Henry Wentz
Henry Wentz, is a son of pioneer Henry Wentz, who came to Richland County in 1839. The present Henry Wentz is now a prominent citizen of Shelby. He served in the war of the rebellion as a member of Co. E, 11th. Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Gen. Lew Wallace, and participated in a number of battles and was wounded in the service. Of the forty-three men of his company who went into the fight at Champion Hills, May 16, 1863, only fifteen returned, twenty-eight being killed or wounded and left upon the field.
From The Bellville Messenger, October 30, 1903