David B. Wentzel and Catherine Henry
Husband David B. Wentzel 1
Born: Christened: Died: Autumn, 1907 1 Buried:
Father: John Wentzel ( - ) 1 2 Mother: Susanna Miller ( - ) 1
Marriage:
• Note: This may be the same person as : David Wentzel.
Wife Catherine Henry 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
1 F Elizabeth Wentzel 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
2 M John Wentzel 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
3 M Samuel Wentzel 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
4 M David Wentzel 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
5 F Jennie Wentzel 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
6 M U. S. Grant Wentzel 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
7 M Peter I. Wentzel 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
8 M Isaac E. Wentzel 3
Born: Abt 1875 Christened: Died: Abt 1898 - near Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA Cause of Death: Typhoid fever Buried: - Harrolds Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA
9 M Jacob H. Wentzel 3
Born: Abt 1879 Christened: Died: Buried: Status: Triplet
10 M Cyrus D. Wentzel 3
Born: Abt 1879 Christened: Died: Buried: Status: Triplet
11 M Joseph G. Wentzel 3
Born: Abt 1879 Christened: Died: Buried: Status: Triplet
12 M James Wentzel 3
Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - David B. Wentzel
Civil War: He enlisted, February 15, 1864, in Company I, Eleventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, his brother, Isaac W., enlisting in the same company, February 20, following. Both were sworn into the service at Greensburg for a term of three years, or during the war. Company I was commanded by Captain Andrew Hooper, the Eleventh Regiment by Colonel Richard Coulter, or as known to every son of Westmoreland, Colonel "Dick" Coulter. The Eleventh was a famous fighting regiment assigned to the Second Brigade, Third Division, Fifth Corps of the Army of the Potomac, and with their regiment the Wentzel boys fought at the battle of the Wilderness, May 5 to May 7, 1864; Spottsylvania, May 8 to 18; North Anna, May 23, 1864; Cold Harbor, June 1 and 2 ; Bethseda, June 3; Petersburg, June 15 to 30; Weldon Railroad, June 22 and August 18 to 22; Hickford Raid, December, 1864, all the foregoing battles fought in that year; Hatchers Run, February 5 to 7, 1865; Quaker Road, March 28; White Oak Ridge, March 30, 1865; Five Forks, April 1, 1865. David B. Wentzel was promoted corporal, June 14, 1865, honorably discharged and mustered out of the service, July 1, 1865, at Ball's Cross Roads, Virginia.
1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1035.
2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 459, 509.
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Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1036.
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