Wesley T. Jay (abt. 1838 - 1903)
Wesley
T.
"Westley"
Jay
Born about in Lincoln University, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Son of Joshua Jay
and Lydia (Unknown) Jay
Brother of
Mary Jay, William Jay, George Jay, Nancy J. (Jay) Frye, Elizabeth Jay, Samuel Jay and Rachel Jay
Husband of
Jane T. (Golden) Jay
— married
in Pennsylvania
Father of
Margaret Jay,
Wesley T. Jay II,
Eva Jay,
Lydia Jay,
Marion Jay,
Harry Jay,
Spencer Jay and
Mary Jane Jay
Died in Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
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Categories: Oxford, Pennsylvania | Free Persons of Color in Pennsylvania | 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored), United States Civil War | Wounded in Action, United States Civil War.
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Biography
Occupations
- Farmer
- Laborer
Residences
- 1900: South Street, Oxford, Pennsylvania
Military Service
Private in the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry regiment, Company B. Enlisted on 14 March 1863 from Oxford, Pennsylvania. He was 26 years old (he was probably closer to 20 years old), single and working as a farmer when he enlisted. He was wounded on 18 April 1865 at Boykins Mills, shot through his right hand. Mustered out 20 August 1865.
His brothers George and William Jay also served in Company B.
Projects
Space: 54th_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry
Sources
- 1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Upper Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1093; Page: 414; Family History Library Film: 805093
- 1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Lower Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1324; Page: 381A; Family History Library Film: 552823 (as Westley)
- 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1114; Page: 381D; Enumeration District: 061
- 1890 Veterans Schedules for Oxford, Pennsylvania
- 1900 United States Federal Census Year: 1900; Census Place: Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania; Page: 20; Enumeration District: 0086
- Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865. Boston, MA, 1894.
- Find a Grave: Wesley T. Jay
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