U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wentz, William Henry (1863-1938) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Pages 499-500 William Henry Wentz was born 1863, son of James W. and Lucy Catherine (Harris) Wentz. His brothers and sisters are, John David, James Abner, Charles Columbus, George Washington, Virginia, Ellen, Martha, Emma and Allie. Mr. Wentz is a Baptist, an Odd Fellow, and K. of P., a Republican and a minister,, now employed in the U. S. Fish Commission at Washington, D. C. He attended the Fairmont Normal School, the Mt. Pleasant Academy, Crozer Theological Seminary, and the University of New York City. He taught five years, was four years deputy clerk of the circuit court of Barbour; in 1895 was delegate to the National Convention of the League of Republican Clubs; in 1896 was alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention at St. Louis; U. S. Commissioner to International Fisheries Exposition held at Bergen, Norway, in 1898. He travelled through many parts of Norway, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Belgium, England, Ireland and Canada. James Wilson Wentz was born in Rockbridge County 1838, and was a son of John Wentz, who was born in the same county in 1812 and was a son of William Wentz, whose father was William and grandfather Warren Wentz, who came to this country from Germany in 1774. He had served seven years in the German army and served seven years in the American army. Lucy Catherine Harris was a daughter of David Harris and was born in 1840. The majority of her relatives live in and around Richmond, Virginia. John Wentz was a pronounced Abolitionist and five of his sons fought for the Union in the Civil War. They were William, Henry, James, David and John. Of these William was killed in battle during the Lynchburg Raid. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #14393 FULL-NAME: William Henry Wentz BIRTH-DATE: April 24, 1863 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: November 19, 1938 DEATH-PLACE: at home in Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: widowed OCCUPATION: Retired Govt field examiner for Veterans Bureau FATHER: James Wilson Wentz (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Lucy Catherine Harris (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Congestive Heart Failure INFORMANT: Russell H. Wentz of Hall, W.Va. BURIAL: Hall Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------