I am posting my family line again in hopes that someone new has a connection, or possibly someone has fouond new information to connect to this family. I have information that the fathe of David S. Wade is John Wade and Prudence Ellington. I do not have documentation in hand, but will have copies soon. I also, believe that the parents of Mary Ann Gentry are William Pleasant Gentry and Nancy Estes. I am posting a generation for David and Mary Ann, if you connect, I will be happy to share more information with you. Thanks, Shirley Wade Anderson Shawnee, OK Descendants of David S. Wade Generation No. 1 1. David S.2 Wade (John1) was born 1819 in Virginia, and died Abt. 1879 in Missouri. He married Mary Ann Gentry March 28, 1854 in Clay County, Missouri, daughter of William Gentry and Nancy Estes. She was born August 27, 1841 in Missouri, and died July 20, 1917 in Moore, Cleveland County, Oklahoma. Notes for David S. Wade: The death certificate of Bird Gentry Wade states his father's name is B. G. Wade, all other documents I have found says his father was David S. Wade. 1870 Census, Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri Dwelling Family Real Personal Place Father Mother No. No. Name Age Sex Color Occupation Value Value of Birth Born Born 256 256 Wade, David S. 50 M W Farmer 2000 6000 VA Mary A. 30 F W Keeping House MO Wesley S. 11 M W At Home MO Wm. G. 9 M W At Home MO Lucy S. 7 F W At Home MO David S. 5 M W At Home MO Addie S. 5 F W At Home MO Susannah 1 F W At Home MO >From website of Civil War Archives, http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmoinf4.htm#20 35th Regiment Infantry Organized at Benton Barracks, Mo., December 3, 1862. Ordered to Helena, Ark., January, 1863, arriving there January 10, 1863. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 12th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 13th Division, 13th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 13th Division, 13th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 13th Division, 16th Army Corps, to August, 1863. Garrison, Helena, Ark., District of Eastern Arkansas, to January, 1864. Helena, Ark., District of Eastern Arkansas, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, to June, 1865. SERVICE.--Garrison duty at Helena, Ark., January, 1863, to April, 1865. Repulse of Holmes' attack on Helena, Ark., July 4, 1863. Expedition from Helena to Arkansas Post January 24-26, 1864. Moved to Little Rock, Ark., April 3-6, 1865, and garrison duty there until June, 1865. Mustered out June 28, 1865. Moved to Benton Barracks, Mo., July 3-12, and discharged from service. Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 8 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 234 Enlisted men by disease. Total 246. More About David S. Wade: Census 1: 1860, Roll 614, Page 229, Platte Township, Clay County, Missouri Census 2: 1870, Liberty Township, Clay County, Missouri Notes for Mary Ann Gentry: The book "Gentry Family in America 1909" has her birth date as 1835, her headstone has 1841. 1880 Census - Place: Dayton, Cass County, Missouri Source: FHL Film 1254680 National Archives Fil T9-0680 - Page 217A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Mary Ann WADE Self F W W 39 MO Occ: House Keeper Fa: KY Mo: KY Wesley C. WADE Son M S W 22 MO Occ: Laborer Fa: VA Mo: MO William C. WADE Son M S W 20 MO Occ: Laborer Fa: VA Mo: MO Lucy L. WADE Dau F S W 17 MO Occ: House Keeper Fa: VA Mo: MO David S. WADE Son M S W 15 MO Occ: Laborer Fa: VA Mo: MO Adda P. WADE Dau F S W 12 MO Occ: Servant Fa: VA Mo: MO Susannah M. WADE Dau F S W 10 MO Fa: VA Mo: MO Bird G. WADE Son M S W 8 MO Fa: VA Mo: MO More About Mary Ann Gentry: Burial: Unknown, Blackburn Cemetery, Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma Census: 1880, Dayton Township, Cass County, Missouri Children of David Wade and Mary Gentry are: 2 i. Wesley C.3 Wade, born 1858 in Missouri; died Unknown. 3 ii. William C. Wade, born 1860 in Missouri; died Unknown. + 4 iii. Lula V. Wade, born February 1863 in Springfield, Missouri; died April 01, 1912 in Moore, Cleveland, Oklahoma. + 5 iv. David S. Wade, born March 1865 in Missouri; died Aft. 1939. + 6 v. Ida Wade, born August 15, 1866 in Missouri; died May 27, 1939 in Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma. + 7 vi. Susannah Mary Wade, born May 29, 1869 in Missouri; died September 13, 1940 in Oklahoma. + 8 vii. Bird Gentry Wade, born January 01, 1871 in Salem, Dent County, Missouri; died December 19, 1958 in Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma. -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup