Background
Wenner, George Unangst was born on May 17, 1844 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George and Sarah Ann (Unangst) Wenner.
Wenner, George Unangst was born on May 17, 1844 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George and Sarah Ann (Unangst) Wenner.
Student Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, 1860-1861. Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1865, A.M., 1868. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, 1868.
Doctor of Divinity, Pennsylvania College, 1888. Doctor of Humane Letters Susquehanna, 1917. Doctor of Laws, Gettysburg, 1921.
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1868. Founded, 1868, and pastor Christ Church, New New York Chairman liturgical committee General Synod Lutheran Church, 1883-1915. Chairman, 1885-1899, deaconess committee and president deaconess board of General Synod.
President Synod of New York and New Jersey, 1904-1908, Synod of New York, 1908-1910. Secretary Evangelical Alliance. President Lutheran Hospital of Manhattan.
Married Rebecca Pullman, April.; married second, Mary Wilson Marshall, February 8, 1915 (deceased).