Person Sheet
NameJonathan B. Wieand
Birth19 Feb 1838, Lower Macungie Twp, PA
FatherJonas Wieand (1818-1890)
MotherHenrietta Bortz
Misc. Notes
Jonathan B. Wieand is of German parentage. His grandfather, Henry Wieand, was a native of Weissenberg township, and early removed to Salisbury township, where he was a prosperous farmer. His children were David, Judith (Mrs. Reuben Kline), and Jonas. The last named was born in Salisbury township, where his active life, with the exception of a few years in Allentown has been spent as a veterinary surgeon. He married Henrietta, daughter of' Christopher Bortz, of Lower Macungie township, and had children, Jonathan B. and Louisa (Mrs. Philip Ruth)
The former was burn Feb. 19, 1838, in Lower Macungie, and when a child became an inmate of the house of his maternal grandfather, where he remained until the age of ten years, meanwhile enjoying but limited advantages of education. From that date until the age of fourteen he resided with his uncle, Henry Wieand, in the same township, and meanwhile learned the tobacco trade, at which he worked for a period of five years. With the fifty dollars thus earned he became a pupil of the Allegheny Male and Female
Seminary in Bedford County, Pa., and returning, in 1858, taught the township school, after which he, in 1859, attended the Freeland Seminary. Mr. Wieand then became clerk for W. P. Hooper, at Wescoesville, and in 1868 purchased the store, of which he continued proprietor until the spring of 1884, when he retired from active mercantile pursuits, and devotes his attention to farming and the management of other business interests. Mr. Wieand was, in 1865, married to Miss Susan a, daughter of Israel Wescoe, of Wescoesville. He is in politics a Republican, but has never aspired to public office other than that of postmaster of Wcscoesville, which he has held since 1868. He was in his religious preference formerly a Lutheran, and is now a member of the Evangelical Association, in which he is active as class leader, steward, and Sunday-school superintendent. Mr. Wieand has been a leading spirit in promoting the advancement of Wescoesvihle, both by his business enterprise and in the buildings he has erected. He has also been an earnest friend to the cause of education, which by his influence and means he has materially aided.
The former was burn Feb. 19, 1838, in Lower Macungie, and when a child became an inmate of the house of his maternal grandfather, where he remained until the age of ten years, meanwhile enjoying but limited advantages of education. From that date until the age of fourteen he resided with his uncle, Henry Wieand, in the same township, and meanwhile learned the tobacco trade, at which he worked for a period of five years. With the fifty dollars thus earned he became a pupil of the Allegheny Male and Female
Seminary in Bedford County, Pa., and returning, in 1858, taught the township school, after which he, in 1859, attended the Freeland Seminary. Mr. Wieand then became clerk for W. P. Hooper, at Wescoesville, and in 1868 purchased the store, of which he continued proprietor until the spring of 1884, when he retired from active mercantile pursuits, and devotes his attention to farming and the management of other business interests. Mr. Wieand was, in 1865, married to Miss Susan a, daughter of Israel Wescoe, of Wescoesville. He is in politics a Republican, but has never aspired to public office other than that of postmaster of Wcscoesville, which he has held since 1868. He was in his religious preference formerly a Lutheran, and is now a member of the Evangelical Association, in which he is active as class leader, steward, and Sunday-school superintendent. Mr. Wieand has been a leading spirit in promoting the advancement of Wescoesvihle, both by his business enterprise and in the buildings he has erected. He has also been an earnest friend to the cause of education, which by his influence and means he has materially aided.
Spouses
1Susan E. Wescoe