Jacob Wetzel, the eldest son of George Wetzel, was born March II, 1771, and had not yet reached his sixteenth year when his father died. He grew up on the farm, and along with farming learned blacksmithing, all his lifetime following these two occupations in the same locality in which his father purchased a home in 1773. He was a worthy and influential citizen and a member of the German Reformed Church of Carlisle from the time of its first organization. He served as one of its trustees for twelve years continuously and following his trusteeship was an elder up to the time of his death. For many years he was prominently identified with all its affairs, and its charter, dated Dec. 23, 1811, bears upon its face his name as one of its original incorporators.
Jacob Wetzel married Phoebe Moses, a daughter of Peter Moses, of Tyrone township, Perry county, Pa., and by her had the following children: John, Joseph, Moses, Jacob, Phoebe, Susan, Mary and Eliza, all of whom lived to maturity, married and settled down within a short distance of their birth place. As but few members of this large family sought homes elsewhere their descendants have become very numerous within the bounds of their native county. Jacob Wetzel died on Oct. 15, 1828; his wife died Oct. 14, 1825, and their remains were interred in the German Reformed graveyard on South Hanover Street, Carlisle, but when the growth of the town made it necessary to remove that burying-place they were transferred to the Wetzel family lot in the "Old Grave Yard" at Carlisle.
Jacob Wetzel married Phoebe Moses, a daughter of Peter Moses, of Tyrone township, Perry county, Pa., and by her had the following children: John, Joseph, Moses, Jacob, Phoebe, Susan, Mary and Eliza, all of whom lived to maturity, married and settled down within a short distance of their birth place. As but few members of this large family sought homes elsewhere their descendants have become very numerous within the bounds of their native county. Jacob Wetzel died on Oct. 15, 1828; his wife died Oct. 14, 1825, and their remains were interred in the German Reformed graveyard on South Hanover Street, Carlisle, but when the growth of the town made it necessary to remove that burying-place they were transferred to the Wetzel family lot in the "Old Grave Yard" at Carlisle.
Jacob Wetzel, the eldest son of George Wetzel, was born March II, 1771, and had not yet reached his sixteenth year when his father died. He grew up on the farm, and along with farming learned blacksmithing, all his lifetime following these two occupations in the same locality in which his father purchased a home in 1773. He was a worthy and influential citizen and a member of the German Reformed Church of Carlisle from the time of its first organization. He served as one of its trustees for twelve years continuously and following his trusteeship was an elder up to the time of his death. For many years he was prominently identified with all its affairs, and its charter, dated Dec. 23, 1811, bears upon its face his name as one of its original incorporators.
Jacob Wetzel married Phoebe Moses, a daughter of Peter Moses, of Tyrone township, Perry county, Pa., and by her had the following children: John, Joseph, Moses, Jacob, Phoebe, Susan, Mary and Eliza, all of whom lived to maturity, married and settled down within a short distance of their birth place. As but few members of this large family sought homes elsewhere their descendants have become very numerous within the bounds of their native county. Jacob Wetzel died on Oct. 15, 1828; his wife died Oct. 14, 1825, and their remains were interred in the German Reformed graveyard on South Hanover Street, Carlisle, but when the growth of the town made it necessary to remove that burying-place they were transferred to the Wetzel family lot in the "Old Grave Yard" at Carlisle.
Jacob Wetzel married Phoebe Moses, a daughter of Peter Moses, of Tyrone township, Perry county, Pa., and by her had the following children: John, Joseph, Moses, Jacob, Phoebe, Susan, Mary and Eliza, all of whom lived to maturity, married and settled down within a short distance of their birth place. As but few members of this large family sought homes elsewhere their descendants have become very numerous within the bounds of their native county. Jacob Wetzel died on Oct. 15, 1828; his wife died Oct. 14, 1825, and their remains were interred in the German Reformed graveyard on South Hanover Street, Carlisle, but when the growth of the town made it necessary to remove that burying-place they were transferred to the Wetzel family lot in the "Old Grave Yard" at Carlisle.
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