TX Upshur Co Family Group Sheet for the Whitfield Anthony WADE Family *********************************************** Copyright © Ronald Ellis Wade. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Ronald Ellis Wade Email address: ronwadegop@aol.com Husband: Whitfield Anthony WADE Birthdate:23 NOV 1847 Birthplace: Auraria, Lumpkin Co., Georgia Death date: 23 JAN 1928 Place of death: Rosewood, Upshur Co., Texas Burial: Grice Cemetery, Upshur Co., Texas Father: Joseph Berry Wade (1815 – 1877) Mother: Sarah Medely Odell (1822 – 1908) Marriage date: 15 Oct 1874 Marriage place: Upshur County, Texas Wife: #1 Mirah Elizabeth KNIGHT Birthdate:10 OCT 1855 Birthplace: Enon, Upshur Co., Texas Death date: 10 OCT 1885 Place of death: Rosewood, Upshur Co., Texas Burial: Grice Cemetery, Upshur Co., Texas Father: Thomas Jefferson Knight (1827 – 1892) Mother: Martha Ann Sanders (1832 – 1880) CHILDREN Child No. 1: Laura H. Wade Sex: F Birthdate: 5 OCT 1875 Birthplace: Rosewood, Upshur Co., Texas Death date: 5 AUG 1876 Place of death: Rosewood, Upshur Co., Texas Burial: Grice Cemetery, Upshur Co., Texas Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 2: Agnes Maggie Wade Sex: F Birthdate: 23 APR 1877 Birthplace: Rosewood, Upshur Co., Texas Death date: 1 AUG 1938 Place of death: Upshur County, Texas Burial: Rosewood Cemetery, Upshur Co., Texas Marriage date: 1899 Marriage place: Upshur County, Texas Spouse's name: James Edward Montgomery Child No. 3: Joseph Jefferson Wade Sex: M Birthdate: 21 NOV 1879 Birthplace: Rosewood, Upshur Co., Texas Death date: 9 MAY 1959 Place of death: Upshur County, Texas Burial: Grice Cemetery, Upshur County, Texas Marriage date: ca 1910 Marriage place: Upshur County, Texas Spouse's name: Bettie G. Williams Child No. 4: Anthoney Franklin Wade Sex: M Birthdate: 23 DEC 1881 Birthplace: Rosewood, Upshur Co., Texas Death date: 17 SEP 1903 Place of death: Rosewood, Upshur Co., Texas Burial: Grice Cemetery, Upshur Co., Texas Marriage date: Sep 1903 Marriage place: Rosewood, Upshur Co., Texas Spouse's name: Elsie Tucker Child No. 5: Harvey Surestus Wade Sex: M Birthdate: 2 JAN 1884 Birthplace: Rosewood, Upshur Co., Texas Death date: 12 NOV 1980 Place of death: Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas Burial: Hopewell Cemetery, Upshur County, Texas Marriage date: 24 Oct 1909 / 15 Mar 1918 Marriage place: Upshur Co., Tx. / Chatfield, Navarro Co., Texas Spouse's name: #1 Ola Latch (1887 – 1916), #2 Emma Maud Salter (1887 - 1961) Documentation: Whitfield A. Wade Family Bible, Harvey S. Wade Family Bible. Age: 3 Residence Auraria, Lumpkin, Georgia 1 source 1850 United States Federal Census 1860 Age: 13 Residence Auraria, Lumpkin, Georgia 1 source citation 1860 United States Federal Census 1860 Age: 13 Education Auraria, Lumpkin, Georgia, USA School Shown in school document, Emily, Whitfield, John and Lawrence with William Smith as teacher in 47-student school in Auraria. 1862 Age: 15 Education Auraria, Lumpkin Co., Georgia School Census Description: School document shows William Smith teacher with 109 children including Whit, John, Lawrence and Susan 1862 Age: 15 Military Confederate Army \"Home Guard\" for Lumpkin Co., Ga. Served in the Home Guard with father, Joseph guarding the northern Georgia state line 1870 1874 Age: 23 Residence Little Mound, Upshur Co., Texas Arrived by flat-bottomed boat at Jefferson, Texas and proceded to Upshur Co., Tx. where they settled across the road from the Little Mound Baptist Church. 15 Oct Age: 26 Marriage to Mirah Elizabeth Knight Upshur, Texas 1 source citation Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002 1877 1880 17 Jul Age: 29 Departure Death of father Joseph Berry Wade in Upshur County, bought farm and moved to Kaufman County, Texas 1880 Age: 33 Residence Precinct 1, Kaufman, Texas, United States 1 source citation 1880 United States Federal Census 1882 1882 31 Jul Age: 34 Property Upshur County Texas - Move back from Kaufman County 1885 Letter from T.J. Knight and heirs on land proposition to Whitfield A. Wade 1894 14 Nov Age: 37 Marriage to Area Addie E. Knight Upshur, TX, USA 1 source citation One World Tree 17 Sep Age: 46 Property Rosewood, Upshur County, Texas 1900 Purchased land in the W.B. Mereweather headright from Mrs. O.L. Walton for $150 1900 Age: 53 Residence Justice Precinct 4, Upshur, Texas 1 source citation United States Federal Census 1910 Age: 63 Residence Justice Precinct 4, Upshur, Texas 1 source citation 1910 United States Federal Census 1920 Age: 73 Residence Justice Precinct 4, Upshur, Texas 1 source citation 1920 United States Federal Census 1928 23 Jan Age: 80 Death Rosewood, Upshur, Texas, USA Buried Grice Cemetery Buried Grice Cemetery 1 source citation One World Tree 1929 18 Feb Probate