Tag: Gettysburg Women’s History

• 1840s Jennie Wade: The Skellys and the Almshouse

  The best-remembered of the family, Jennie Wade, was the third child born to Captain James Wade and his wife Mary Ann. The couple’s first child died in infancy; in 1841, Georgeanna was born, followed by Jennie in 1843. Captain Wade was a native Virginian with connections to a prominent family there and ancestry that had…

  Gordon Laws

  November 18, 2023

  Gettysburg, Civil War, Gettysburg Residents

  Adams County Almshouse, Gettysburg crime, Gettysburg Women’s History, Jennie Wade, Wesley Culp

• 1840s: The Crimes of Captain James Wade

  One of Gettysburg’s most prominent ghosts, supposedly, is Captain James Wade who, according to legend, is frustrated that he was not on hand when his daughter Jennie was killed during the battle. If you take a ghost tour, you will learn that Captain Wade was in the Adams County Almshouse during the battle. Captain Wade’s…

  Gordon Laws

  November 17, 2023

  Civil War, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Residents

  Adams County Almshouse, Captain James Wade, Gettysburg crime, Gettysburg Women’s History, Jennie Wade