WAYNE COUNTY OHIO - OBIT: WEYGANDT, The Rev. Father G. H. (d. 1847)
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From the 'Lutheran Standard', 27 Oct 1847:
"... But we must make room for the letter of brother Fast.
Dear Brother Spielmann: - It has become our duty to announce the sad
intelligence of the death of a beloved brother and fellow laborer in the
ministry. The Rev. Father G.[eorge] H.[enry] Weygandt departed this life,
on the 7th inst., at his residence near Doylestown, Wayne County, Ohio.
He was born in Northumberland County, Penn, May the 2nd, 1779. In his
infancy his pious parents brought him to the baptismal font, and by the
holy sacrament of Baptism administered by the Rev. Ernst, he was received
as a child of God into the family of Christians. In his more mature age
he took upon himself the responsibilities of his baptismal covenant in
the rite of Confirmation, administered by the Rev. J. Stauch. In the year
1812 he was joined in marriage with Maria Susanna Gu(umlaut)nther. They
were blest with thirteen children, five of whom preceded their father, as
we trust, to the blessedness of another world.
The remainder, five sons and three daughters, are left with their
bereaved mother and many other relatives and friends, to weep the loss of
a kind father, an affectionate husband and a Christian friend.
Seeing the great want of ministers in the Church, and being desirous to
contribute what lay in his power to her prosperity, he concluded about
the year 1810, to devote himself to the gospel ministry. After having
officiated as a licentiate some four or five years, he was ordained in
1818. He labored as a minister of the Ev. Luth. Church, with evident
success and to the general satisfaction of his charge, in the counties of
Washington and Fayette, Penn., for the space of about twenty years. For
nearly the same space of time he officiated in his ministerial capacity,
in Wayne County, Ohio, where, as above stated, he concluded his earthly
pilgrimage, with the bright prospects of a living faith in the Redeemer.
The interment took place on Lord's day the 12th, in Doylestown, in the
presence of a vast multitude of people, who came to participate in the
solemn obsequies of their departed Pastor and friend. On this occasion
the Rev. Messrs. Klein and Fast preached in the German language: the
former from Rom. 8:1, and the latter from 1 Cor. 15:22. At the same time
the Rev. Thomas McDermott, of the Presbyterian Church, delivered a
funeral discourse in the English language, from Prov. 14:32, in the
Presbyterian Church.
From the diary of the deceased it appears that he was, during his
ministerial life, a diligent, faithful and humble servant in his Master's
cause; and we rest assured that he is gone to receive his happy reward. A
friend of his has kindly offered to draw off from his diary an epitome of
all his official acts, and forward it to you for publication. The Lord
grant that we may also be found faithful when
our end cometh.      Fast."


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