Biography
Son of Moses Wade & Sarah Maria "Sally" Bundy
Married Belinda Hickenlooper, 21 Jan 1849, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Mary Ellen Page, 3 Jan 1852
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia Volume 3
Wade, Edward D., a member of the Mormon Battalion, was born in 1822, at Farmersville, Cattaraugus county, New York, the son of Moses Wade and Sallie Maria Bundy. He was raised as a Latter-day Saint and remained with his father's family until 1846. He enlisted with his father in Co C of The Mormon Battalion and together they marched to California.
After being honorably discharged from the Battalion he came to Utah, in 1851, where he married Belinda Hickenlooper in Salt Lake City. She died in North Ogden Nov. 11, 1894. After his marriage Brother Wade settled in North Ogden, where he resided until the day of his death. The issue of his marriage with Belinda Hickenlooper was ten children, namely: Edward W., James Monroe, Franklin, Sarah Jane, John, Moses, Joseph, Andrew, George and Clarence. By his plural wife, Ellen Page, whom he married about 1854, he had nine children, namely: Daniel D., Henry C., Mary E., Isaac, George, Minerva L., Lucy, Ruth and Jedediah.
Brother Wade was called on a mission to China about 1855, but only went as far as San Francisco, California, when he was called back. Bro. Wade died in North Ogden Jan. 2, 1880. His wife, Belinda, died in the same place Nov. 11, 1894. His son, Edward W., has acted as Bishop of Pleasant View and afterwards as a member of the Weber Stake High Council. Another son, Franklin, acted as Bishop of the Liberty Ward, Weber Stake, and James M. Wade, another son, served as a Bishop's counselor in the Liberty Ward and afterwards in the Warren Ward.
Children
| Offspring of Pvt. Edward Davis Wade and Mary Ellen Page (1835-1914) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Daniel Davis Wade (1855-1934) | | ||
| Henry Socwell Wade (1857-1934) | | ||
| Mary Ellen Wade (1858-1934) | | ||
| George Wade (1859-) | | ||
| Ruth Lovinia Wade (1865-) | | ||
| Minerva Lorina Wade (1865-1940) | | ||
| Lucy Ann Wade (1866-1884) | | ||
| Jedediah Wade (1866-) | | ||
| Jerimiah Wade (1868-) | |||
Siblings
| Offspring of Pvt Moses Wade and Mary Kirkbride (1815-1895) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Maria Jane Wade (1855-1896) | |||
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