Henry Valentine Wenzel

Fifth Child · Born March 6, 1860 · Baltimore County, Maryland

Henry Valentine Wenzel was born on March 6, 1860 in Baltimore County, Maryland. He was commonly known as Val. Val married Kate E. Davis on December 22, 1886. She was born in Maryland on April 6, 1862.

Val Wenzel served as a police officer with the Baltimore City Police. He resided at 1350 North Calhoun Street in Baltimore, as recorded in the 1890 Baltimore City Directory.

1890 Baltimore City Directory

1350 North Calhoun Street · Baltimore, Maryland

1890 Baltimore City Directory · 1350 North Calhoun
Name	Address	Occupation
Henry V. Wenzel	1350 North Calhoun	Police

Death & Legacy

July 1, 1893 · Age 33 · Loudon Park Cemetery

Val Wenzel died on July 1, 1893 at the age of 33. He is buried at Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore.

Around 1991, Essie Wenzel compiled a book of Wenzel family data titled Wenzel. In the opening of the book she lists five snippets from the past that were almost forgotten. One of those snippets reads as follows:

Like the policeman that was kicked by the horse, or was it the robber that kicked him. He later died from the kick. Essie Wenzel · "Wenzel" · circa 1991

With Val Wenzel being a police officer who died so young, it is quite possible that he was the policeman referred to in that passage.

Kate Davis Wenzel may have died in the 1890s as well, based on an entry in the Wenzel family Bible recording her death year as 189_.

Photographs

Henry Valentine Wenzel · Baltimore, Maryland

Henry Valentine Wenzel, younger years — Val Wenzel · Ages 16–24

Henry Valentine Wenzel in suit — Val Wenzel · Ages 26–34