WENGER, MARTIN D.: 1841-1901.
Born in Lancaster County, Pa., on Mar. 24, 1841, Martin D. Wenger moved with his parents to Waterloo County, Ont., Canada , in 1856 and later in the same year moved to Elkhart, Ind.
He started to work for the Mennonite Publishing Company in Elkhart in 1867. He was later editor of the HEROLD DER WAHRHEIT and of the German children's paper, DER CHRISTLICHE JUGENDFREUND. Because of ill health he retired from the publishing company in 1881 and moved to his farm south of Elkhart, but in 1900 he returned to town.
Mr. Wenger married Nancy K. Stayrook on Apr. 30, 1876, and died on Sept. 22, 1901.
Information from Goshen College Library.
- History of the Descendants of Christian Wenger
…. (withJonas G. Wenger and Joseph H. Wenger). Elkhart, Ind., 1903.
