James Edwy Wendel (1812 - 1893)

Born 29 Nov 1812 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Dec 1893 at age 81 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States

Biography

James was born in 1812. He was the son of David Wendel and Sarah Neilson.

From Find a Grave Profile:

He Attended University of Pennsylvania Medical College.

He married Jane Caroline (Ewing) Eakin and they had one daughter, Jane Ewing Wendel

He refused to enter the Confederate Army as a doctor. He felt that the residents of Murfreesboro needed him. He practiced medicine in Murfreesboro for 50 some years.He passed away in 1893.

Sources

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-TG7Z : 9 March 2021), James E. Wendel and Fruzanna E. Becton, 11 Apr 1844; citing Marriage, , Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 817,887.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD1-D9L : 23 December 2020), James E Wendle, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GX-GVH : 18 February 2021), J E Wendel, 1860.
• "United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q1-TS55 : 17 March 2018), James Wendell, 1865.
• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-W6C2 : 10 March 2021), James E Wendel and Jane C Eakin, 18 Aug 1868; citing Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 435,053.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8M-2XH : 29 May 2021), Jas E Wendel, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWW-882 : 15 January 2022), J. E. Wendel, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6R4-3QD : 12 March 2020), Jas E. Wendel in entry for Jane Ewing Wendel, 18 September 1882 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68980468/james-edwy-wendel : accessed 24 November 2021), memorial page for Dr James Edwy Wendel (29 Nov 1812–21 Dec 1893), Find A Grave: Memorial #68980468, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).