Can anyone searching the Wetzel,Whitsel line please let me know if any of this falls into your history...My grandfather Jake Wetzel (Jacob Whitsel as listed in 1880 census)was born to Pete or Peter and Mary (Sargeant)? in Hamilton,In. in 1877. He was raised by William & Josephine Brocker(they are burried in Cortland,In. Cemetery). Jake passed away at 99 years of age in Medora, In. in 1976 and is burried in Seymour,In. I have came up against a brick wall researching his line as he was adopted by the Brockers. I have been told his mother Mary died shorty after giving birth to him and is burried in a field nearby. He has siblings,but unfortunately I do not know their names. Jake was married to Mary Carr in Jackson Co.,In. and had children: Donald,(married Delcie Isaacs)Anna, & Harold. He later married my grandmother Anna E. Wood on Oct 11, 1943 in Tipton Co,In.,having another living son. Anna was also adopted by a family in Mitchel, In. after her father was brutally murdered after work on the RR in Tipton,In.If anyone can help me get passed this block, please email me at margiday@yahoo.com with subject line Wetzel help. It will be greatly appreciated! Thank You!