Family/Spouse: Jeanne Marie Reichlein. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elmer married Shirley E. Long on 25 Feb 1914 in Idaho, USA. Shirley was born on 30 Jun 1890 in Nebraska, USA; died on 21 Jun 1983 in Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, USA; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY:
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Philip Wingert
Wingert, age 33, is listed in the 1860 census as a shoemaker who was born in Bavaria. According to tax records he did not own any property at this time. Members of the Wengert family in 1860 include: Philip, age 33; Magdalena (Jacky Yockey?), 26; Mary E., 5; and John F., 1. According to an obituary, they also had a daughter named Louisa who was born in 1856 and died in 1858. Magdalena was born January 21, 1834. She married Phillip on May 4, 1854 and died February 26, 1861.
By 1870 Phillip Wengert was the owner of Lot 17, which remained in his name until 1925. The 1880 census listed the following members of the Wingert family: Phillip, age 53; Mary E., 36, who was his second wife (born ca. 1844); Mary E., 25, (his daughter, whose mother was Magdalena); John F., 21; George H., 16; Annie C., 14; Emma H., 11; Frederica A., 8; Charles H., 4; and Alice V., 2.
Phillip?s first wife was Elizabeth Stenzel. They had at least one child, Henry, who was born August 2, 1875. Henry became a doctor specializing in eye, ear, nose, and throat and practiced in Grand Island, Nebraska. According to his obituary, he ?had excellent educational opportunities and creditably completed the public school course in Woodsfield, Ohio and graduate from Starling Medical College in (?), from which well known institution he was graduated in 1900.?
In July 1888, the Wengert family and, no doubt, all of Miltonsburg was shocked to learn that Annie and Alice Wengert had perished in a flood while visiting their Aunt Barbara Stenzel (born ca. 1813) at her home near Wheeling, West Virginia. While they have the same name, this Barbara Stenzel was not the wife of Frederick Stenzel. Possibly her maiden name was Barbara Wengert and she was Phillip Wengert?s (born ca. 1827) sister. Possibly, also, she married Frederick Stenzel?s brother, who was deceased by 1888.
The following excerpts from the New York Times and the Washington Post present an account of the disaster, which clearly was national news:
The New York Times
July 21, 1888
DROWNED IN THE FLOODS
The Terrible Disaster At And Near Wheeling-Twenty-one bodies swept away, Cattle Drowned, and Crops Injured.
WHEELING, West Va., July 20.-Never since the disastrous flood of August, 1866, has Wheeling been visited by such a tremendous rainfall as occurred last evening. The storm of 1866 commenced at 10 o?clock at night and ceased at 3 in the morning. There were a number of deaths from drowning and lightning at that time, but when communication is once more restored with the various places along the track of last night?s deluge, it is thought the former flood will sink into insignificance. It is impossible to give a correct list of fatalities, but the best estimate tonight makes not less than 25 drowned.
The list of dead as far as could be learned tonight is as follows: Barbara Stenzel, age 65 years; Herman Stenzel, her son, age 35; Annie Wingard (Wengert), age 10; Alice Wingard (Wengert, age 21. ... Mrs. Barbara Henzel (Stenzel), resided about one mile up the run. There were in the house at the time it was swept away, her son, Herman, aged 20, and Alice and Annie Wingert, ... of Miltonsburg, Ohio, nieces of Mrs. Henzel (Stenzel), who were paying their aunt a visit. The house they were in was lifted from the foundation and floated down about 100 yards where it lodged. Both ends of the dwelling had been crushed in when the house stopped. ... This morning the body of Alice Wingert was recovered in the run ? and Mrs. Hensel?s (Stenzel?s) body was recovered early this morning.
Excerpts from another account in the Washington Post adds some information about the flood and confirms my assumption that ?Mrs. Hensel? of the New York Times article is really Mrs. Stenzel.
The Washington Post
July 21, 1888
RAVAGES BY THE FLOOD
LIVES LOST, PROPERTY DESTROYED AND FAMILIES HOMELESS
THE SCENE ALONG THE TRACK OF THE STORM ONE OF INCONCEIVABLE HORROR-THE RAILROAD DESTROYED FOR FIFTEEN MILES-SOME OF THE BODIES RECOVERED
... Caldwell?s Run, which passes through the Eighth Ward of this city (Wheeling), was the scene of the greatest havoc. Three houses were swept away and all the families were drowned, they were Mrs. Barbara Stenzel and son, Herman Stenzel, Alice and Annie Wingert of Miltonsburg, O., nieces of Mrs. Stenzel; John Hoffman and Mr. Thomas Hawley and four children. Her husband was in the yard and was swept 100 yards down the stream but managed to reach the bank in safety. Only two bodies have been recovered-Alice Wingert and Mrs. Stenzel.
... Mrs. Stenzel?s and Miss Alice Wingert?s bodies ? and will be sent to Miltonsburg, O. also the other two when they are found. Mr. Wingert, the father of the two girls, arrived in the city this evening. He had no knowledge of the drowning of his two daughters until after his arrival. The brothers of the Misses Wingert residing in Indiana were expected to arrive here tomorrow. Mr. Stenzel of Greenville, Ohio, the eldest son of Mrs. Stenzel is also expected tomorrow. The impossibility of reaching the worst localities cannot be appreciated. The creek is still dangerously swollen and the roads washed, bridges caved in, telephone and telegraph lines down. ...
Oral History
According to Alice Boyle, granddaughter of Phillip Wengert, there was a brick patio between the Red House and the Wengert house and there was a grape arbor behind the Red House. Phillip Wengert operated a store in the Red House and (?) Grim lived upstairs in the Red House when he worked for Phillip. Bill Stiles, who married Mary Block, the sister of John Block, lived here when he ?grubbed on Adolph Claus? forty acres to the left of the gate beyond the Free Cemetery.?
Alice Boyle also said there was a summer kitchen behind the store in the Red House and that there was a flagstone terrace between the house and the summer kitchen-which was also probably connected to the Wengert House on Lot 18. As noted above, it is possible that both the Red House and the Wengert House were located on Lot 17.

Philipp married Mary Elizabeth Stenzel in 1863 in Monroe County, Ohio, USA. Mary (daughter of Georges Frédéric Stenzel and Barbe Peters) was born on 14 Jun 1843 in Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, USA; died on 27 Oct 1927 in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 30 Oct 1927 in Miltonsburg Cemetery, Malaga Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married Maria Margaretha Stöbener on 13 Jun 1808 in Wilgartswiesen, Pfalz. Maria (daughter of Johannes David Stöbener and Katharina Heft) was born on 4 Dec 1789 in Dimbach, Pfalz; was christened on 5 Dec 1789 in Klingenmünster, Pfalz; died on 21 Oct 1834 in Dimbach, Pfalz, Bayern. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lot 7

Tax records indicate that Frederick Stenzel built a modest structure ($90) on this lot in 1847 and (a) more substantial structure(s) ($367) by 1850. Oral history suggests that this house remained until it was torn down by Charlie Smith about 1920. Hulda Landefeld Young recalled that the Stenzel family lived in a two-story house on this lot when she visited Miltonsburg as a young girl between 1910 and 1920.
Christian Yockey

See Lot 5.
David Pearson

See Lot 2.
Frederick and Barbara Stenzel

Frederick Stenzel was born July 28, 1812 and died March 4, 1877. The 1860 census listed the following members of the Stenzel family: Frederick, a brewer, age 48; Barbara, 38; Elizabeth, 17; John, 15; Caroline, 13; Charles, 8; Jacob, 7; Emaline, 3; and Lucetta, 5 months. The 1880 census listed: Barbara, 58; Emaline, 22; Mary V., 16.
John Jacob Stenzel

An obituary for John Jacob Stenzel, who died in 1926 in Ansonia, Ohio, lists his birth date as August 30, 1853, and his parents as George and Barbara Stenzel. The date of 1853 is consistent with the birth date of John Stenzel as listed in the 1860 census, and it is likely that Frederick Stenzel?s full name was George Frederick Stenzel. The article further stated that John Jacob Stenzel came to Darke County, Ohio at age 17 (1870), where he resided on a farm near Ansonia until his death.

On February 13, 1876, John Jacob Stenzel married Miss Alice Baughman, who died on November 10, 1904. They had four sons, three of whom (John, Herman, and Frank) were alive in 1826. On September 8, 1910, he was united in marriage to Matilda Egger. At the time of his death, his sister Elizabeth was living in Miltonsburg, Emma in Wheeling, and Jennie in Pittsburgh.

Miltonsburg oral history mentions a cave on Lot 7 during the early years of Miltonsburg. Caves, which might have been similar to the springhouses often found in Monroe County farmsteads, were often associated with the breweries and, as noted, Frederick Stenzel was a brewer in 1860. Apparently this cave was similar to the one that still exists in 2006 on Outlot 14.
Charles Menkel

An obituary for Charles Menkel, born July 30, 1907, listed his parents as Louella N. Stenzel, who was born in Monroe County on April 6, 1871 as the wife of Theodore Franklin Menkel, born in Miltonsburg in February, 1870.
Oral History Notes

Other persons who probably lived in this house include Simon Luley, Herbert and Marie Landefeld, Fred Kress, and Albert and Ola Egger.

The original house was torn down by Charlie Smith (Schmidt), who built a much smaller house on the lot about 1920. There was a spring house (sometimes described as a cave) behind (west) of this house. When Charlie Smith built his new house, he used some of the stones from this spring house (which he also removed) in the foundation.
Lot 7 Owners

(Partial List)

1835 Christian Yockey
1836 David Pearson
1837 David Pearson
1844 Frederick Stenzel
1845 Frederick Stenzel
1846 Frederick Stenzel
1847 Frederick Stenzel
1848 Frederick Stenzel
1849 Frederick Stenzel
1850 Frederick Stenzel
1855 Frederick Stenzel
1860 Frederick Stenzel
1866 Frederick Stenzel
1870 Frederick Stenzel
1875 Frederick Stenzel
1880 Barbara Stenzel
1885 Barbara Stenzel
1890 Barbara Stenzel
1899 Barbara Stenzel
1905 Barbara Stenzel
1910 Jacob Stenzel
1915 Frederick Stenzel
1920 Charles Schmidt aka Smith
1925 Charles Schmidt
1930 Charles Schmidt
1935 Charles Schmidt
1940 Charles Schmidt
1945 James and Eunice Coss
1950 James and Eunice Coss

Georges married Barbe Peters about 1841. Barbe was born in 1822 in Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died in in Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]