Henry Jacob Wessinger (1809 - aft. 1884)

Born 4 Mar 1809 in South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sally (Koon) Wessinger — married 1828 in South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died after 5 Oct 1884 after age 75 in South Carolina, United States

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Biography

"Historical Sketch of St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lexington County, S.C." by Rev. J.C. Wessinger includes the following information : "Grandfather Jacob Wesinger (sic) may very properly be regarded as the founder of this church, as he was the leading spirit in its inception and organization. He, together with his four sons David, Jesse, Henry and Daniel and his son-in-law, Capt. R.W. Frick, and a few others, with their families formed the nucleus of the congregation, so that at the first, it was very common, and for some time afterward, to a greater or less extent, to speak of St. Thomas as the "Wessinger" church." Inserted by Roger Davis.

Jacob and Sallie are buried in St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Chapin, SC

Henry Jacob Wessinger BIRTH 4 Mar 1809 South Carolina, USA DEATH 5 Oct 1884 (aged 75) South Carolina, USA BURIAL St. Thomas Lutheran Church Cemetery Chapin, Lexington County, South Carolina, USA

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47028939/henry-jacob-wessinger#

• "Historical Sketch of St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lexington County, S.C." by Rev. J.C. Wessinger, written on the occasion of a Homecoming on Aug. 26, 1922 when the church was nearly 50 years old.