Simon Wonsettler, a prosperous and widely-known farmer and stock raiser of West Bethleham township, is a native of the county, born in Amwell township on March 6, 1850. Nicholas Wonsettler, grandfather of Simon, was born in 1754, in West Bethleham township, this county, and died at the age of eighty years. He had two children, Jonathan and Samuel, the latter of whom died in infancy. Jonathan passed his early years in assisting his father on the farm, and in attending the common schools. He was united in marriage with Delia Simmons, a daughter of John Simmons, who was of German parentage, and to this couple were born the following named children: Anna, Elizabeth, Demas, and Simon. Simon Wonsettler when twenty one years of age bought the farm of fifty-five acres in West Bethleham township where he now resides. On August 20, 1871, he married Clara Garrett, a daughter of Samuel Garrett, of West Bethleham township, and they have one daughter, Nora, born September 18, 1876. Mr. Wonsettler is a Democrat, and exerts a weighty influence in the politics of his vicinity. Both he and his wife are earnest members of the Lutheran Church.

Text taken from page 1456 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Larry Jones of Pittsburgh, PA as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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