Jefferson Gazette  Feb. 1918                   <click here>

James F. Wade (Father)                             <click here>

Benjamin F. Wade (Grandfather)               <click here>

Benjamin Franklin Wade - Laurel, Maryland

Army Rank: Major (1918).

Assigned Unit: 6^th Bn., 20^th Engineers, Headquarters Detachment

Army Serial Number:

Enlisted: Oct. 4, 1917

Promoted:

Army Discharge: Jan. 15, 1919

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – 1919

  Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

  Commander of the 20^th Engineers aboard the Tuscania

  Lifeboat survivor, picked up by trawler and landed in Larne.

  Address: Fort Stockton, Texas (1870)

  Address: St. Louis, Missouri (1880)

  Address: 409 East Filer St., Ludington, MI (1900)

  Address: 207 Ludington Ave., Ludington, MI (1910)

  Address: Washington Blvd., Laurel, Md (1920)

  Address: 604 College Heights, Riverdale, Md (1930)

Wife’s Name: Helen L. Wade (b. April 1870 NE)

Fathers Name: James Franklin Wade

  (Retired U.S. Army – Major General)

  (b. April 14, 1843 Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., OH)

  (d. Aug. 23, 1921 Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., OH)

Mothers Name: Clarissa Lyon

  (b. Oct. 26, 1843 Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., OH)

  (d. Feb. 13, 1929 Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., OH)

  Marriage: Feb. 27, 1866 Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., OH

   Great G-daughter of Capt. Walter Deane, MA Continental Army DAR

Brothers: John Wade

Sisters: Clara Wade

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Born: Nov. 30, 1866 Ohio

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