Abraham Benjamin Wenger

1839 - 1896  (57 years)

• Name	Abraham Benjamin Wenger  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26]
  Birth	13 Jun 1839	Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	KG9B-2M2
  Occupation	Mennonite Minister  [18]
  Residence	1850	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA   [16]
  	District 56
  Residence	1860	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA   [19]
  	District 1
  Residence	1870	Central, Rockingham, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	Central
  Residence	1880	Ashby, Rockingham, Virginia, USA   [3, 24]
  Burial	1896	Weavers Mennonite Church Cemetery, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA   [1, 5, 13, 18, 20, 21, 26]
  Death	14 Jul 1896	Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 5, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 26]
  Person ID	I4030	Woodworth Ancestry | Gottlieb Mauck Family
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Wenger, Jr,   b. 22 May 1811, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA d. 9 Jul 1880, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Barbara Blosser,   b. 4 Apr 1810, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA d. 26 Jun 1894, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1830	Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F2875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah B Hartman,   b. 19 Jan 1837, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA d. 23 Aug 1900, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1862	Virginia, USA   [2, 18, 22]
  Children	+ 1. Rebecca Susan Wenger,   b. 12 Dec 1865, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA d. 28 Sep 1894, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Isaac Benjamin Wenger,   b. 31 Aug 1867, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA d. 7 Jul 1896, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Elizabeth M Wenger,   b. 10 Jul 1869, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA d. 22 Dec 1935, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Rachel W Wenger,   b. 22 Jun 1872, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA d. 29 Apr 1960, Central, Rockingham, Virginia, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Clement David Wenger,   b. 23 Nov 1874, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA d. 5 Jul 1949, Central, Rockingham, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 6. Sarah Frances Wenger,   b. 27 Oct 1878, Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA d. 14 Mar 1954, Central, Rockingham, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 13 Jun 1839 - Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA Residence - District 56 - 1850 - Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Residence - District 1 - 1860 - Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 24 Dec 1862 - Virginia, USA Residence - Central - 1870 - Central, Rockingham, Virginia, USA Residence - 1880 - Ashby, Rockingham, Virginia, USA Burial - 1896 - Weavers Mennonite Church Cemetery, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Death - 14 Jul 1896 - Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  Wenger, Abraham Benjamin (1839-1896) Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014

  
  

• Sources

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Record for Abraham Wanger http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6742&h=14026562&indiv=try [S435] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Central, Rockingham, Virginia; Roll: M593_1676; Page: 54A; Family History Library Film: 553175. Record for Abram B Wenger http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7163&h=39325752&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 Rebecca Susan Barnhart http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=26613937&indiv=try [S560] Ancestry.com, Rockingham County, Virginia, Death Index, 1886-1895, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;). 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Wenger http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60214&h=223793&indiv=try [S303] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Rachel Winger http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60214&h=256030&indiv=try [S374] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for Sarah Frances Wenger http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9278&h=1869381&indiv=try [S130] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Sarah Frances Wenger http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=26614255&indiv=try [S564] Fridley, Beth, Rockingham County, Virginia Births, 1866-84, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;). Record for Clement Wenger http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=3941&h=6176&indiv=try [S374] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for Clement David Wenger http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9278&h=864571&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 56, Rockingham, Virginia; Roll: M432_974; Page: 66A; Image: 138. Record for Abram Wenger http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=15499696&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 070 Page 048 Benjamin 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 184 Pages 088-089 Abraham B 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 [S434] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Rockingham, Virginia; Roll: M653_1379; Page: 434; Family History Library Film: 805379. 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Found on Findagrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64537765/abraham-benjamin-wenger [S374] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014. Record for Lizzie Wenger http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9278&h=463620&indiv=try [S170] Ancestry.com, Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Ashby, Rockingham, Virginia; Archive Collection Number: T1132; Roll: 28; Page: 1107; Line: 5; Schedule Type: Agriculture. Record for Abraham Wanger https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1276&h=3422840&indiv=try [S557] Fridley, Beth, Rockingham County, Virginia Births, 1860-65, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;). 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