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WILLIAM B WADE, who was born in Canada, enlisted from Tama County Iowa into the 14th Iowa Infantry, Company G:
From the 14th Iowa roster:
Wade, William B. Age 25. Residence Crystal, Tama County,
nativity Canada. Enlisted September 29, 1863. Mustered
January 23, 1864. Died April 1, 1864, New Orleans Louisiana. Buried in Monument National Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
William enlisted after the battle of Shiloh but during the Red River campaign in Louisiana he became very ill, possibly from malaria, it is also possible he was wounded at the battle of Pleasant Hill. He died sometime in April 1864. Monument National Cemetery is situated in Chalmette, Louisiana, in the parish of St. Bernard. The roster says William was buried in Monument Cemetery in New Orleans but cemetery records do not show him buried there.
William B Wade was a married man, and left a widow to file a pension in July 1865.
Pension: widow July 12 1865
Lydia Wade
Application 101.621 Certificate 149.373
Tama County marriage records show that Lydia was the daughter of Orrin Burright, and the sister of Joseph, Cornelius and Stewart Burright who also were enlisted into Company G of the 14th Iowa.
Wade, Wm. R. - Lydia Ann Burright married 7 Sept 1863 by West Wilson, book A page 44
The 1860 Tama county census shows Stewart Burright was a married man with young daughters (born in Illinois) and a Canadian born wife. Stewart Burright's wife was Abbie M Wade, said by some sources to have been born in Smithville Canada.
In 1863 William Wade married the Burright brothers' sister before he joined the her brothers in the 14th Iowa, so it is very possible Stewart's wife was also William's sister.
It is possible that Abbie Wade Burright was a sister or close relative of Canadian born William B Wade, and that William Wade came to Tama County Iowa, and later enlisted, because of family ties to Stewart Burright.
William B Wade's actual burial place remains a mystery. It would be nice to learn if family records exist that might help find his grave. It would be nice to be able also to fully identify the parents of William Wade.
According to Tama County records William Wade's widow, Lydia Burright Wade, later married a second time:
Wilson, Henry G. - Lydia A. Wade 7 Nov 1867 by E.G. Longsworth book A page 86
Orrin Burright's daughter Lydia Burright Wade Wilson and her husband later moved to Shelby County Iowa where they were joined by other members of her Burright family. Still later some Burrights and the Henry G Wilson family moved to Boise Idaho.
A new book of first person accounts from the Civil War written by the local men of Company G of the 14th Iowa Infantry, in which the Burright soldiers and William Wade served, has recently been published by the small town museum in Traer Iowa, near where these families lived. For anyone interested, the book, a 288 page hardbound 8x11 with maps photographs an index and a nice dust cover, can be seen at www.traermuseum.com
If anyone knows this soldier William B Wade or his family please post information here or in the BURRIGHT forum.
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