Elizabeth Ann Wetzel

1837 - 1924  (86 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Ann Wetzel
  Nickname	Betsey
  Born	3 Jul 1837	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	8 Apr 1924  [2]
  Buried	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I11218	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2011

  
  

  Father	John Henry Wetzel,   b. 1811, Virginia, USA ,   d. 13 Nov 1891, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Harriet Lowther,   b. 12 Dec 1817,   d. 7 Mar 1845  (Age 27 years)
  Married	15 Sep 1835	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Notes	1840 Jackson, VA John Wetzel 1m 0-5 2m 20-30 1f 0-5 1f 10-15 1f 20-30 1850 Jackson, VA # 989-995 Whetzel Jno 39 M Jailor Va Whetzel Ann 39 F Va Whetzel Elizabeth 13 F Va Whetzel Robt 11 M Va Whetzel William 1 M Va "History of Mill Creek and Sandy Valley and its Early Settlement" (Jackson County Pioneers) by John House He was married to Harriet Lowther, a descendant of Col. Wm. Lowther, of Harrison County, and daughter of Robert Lowther. A gray old weatherbeaten headstone under the shadowy beeches of the central part of the old Ripley graveyard bears the quaint inscription – “Here lys the body of Harriet Wetzel wife of John Wetzel born Dec the 12th 1817 and died the 7th of March 1845” John and Harriet Lowther Wetzell’s children were: Hon. Robert T. Wetzell, of Ravenswood. Elizabeth Wetzell, married Ben Chase, who was killed in the Confederate Army, at Lloyd’s Mountain. They had a daughter, Greek Chase, who married a Park. She was very proud of her New York origin. She once said “Virginia doesn’t hustle enough to suit me. One class does not have to work, and the other won’t”.
  Family ID	F3770	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin H Chase,   b. 7 Oct 1834, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 23 May 1862, Lewisburg, WV  (Age 27 years)
  Married	8 Sep 1859	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Notes	1860 Jackson, VA # 11-11 Benjamin H 25, revenue officer Elizabeth Ann 23 infant male, 4/12 [Greek - who is a female] 1870 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 31 Flesher, Henry Camden 34 lawyer Miriam 34 Hopkins, Andrew B, 12 Chase, Elizabeth 30 domestic Greek, 10 1880 Jackson, WV # 287 JCHS transcription note says Benjamin was KIA at Lewisburg, WV, 5/23/1862, while Captain of Co B 22 Va Inf - CSA Elizabeth, 40, domestic, living at hotel run by Edward Maguire #234, p 133 Greek A, 20, boarder/milliner, l/w Susan Maguire, milliner/dressmaker. Susan was widow of Edward's brother Robert 1900 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 88 Park, Everett T 1/1855 m 2y WV PA WV Greek A 1/1860 m 2y 0-0 child WVWVWV Chase, Elizabeth A mil 7/1839 wd 2-1 child WVWVWV 1910 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 31-32 Chase, Elizabeth 72 wd WVWVWV Park, Everett T sil 55 m1- 12y WV PA WV Greek A da 50 m1- 12y 0-0 child WVWVWV 1920 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 126-127 Park, Mrs Greek A 59 wd Chase, Elizabeth A mother 82 wd
  Children	1. Greek Chase,   b. 29 Jan 1860, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 20 May 1950, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 90 years)   2. Mary B Chase,   b. 20 Jan 1862,   d. 29 Oct 1864  (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F3769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV. [S7] Gravestone.