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Rev Wesley Brock

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Rev Wesley Brock

Birth
Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Death
4 Dec 1858 (aged 49)
Mercer County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Celina, Mercer County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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East Side, Section C, Row 20
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Wesley married twice. On Nov 20, 1828, he married Hannah Allen, who he survived. He then married on Sep 21, 1836 to Zerilda Hopkins, who survived him.

He returned to Ohio after his first wife died. He was admitted to the Ohio Methodist Confrerence in Hardin County, November 1834 and during his ministry endowed a scholarship at Ohio Wesleyan University to assist its fund raising activites. By 1849, Wesley had started to purchase land in Jefferson Township, and when he died he owned 480 acres in Section 9. Several members of the family taught at the old Brock school across the road from the farm, including Wesley who found it necessary to supplement his salary from the church by teaching and farming. He lived 49 years.

Children:
David Nelson (b. Dec 2, 1829)
Leonard
Sylvester Jasper (b. Nov 15, 1839)
John Wesley (b. May 22 1842)
Francis (b. Aug 9, 1844)
Orlando
Leonidas Gardner (b. Feb 11, 1850)
Emma
Wilber Hazzard (b. Dec 18, 1857)
Wesley married twice. On Nov 20, 1828, he married Hannah Allen, who he survived. He then married on Sep 21, 1836 to Zerilda Hopkins, who survived him.

He returned to Ohio after his first wife died. He was admitted to the Ohio Methodist Confrerence in Hardin County, November 1834 and during his ministry endowed a scholarship at Ohio Wesleyan University to assist its fund raising activites. By 1849, Wesley had started to purchase land in Jefferson Township, and when he died he owned 480 acres in Section 9. Several members of the family taught at the old Brock school across the road from the farm, including Wesley who found it necessary to supplement his salary from the church by teaching and farming. He lived 49 years.

Children:
David Nelson (b. Dec 2, 1829)
Leonard
Sylvester Jasper (b. Nov 15, 1839)
John Wesley (b. May 22 1842)
Francis (b. Aug 9, 1844)
Orlando
Leonidas Gardner (b. Feb 11, 1850)
Emma
Wilber Hazzard (b. Dec 18, 1857)

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  • Created by: Mike Dearbaugh
  • Added: May 2, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26568489/wesley-brock: accessed ), memorial page for Rev Wesley Brock (7 Aug 1809–4 Dec 1858), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26568489, citing Swamp College Cemetery, Celina, Mercer County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Mike Dearbaugh (contributor 919).