Birth: 15 Mar 1837 in Cabarrus County, NC, USA
Death: 7 Mar 1922 in Cabarrus County, NC, USA
Military Records Summary
Henry Adam Wensil voluntarily enlisted in Company A, 20th North Carolina Infantry on the 19th of March 1862 at Concord, North Carolina as a Private. He participated in the battles of Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was listed as missing following battle in September of 1862 near or at South Mountain, Maryland. He was taken prisoner there and held in Union custody and exchanged in October of 1862 at Akiens Landing Virginia. He was hospitalized in Richmond shortly after his release from Union custody and returned to full duty after recovery. In his continued service he was also wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 but no records of his hospitalization are available. He remained in faithful service to the CSA until the end of the war where he took the oath of alligence to the United States of American on 24th of April 1865 at Farmville, Virginia. He was mustered out of service to the CSA on that same date and returned back to North Carolina.
Parents
Tobias Alexander Wensil ? – 1844
Esther Cline Cook 1817 – 1858
1st Spouse & Children
Amelia Yost Wensil 1840 – 1870
David Wensil 1860 –
Henry Adam Wensil Jr. 1861 – 1932
Esther Nesbit Wensil 1865 – 1945
Paul Adam Wensil 1867 –
Laura Ann Wensil 1869 – 1906
2nd Spouse & Children
Sarah Jamirma Fink Wensil 1847 – 1922
Maggie Wensil 1871 –
Nancy Levina Mary Wensil 1874 – 1946
Georgia Wensil 1878 –
Levi Adam Wensil 1879 – 1943
Ida J. Wensil 1881 –
Minnie F. Wensil 1888 –
Birth: 15 Mar 1837 in Cabarrus County, NC, USA
Death: 7 Mar 1922 in Cabarrus County, NC, USA
Military Records Summary
Henry Adam Wensil voluntarily enlisted in Company A, 20th North Carolina Infantry on the 19th of March 1862 at Concord, North Carolina as a Private. He participated in the battles of Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was listed as missing following battle in September of 1862 near or at South Mountain, Maryland. He was taken prisoner there and held in Union custody and exchanged in October of 1862 at Akiens Landing Virginia. He was hospitalized in Richmond shortly after his release from Union custody and returned to full duty after recovery. In his continued service he was also wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 but no records of his hospitalization are available. He remained in faithful service to the CSA until the end of the war where he took the oath of alligence to the United States of American on 24th of April 1865 at Farmville, Virginia. He was mustered out of service to the CSA on that same date and returned back to North Carolina.
Parents
Tobias Alexander Wensil ? – 1844
Esther Cline Cook 1817 – 1858
1st Spouse & Children
Amelia Yost Wensil 1840 – 1870
David Wensil 1860 –
Henry Adam Wensil Jr. 1861 – 1932
Esther Nesbit Wensil 1865 – 1945
Paul Adam Wensil 1867 –
Laura Ann Wensil 1869 – 1906
2nd Spouse & Children
Sarah Jamirma Fink Wensil 1847 – 1922
Maggie Wensil 1871 –
Nancy Levina Mary Wensil 1874 – 1946
Georgia Wensil 1878 –
Levi Adam Wensil 1879 – 1943
Ida J. Wensil 1881 –
Minnie F. Wensil 1888 –
Family Members
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Henry Adam Wensil
1858–1930
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George David Wensil
1859–1892
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Laura Ann Wensil Josey
1869–1906
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Margaret Lou "Maggie" Wensil Shinn
1871–1949
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Nancy Levina Wensil Fesperman
1874–1946
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Georgia Ann Wensil Cook
1878–1944
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Paul Monroe Wensil
1878–1948
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Ida Jane Wensil Troutman
1882–1945
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Minnie Fisher Wensil Troutman
1888–1957
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