Wingert - Jacob - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Jacob Wingert was born near Salem, Roanoke County, Va., Nov. 14, 1829 and died at Crawfordsville Aug. 7, 1898, aged 68 years, 8 months and 23 days. On Dec. 16, 18__, he was married to Julia Ann Ashwell. To them were born 12 children, two dying in infancy. He came to Indiana in the spring of 1867 and located on a farm two miles east of Ladoga. Early in 1868 he purchased his present farm, near Whitesville, and resided there until Feb., 1897, when he came to Crawfordsville. In 1872 he became a member of the Christian Church at Whitesville, and has been a faithful member of that church ever since. He loved to attend Sunday school and church and was one of the leading members. At the time of his death he held the office of elder and trustee. He manifested his Christianity in many ways, always ready to lend a helping hand whenever necessary. He was kind to all. He tried to lead such a life that when the end came he was ready to join those that had already crossed the river of death. He was a good citizen and had scores of friends; he was a kind husband and a loving father.

The funeral will occur Tuesday morning at Whitesville, conducted by Rev. O. M. McGaughey. Interment will be at Harshbarger Cemetery.

He leaves a wife and 10 children, six boys and four girls; D. C. Wingert, of Bloomington; J. J. and J. B. Wingert, of Ladoga; J. M. Wingert, of Whitesville; Charles and Ella Wingert, Crawfordsville; W. P. Wingert, Cloverdale, and Mrs. Lee Chadwick, Mrs. James Randall, and Mrs. James Everson, of Whitesville.

When the Civil War broke out Mr. Wingert was living on his own farm in Virginia with his wife and three or four small children. He was intensely union in his sympathies but he did not air his views in the strong secession neighborhood. Early in the struggle he was conscripted for the confederate service and was obliged to shoulder arms for the southern cause along with thousands of other unwilling residents of the rebellious states. He served during almost the entire war but during the last few months he was a prisoner at Columbus, Ohio. Except for the fact that his wife and children would have suffered and his property have been destroyed he would not have stayed in the confederate service “As it was though I took care that my shooting didn’t do any damage,” he once said while speaking of his experiences to the writer, “and there were hundreds like me in the service who were no benefit whatever to a cause we all disliked and which we hoped would fail, knowing it to be wrong and against our principles.” While Mr. Wingert was in the army, Mrs. Wingert with a single farm hand, and he of no great use, kept up the farm and supported the family. As soon as the war closed they sold out for what they could get and came north. Mr. Wingert was a most ardent supporter of the principles of the Republican Party, and held that he had particular cause for knowing their beneficence and for realizing what the Republican Party had done for the country. He was most conscientious in his party work and esteemed his party as next to his religion and his family. - thanks so much to "S" for all her obit work on this site