Henry B. Wemple

WEMPLE, YOUNKER, AUYER

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/28/2004 at 22:56:56

Mr. Wemple, father-in-law of Mr. Younker, settled on section 28, in this township, in 1854. He was born in the town of Schuyler, Herkimer county, New York, in 1805, living there until he was twenty-six years of age, when he went to Rome, New York, remaining there five years; thence to Onondaga county, remaining there ten years, removing to the State of Wisconsin about 1848. He was one of the earliest settlers of this township, settling on section 28, in the year 1854. His wife, whose maiden name was Kate Auyer, was born in the same town as her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Wemple have had fifteen children, eleven of whom, three sons and eight daughters, are living – Peter, Philip, Charles, Elizabeth, Susan, Lucy, Frances, Mary, Margery, Lielia and Emma. Mr. and Mrs. Wemple were married January 1, 1827, and have lived together (January, 1883) fifty-six years.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 415