Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Wennig, Jacob
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Milford Township


   JACOB WENNIG blacksmith and wheelwright, P.O. 
Spinnerstown, was born in Montgomery county in 1840. Jacob 
Wennig, the father of our subject, married Elizabeth, 
daughter of Henry Wisler of Montgomery county.  Seven 
children were born to them, four of whom are now deceased.  
Mr. Wennig received a common-school education in both German 
and English, and was engaged in cigar-making and then in 
brick-making, until 1865 when he took up his present 
occupation. In 1867 he was married to Catherine Anna, 
daughter of Elias and Anna (Bartholomew) Wilt, of Bucks 
county.  They were the parents of two children, Anna Ellen, 
deceased, and Emma Elizabeth.  Among the positions of trust 
filled by Mr. Wennig is that of school director for four 
years, and auditor for the township for three years.  In 
1862 he was drafted, and after being in Virginia and the 
Carolinas was, in August, 1863, honorably discharged, his 
hearing being defective.  Mr. Wennig is highly spoken of as 
an upright man, who is always identified in favoring any 
progressive enterprise.  He is a member of St. John's 
Lutheran church, and a democrat.