Adam was the son of Rev. Christian Henry Wengert and Elizabeth Ann Wood. He was a Bishop in the United Zion's Children Church, a small Christian denomination with roots in the Mennonite church. They are similar in doctrine and practice to the Brethren in Christ Church. A body that became known as River Brethren began about 1778 in Pennsylvania. They were a group of brethren near the Susquehanna River that had separated from the Mennonites. Groups of brethren were often named by their location, they were called River Brethren. The majority of churches descending from the River Brethren are known as the Brethren in Christ Church. When Bishop Matthias Brinser was excluded from the River Brethren in 1855, he organized his followers into a separate group, originally known as United Zion's Children. The church incorporated as United Zion Church in 1954.

He was married to Mary Spayd Kreider on November 2 1889. Mary and Adam were the parents of ten children, all linked below. Elda Light Wengert was expecting a baby when she died two days before her husband Paul. They were being cared for by Paul's mother Mary and several of his sisters, some of whom became sick as well.


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Genealogy beyond ancestry directly linked to Adam's parents~


(his great-great grandparents Col. James Wood and Katharina Myer were married on November 4 1788)

Maternal (Elizabeth Ann Wood)~

Adam's Great-Grandparents (burial location unknown at this time) were John Gloninger Ensminger (April 23 1788 Leb. Co. PA- Oct 7 1853 Leb. Co. PA), son of Capt. John Peter Ensminger and Catharine Gloninger; AND

Anna Dohner (Nov 29 1792 Lancaster, Lanc Co. PA- Oct 18 1878 Leb. Co. PA), daughter of Henry Dohner (1765-1835) and Barbara Krieder.

Henry Dohner was the son of John Dohner and Anna Groff Landis (Oct 9 1734 Warwick, Lanc. Co. PA- March 17 1791 Lebanon PA).

Barbara was the daughter of Jacob Yoder Kreider (Cryder) and Susanna Hershey Long.

Adam's 3rd great grandmother Catharine Gloninger was the daughter of Lieut Philip L Gloninger and Anna Barbara Schwab.

Philip Gloninger was the son of Name and Name.


Paternal (Christian Wengert)~

Adam's great-grandparents were Martin Wenger* (abt 1780- Dec 1855) and Maria Schenk (1775-1843).

*Martin Wenger is sometimes confused on family trees with the Martin Wenger (Dec. 23 1780- Aug. 23 1860) who was married to Maria Light and buried in the Wenger Meeting House Cemetery.

Martin (1780) was the son of Abraham Wenger and Anna Groff Groe (Groh).

Maria Schenk was the daughter of Martin Schenk (June 30 1737- March 11 1813) and Ann. Martin was the son of Michael C. Schenk (abt 1694-1763) and Anna Casey/ Kassi (abt 1694), who immigrated in 1717.

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