• Born March 9, 1846, in Holland(?)
• Died March 22, 1911, in New Philadelphia, Ohio, in a mining accident
• Married to Rebbecca Margret Jack (b February 26, 1858), with children
  1. Minnie Alice Wernke (b October 9, 1876)
  2. John Henry Wernke (b February 16, 1880)
  3. Amiel Augustas Wernke (b 1882)
  4. Mary Ellen Wernke (b November 18, 1884)
  5. Joseph Benjamin Wernke (b November 25, 1887)
  6. Samuel Oscar Wernke (b September 9, 1890)
  7. Daisy L Wernke (b May 28, 1892)
  8. James Homer Wernke (b August 23, 1895)
  9. Goldie J Wernke (b January 11, 1901)

Grandma says they came to Ohio from Kansas in a covered wagon.