WILHELM, Henry Adam

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Henry A. Wilhelm was four years old when his father removed to Bethel township, and there he assisted the latter until twenty-three years old, at which time his father's death occurred, and Henry A. Wilhelm continued to cultivate the farm for two more years. After the death of his first wife he sold his farm stock and lived at Millersburg ,with his mother for one year, and in 1875 he married a second time. Three years later he removed with his family to Dun- bar. Nebraska where he owned a quarter-section and an eighth-section of land, comprising 240 acres, which he cultivated with much success for upwards of twenty- five years, having on an average of fifty head of cattle and from twenty to sixty horses. After disposing of his property, person and real, he returned to Pennsylvania and settled at Stouchsburg, where he owns a fine farm of 105 acres now tenanted, and he is also the owner of twenty-seven acres situated near the Lutheran Orphans' Home, at Womelsdorf. Mr. Wilhelm, who now lives retired and is in comfortable circumstances, enjoying the fruits of industry, thrift and economy of his earlier life. He and his family are Reformed members of Tulpehocken (Leinbach's) Church. Mr. Wilhelm is fond of travel, and he and his wife visited the Centennial at Philadelphia in 1876, and the Omaha Exposition in 1898.
Mr. Wilhelm was married (first) to Sarah A. Spang, daughter of Isaac and Lydia (Daub) Spang, and grand-daughter of Peter and Sarah (Deppen) Spang, farming people of North Heidelberg township. She died Oct. 2, 1871, aged twenty-six years, nine months, one day, leaving five children, as follows: Irwin S., who is engaged in farming in Nebraska; M. Alice, deceased who was the wife of Henry Meyer; Sallie R., who married Oren Buchanan; Lizzie A., deceased, who married Charles Holliday; and Amelia M., who died unmarried aged thirty-one years.
In 1875 Mr. Wilhelm was married (second) to Mary A. Spang, sister of his first wife, and they have had four children: George I., Frank C. and Harry W., who are successful business men of Dunbar, Nebr.; and Miss Mabel A., a well known school teacher of Marion township.
(Source - Montgomery, Morton "Historical and Biographical History of Berks County", 1909. as taken from the Berks County Web-Gen Project)

Henry married SPANG, Sarah A. Abt 1862, Pennsylvania. Sarah (daughter of SPANG, Isaac M. and DAUB, Lydia) was born 01 Jan 1846, Berks County, PA; died 02 Oct 1871. [Group Sheet]

1. WILHELM, Elizabeth Ann was born 05 Oct 1868, Bethel Twp, Berks Co. PA; died 15 Oct 1894, Otoe Co., Nebraska; was buried Warner Cem, Syracuse Twp., Otoe, NE.
2. WILHELM, Irwin S. was born Abt 1866.
3. WILHELM, M Alice was born Abt 1866.
4. WILHELM, Sallie R. was born Abt 1866.
5. WILHELM, Amelia was born Abt 1866.

Henry married SPANG, Mary Ann Abt 1875. Mary (daughter of SPANG, Isaac M. and DAUB, Lydia) was born 05 May 1847, PA. [Group Sheet]

1. WILHELM, George I.
2. WILHELM, Frank C.
3. WILHELM, Harry W.
4. WILHELM, Mabel A.