Wednesday’s Child x 2–Lewis Asher and Frederick G. Engle

I feel for my maternal 2nd great-grand aunt Sarah Amanda Waterman.  Two of her children died at a very young age:

• Lewis Asher Engle – Born 10 February 1861, Died 7 February 1862.
• Frederick G. Engle – Born 20 February 1876, Died the same day.

I can’t even imagine how painful this must have been for her.  She and her husband, Richard Engle, were the parents of seven children, all of whom were born in Ohio:

1. Ella Eliza Engle (16 Jun 1858 – 10 December 1951)
2. Lewis Asher Engle (10 February 1861 – 7 February 1862)
3. Charles Albert Engle (20 June 1864 – 20 September 1946)
4. Mary Albertina Engle ( 20 June 1864 – 13 January 1885)
5. William Barker Engle (23 September 1867 – 1 Jun 1950)
6. Edwin Caleb Engle (8 November 1869 – 18 May 1943)
7. Frederick G. Engle (20 February 1876 – 20 February 1876)

Richard Engle served in the U.S. Civil War.  I have his pension file (I love pension files, by the way!  They are amazing genealogical resources.)  Here's a page from Richard’s pension file listing his children.  Surprisingly I found a child from a previous marriage that I didn’t know anything about.



I was also unaware of Richard's first marriage.  His first wife, Eliza Dunbar, and daughter, Morandia Jane Engle, both died in November of 1855 within days of each other.  So very sad!

Thanks for reading!


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