Description
A formal portrait of John and Emma (Lowe) Wenman.
John Arthur Wenman was born to Henry and Harriet (Dunn) Wenman on February 15, 1853 in Battle Creek, Michigan. He married Emma Lowe on October 9, 1875. The couple had eleven children: William, Velta Mae (b. 1878), James Allison (b. 1881), Zola Harriet (b. 1883), Agness Hannah (b. 1886), Henry Justice (b. 1888), Charles Edwin (b. 1892), George Arthur (b. 1893), Jasper Herman (b. 1897), and Chorlista Cathern (b. 1903).
John Arthur worked as a farmer. The family lived in the Johnson County area before moving to Coralville in the 1920s. John died on December 18, 1931; Emma died before him on June 7, 1928 (Ancestry Library; Lovetinsky et al,. p. 125-126).