Rev Benjamin Wenger, Sr

1781 - 1865  (83 years)

• Name	Benjamin Wenger  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Title	Rev
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	28 Apr 1781	Edom, Rockingham, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	LHDK-TZH
  Occupation	Mennonite Minister  [3]
  Residence	1830	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA   [7]
  Residence	1840	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA   [6]
  Residence	1850	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA   [8]
  	District 56
  Residence	1860	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	District 1
  Burial	1865	Blosser Cemetery, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA   [1, 5, 10]
  Death	26 Feb 1865	Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA   [1, 3, 5, 10, 13]
  Person ID	I2615	Woodworth Ancestry | Gottlieb Mauck Family
  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  [9, 13, 14]
  Family ID	F2810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Mauck,   b. 15 Aug 1783, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA d. 15 Dec 1850, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1802	Virginia, USA
  Children	+ 1. Anna Wenger,   b. 18 Sep 1803, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA d. 9 Jun 1872, Mount Sidney, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Mary Polly Wenger,   b. 1806, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Christena Wenger,   b. 3 Jan 1809, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA d. 3 Aug 1861, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Benjamin Wenger, Jr,   b. 22 May 1811, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA d. 9 Jul 1880, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Samuel Wenger,   b. 16 Jul 1813, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA d. 11 Sep 1861, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 6. Ephraim Wenger, Sr,   b. 9 Sep 1815, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA d. 26 Jan 1893, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. John Wenger,   b. 1817, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA d. 11 Sep 1861, Grundy, Illinois, USA (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 8. Daniel Mauck Wenger,   b. 18 Nov 1820, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA d. 29 Aug 1889, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 9. Susanna Wenger,   b. 25 Nov 1823, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA d. 7 Sep 1892, Cullom, Livingston, Illinois, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 28 Apr 1781 - Edom, Rockingham, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1802 - Virginia, USA Residence - 1830 - Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Residence - 1840 - Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Residence - District 56 - 1850 - Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Residence - District 1 - 1860 - Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Burial - 1865 - Blosser Cemetery, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA Death - 26 Feb 1865 - Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

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