Eliza Jane Smith
1824 - 1879 (54 years)-
Name Eliza Jane Smith [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth 10 Dec 1824 Virginia, USA 
[2, 3, 4] Gender Female Relocated 1848 Washington, Tazewell, Illinois, USA [1] Residence 1850 Tazewell County, Illinois, USA [3] Burial 1879 Gilman, Iroquois, Illinois, USA [2] Death 18 Jan 1879 Illinois, USA [1, 2] Person ID I20439 Woodworth Ancestry Last Modified 17 Nov 2025
Family Dr Elias Grove Wenger, b. 16 Apr 1821, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 28 Aug 1887, Gilman, Iroquois, Illinois, USA (Age 66 years) Marriage 19 Apr 1842 Virginia, USA [1] Children > 1. Mary Elizabeth Wenger, b. 15 Nov 1843, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 11 Jan 1930 (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 2. Louisa A Wenger, b. 15 Oct 1845, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 1933, Illinois, USA (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Abraham A Wenger, b. 20 Jul 1847, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. Joseph W Wenger, b. 28 Sep 1851, Illinois, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. Charles P Wenger, b. 17 Apr 1856, Illinois, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 6. Daniel B Wenger, b. 13 Jan 1859, Illinois, USA d. 28 Aug 1908, Folsom, Union, New Mexico, USA (Age 49 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 7. Nellie Wenger, b. 15 Feb 1861, Washington, Tazewell, Illinois, USA d. 24 Jul 1927, Washington, Tazewell, Illinois, USA (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F11065 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Nov 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 10 Dec 1824 - Virginia, USA 
Marriage - 19 Apr 1842 - Virginia, USA 
Relocated - 1848 - Washington, Tazewell, Illinois, USA 
Residence - 1850 - Tazewell County, Illinois, USA 
Burial - 1879 - Gilman, Iroquois, Illinois, USA 
Death - 18 Jan 1879 - Illinois, USA = Link to Google Earth
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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 075 Pages 049-050 Elias Grove 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 - [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 - [S432] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Tazewell, Illinois; Roll: 129; Page: 10a.
Record for Eliza Wanger
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=16617119&indiv=try - [S123] Ancestry.com, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Record for Mary E. Danforth
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2542&h=1252906&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
- [S523] Wenger, Jonas G and others, History of the Descendants of Christian Wenger, (Name: Mennonite Publishing Company; Location: Elkhart, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), No 075 Pages 049-050 Elias Grove Wenger Book found at FamilySearch.org.