Ed was born in 1875 in South Carolina. His parents were Ben Wages and Julia Levister.[1] He married Ada Elizabeth Nance. He passed away in 1948. Burial was in the Cool Branch Baptist Church Cemetery in Cool Branch, Fairfield, South Carolina.[2]
Sources
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5D2-1RV : accessed 14 April 2016), John E Wages, Halseville, Chester, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 9A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,468.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZD1-NXB : accessed 14 April 2016), John Edward Wages, 1917-1918; citing Chester County, South Carolina, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,852,503.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVG-NP3K : accessed 14 April 2016), John Edward Wages, 1948; Burial, Cool Branch, Fairfield, South Carolina, United States of America, Cool Branch Baptist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 17152707, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"South Carolina Deaths, 1944-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGBY-RR8 : accessed 14 April 2016), John Edward Wages in entry for Ada Elizabeth Wages, 01 May 1952; citing Chester, Chester, South Carolina, 10389, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia; FHL microfilm 2,400,696.
Family bible of Ada Nance Wages.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ed by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ed: