wenger, b. 15 Sep 1824, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 23 Jun 1854 (Age 29 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 3. Jacob Wenger, b. Jul 1828, Virginia, USA d. 4 Mar 1831, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 2 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 4. Elizabeth Wenger, b. 27 Jan 1831 d. 27 Aug 1896 (Age 65 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] > 5. John Whitmer Wenger, b. 1 Jul 1837, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 10 May 1910 (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F11013 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Jul 2025
Family 2 Anna Burkholder, b. 21 Oct 1815, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Dec 1875, Augusta County, Virginia, USA (Age 60 years) Marriage Abt 1839 Children 1. Mary Jane Wenger, b. 1 Sep 1840, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 18 Aug 1886, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 45 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Barbara Ann Cox, b. 1848, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 29 May 1875, Barren Ridge, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 27 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Susan C Wenger, b. 23 Apr 1850, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 6 Feb 1923, Stuarts Draft, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F7448 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Jul 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 13 Oct 1789 - Edom, Rockingham, Virginia, USA 
Occupation - Mennonite Minister - - Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA 
Marriage - 23 May 1820 - Virginia, USA 
Residence - District 2 and A Half - 1850 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Burial - 1857 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Death - 25 Sep 1857 - Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Documents 
Wenger, Abraham (1789-1857)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014
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Wenger, Abraham (1789-1857)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014
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Sources - [S523] Wenger, Jonas G and others, History of the Descendants of Christian Wenger, (Name: Mennonite Publishing Company; Location: Elkhart, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), No 003 Pages 022-024 Joseph Wenger Book found at FamilySearch.org.
historyDescendantsChristianWenger.pdf
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/157780?availability=Family%20History%20Library
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/157780?availability=Family%20History%20Library - [S523] Wenger, Jonas G and others, History of the Descendants of Christian Wenger, (Name: Mennonite Publishing Company; Location: Elkhart, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), No 014 Page 027 Abraham Wenger Book found at FamilySearch.org.
historyDescendantsChristianWenger.pdf
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/157780?availability=Family%20History%20Library
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/157780?availability=Family%20History%20Library - [S358] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Record for Abrm Wenger
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2558&h=695288&indiv=try - [S678] Ancestry.com, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
Record for Joseph I. Wenger
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60592&h=565892&indiv=try - [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Mary Wenger
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=102819147&indiv=try - [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Annie Wenger
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=102819144&indiv=try - [S432] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2 and A Half, Augusta, Virginia; Roll: 934; Page: 358b.
Record for Abraham Wanger
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=14837882&indiv=try - [S678] Ancestry.com, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
Record for Abraham Wenger
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60592&h=562023&indiv=try - [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Dr Elias Wenger
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=72604238&indiv=try - [S678] Ancestry.com, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
Record for Joseph Wenger
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60592&h=565714&indiv=try
- [S523] Wenger, Jonas G and others, History of the Descendants of Christian Wenger, (Name: Mennonite Publishing Company; Location: Elkhart, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), No 003 Pages 022-024 Joseph Wenger Book found at FamilySearch.org.