Jennie Wade had three brothers and all of them had their own history to remember. Each of them had families, children, and some kind of new adventure they had to experience. Some of their history is known, but not all of it since the lack of descendants through the 21st century. However, let’s explore their journey through time and hardship.
Jennie Wade’s brothers were there when she passed in her sister’s house on July 3rd. They all had to come together as a family and survive the next upcoming months without their sister, without their insane father, and find faith and love to get through each day. As they grew up in Gettysburg, there was probably a thought or feeling to get out of here type of mode. They wanted to explore the world, not just stay in a place with heartache and death.
Jennie’s youngest brother, Harry Marion, was only seven or eight years old when his sister suddenly left this life. He would grow up, move westward and find love in Denison, Iowa. Harry would marry Mary in Denison in 1879, and have one son. Harry would not meet his grandson in this world, but his wife did. Ethan Nelson Wade fought in World War II. He never married, but what’s interesting is that all five of these individuals are buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery outside Seattle, Washington.
Her next youngest brother, Samuel, was only 13 years old at the time of the battle of Gettysburg. He was actually one of the young men that was going to get captured by the Confederate Army, but Jennie and her mother Mary stopped that from happening. Just like many citizens after the battle, he moved westward. He would meet his wife Elizabeth and marry here in Gettysburg.
Sometime between 1869 and 1877, they traveled out west and resided in Indiana and Illinois. They would have a child, Lydia Wade Danish. Lydia would marry Nicholas Danish (1874-1918). All four of them are buried in Illinois.