BIO: Jacob Hugo Rudolf WENDEL, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, page 284.
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  WENDEL, REV. JACOB HUGO RUDOLF, pastor of Zion's (German) Lutheran 
church, Harrisburg, Pa., was born in the city of Wildberg, Wurtemberg, 
Germany, April 13, 1857.  He is a son of the late Christian and Emilie 
(Martz) Wendel.  His father was born in Eltingen, Wurtemberg, July 30, 
1820, and was a teacher; he was principal of a private institute for 
girls in Stuttgart.  Later, he was appointed state teacher in various 
towns.  His last position was that of head teacher of the town school 
at Dettingen, Wurtemberg, where he died September 8, 1885, after a 
useful life.  He was married, July 16, 1848, at Waiblingen, to Emilie, 
born Martz, a native of Murrhardt, Wurtemberg, born February 24, 1825, 
daughter of Charles Ludwig Martz, a master of forests, and Marie 
Sybilla (Sulzen) Martz.  They had thirteen children, of whom six are 
living:  Herman Ludwig, professor in Real Gymnasium (College), 
Stuttgart, Germany; Gustav Theodor, wholesale wine and liquor dealer, 
Hamburg; Rev. Jacob Hugo Rudolf; Albert Ludwig, an Umgeld-Commissarius 
in Freudenstadt, Germany; Christian Friedrich, sheriff of Urach county, 
Germany; Amelie Marie, a teacher in Stuttgart.  The mother is still 
living, and resides at Urach.
  Rev. J. H. R. Wendel received his elementary education in the Latin 
school of his native city.  His academic course was taken at the Lyceum 
of Nagold, from which institution he received his literary degrees.  He 
then read law in Stuttgart, for two terms, in the department of State 
Law Instruction; he passed the state examination in law in 1881. He had 
previously filled some court offices in Freudenstadt, Nurtingen and 
Reutlingen.  In 1880 he began the practice of law in Munsingen, and 
continued it until 1882.  
  In February, 1882, in response to a call from the Evangelical 
Lutheran General Council, he came to America to study theology, and to 
serve in the ministry of that church in America. He was ordained at 
Norristown, Pa., in May, 1883, by the Synod of Pennsylvania.  His first 
pastorate was St. Thomas's church, Germantown, Philadelphia, where he 
faithfully and acceptably ministered to the spiritual wants of the 
congregation until March 30, 1886.  His next charge was at Port Jervis, 
N. Y., where he served two years as pastor of St. Peter's German 
Lutheran church.  Since March, 1888,he has been the faithful, devoted 
and beloved pastor of Zion Lutheran church (German) of Harrisburg.
  He was married in Reading, Pa., May 29, 1883 to Miss Louisa, daughter 
of Martin and Anna Maria (Etzel) Freudenberger, of Schillingstadt, 
Baden, Germany.  They have five children:  Christian Hugo Martin, 
Emilie Louisa Amalie, Paulus Herman Albert, Gustav Adolphus John 
Frederick, Esther Barbara Ruth.  Mr. Wendel is a member of the 
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and adjacent States, 
and of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of North 
America.