Descendents of Silas W. Wade - reUnion

Per the epitome to the right, this small corner of the web is being evolved in order to allow for a place for those interested to communicate and remain up to date on the current events regarding a reunion of Silas's many children.

Paul Wade, my father, answered an email to my niece (Kari Brooks) last fall entitled "Silas Wade" to supply her with some information about him for a paper she was doing for college. In part, it read...


Silas was one of four brothers who fought in the Civil War. He and brothers William D. and James P. Wade fought for the Union. The fourth brother Granville fought with the Confederacy. James was killed at Murfreesboro and is buried in Stones River Cemetery.

Silas and William were captured in Alabama and sent to the infamous Cahaba Confederate Prison near Selma Alabama. After spending the winter there they were to became part of a north-south prisoner exchange and were sent to Vicksburg where they, still under guard, boarded the Sultana.

The Sultana exploded and sank just north of Memphis with the greatest loss of lives that has ever been recorded in a maritime disaster as detailed in the below listed web site. Silas and William, though scalded and badly burned survived and eventually were sent home to Tranquility where they are now buried.

Brother Granville as a Confederate Soldier survived "The Siege of Vicksburg" (see also) and moved to Rhea County where he is buried. The three brothers had one sister Malinda who lost her husband in the "Battle of Chickamauga"

I took Gene Salecker, author of the below listed "Disaster on the Mississippi," to Tranquility to see Silas and William's graves.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/05/0501_river5.html

Next year (2009) Silas would have been 175 years old. I am arranging, in memory of Silas and his brothers, for his descendents to attend the Tranquility Church Annual Homecoming May 17, 2009. Want to go?


That is the first recollection of this reunion effort I recall. After that, dad contacted Charles Wade and it was through their various correspondences that things began to come together. Anyway, that's a little bit of history for those of you who are interested. Stay tuned and I'll post more information about both Silas and the upcoming reunion later on. (Note: See comments below)
A.D. Wade