Dr Elias Grove Wenger
1821 - 1887 (66 years)-
Name Elias Grove Wenger [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Title Dr Birth 16 Apr 1821 Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Gender Male Relocated 1848 Washington, Tazewell, Illinois, USA [4] Family Search ID KPHK-Q8M Occupation Farmer [6] Residence 1850 Tazewell County, Illinois, USA [6] Burial 1887 Gilman, Iroquois, Illinois, USA [3, 5] Death 28 Aug 1887 Gilman, Iroquois, Illinois, USA [2, 3, 4, 5] Person ID I20438 Woodworth Ancestry Last Modified 7 Jul 2025
Father Rev Abraham Wenger, b. 13 Oct 1789, Edom, Rockingham, Virginia, USA d. 25 Sep 1857, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 67 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary Grove, b. 2 Mar 1799, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 1 Jul 1837, Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 38 years) Relationship natural Marriage 23 May 1820 Virginia, USA [1] Family ID F11013 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Eliza Jane Smith, b. 10 Dec 1824, Virginia, USA d. 18 Jan 1879, Illinois, USA (Age 54 years) Marriage 19 Apr 1842 Virginia, USA [4] 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 7 Jul 2025
Family 2 Estelle M Shaw, b. Abt 1825 Marriage 25 Aug 1880 [4] Family ID F11073 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Jul 2025
-
Event Map 
Birth - 16 Apr 1821 - Hermitage, Augusta, Virginia, USA 
Marriage - 19 Apr 1842 - Virginia, USA 
Relocated - 1848 - Washington, Tazewell, Illinois, USA 
Residence - 1850 - Tazewell County, Illinois, USA 
Burial - 1887 - Gilman, Iroquois, Illinois, USA Death - 28 Aug 1887 - Gilman, Iroquois, Illinois, USA = Link to Google Earth
-
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 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 - [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 Mary Wenger
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=102819147&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.
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 Elias Wanger
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=16617118&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
- [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.