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Frances <I>Kirby-Smith</I> Wade

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Frances Kirby-Smith Wade

Birth
Hempstead, Waller County, Texas, USA
Death
1 Nov 1952 (aged 88)
Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
Burial
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section D, unmarked, cremated remains buried with husband
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Daughter of Edmund Kirby Smith and Catherine Selden.

Frances was cremated and is buried with her husband Erwin M. Wade.

Info courtesy of Linda.
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The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA) Tuesday, 5 Nov 1907

A telegram was received yesterday by Mrs Frances Kirby-Smith Wade, wife of Erwin M Wade, informing her of the unexpected death of her mother, of Sewanee, Tenn. She was the widow of the late General Edmund Kirby-Smith, and was with him in every Civil War engagement from Bull Run to Appomattox. She was a Miss Selden of Virginia and a sister of Col William Selden, proprietor of the famous Metropolitan Hotel in Washington. She was 68 years of age.

Mrs Wade was born in Texas in 1864, while her father and mother were on the march, with the Confederate Army, near Austin. She leaves five sons and six daughters.

Courtesy of A Webb
Daughter of Edmund Kirby Smith and Catherine Selden.

Frances was cremated and is buried with her husband Erwin M. Wade.

Info courtesy of Linda.
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The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA) Tuesday, 5 Nov 1907

A telegram was received yesterday by Mrs Frances Kirby-Smith Wade, wife of Erwin M Wade, informing her of the unexpected death of her mother, of Sewanee, Tenn. She was the widow of the late General Edmund Kirby-Smith, and was with him in every Civil War engagement from Bull Run to Appomattox. She was a Miss Selden of Virginia and a sister of Col William Selden, proprietor of the famous Metropolitan Hotel in Washington. She was 68 years of age.

Mrs Wade was born in Texas in 1864, while her father and mother were on the march, with the Confederate Army, near Austin. She leaves five sons and six daughters.

Courtesy of A Webb

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  • Maintained by: A Webb
  • Originally Created by: TLS
  • Added: Jul 24, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133260971/frances-wade: accessed ), memorial page for Frances Kirby-Smith Wade (9 Jul 1864–1 Nov 1952), Find a Grave Memorial ID 133260971, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by A Webb (contributor 49158399).