JElberfeld: Text replace - "Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War" to "Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War"

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Text replace - "Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War" to "Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War"

Betty: moved Adam Miner Wilday to Wilday, Adam Miner

2012-10-15T23:49:37Z

moved Adam Miner Wilday to Wilday, Adam Miner

Betty: Created page with "NOTOC ==Birth== Adam M. Wilday was born January 17, 1847 in Berne, Albany County, NY to John Jost Wilday (B. 1826, D. May 20, 1901) ..."

2012-10-15T23:33:26Z

Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Birth== Adam M. Wilday was born January 17, 1847 in Berne, Albany County, NY to John Jost Wilday (B. 1826, D. May 20, 1901) ..."

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==Birth==
Adam M. Wilday was born January 17, 1847 in Berne, Albany County, NY to [[John Jost Wilday]] (B. 1826, D. May 20, 1901) and [[Anna Maria Resue]] (B. 1829, D. bet 1880-1892).<ref name="Bernehistory">Bernehistory.org</ref><ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref> His middle name was Miner or Minor. He was the oldest son of nine children.<ref name="Bernehistory"/><ref name="USCensus">US Censuses</ref>

==Marriage & Children== 
Between 1870 and 1873, Adam married [[Anna Maria Gathen]] (B. Aug 12, 1849, D. Nov 15, 1884), who was the daughter of [[Mathew Gathen]] and [[Sophia Resue]].<ref name="1870Census">1870 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref><ref name="Bernehistory"/> They had three children:
*Birdie Wilday (B. 1873, D. April 26, 1897)
*Mary Anna wilday (B. Sept 8, 1874, D. June 18, 1889)
*[[Morgan David Wilday]] (B. April 14, 1877, D. Mar 14, 1947)

==Occupation==
Adam worked as a farm laborer.<ref name="1870Census">1870 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref><ref name="1880Census">1880 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref>

==Appearance==
Adam is said to have been 5'5" tall and 125 lbs with hazel eyes and brown hair.<ref name="Ancestry">Ancestry.com</ref>



==Military Service==
{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Residence at Enlistment:
|Berne<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>
|-
|Place of Birth:
|Berne, NY<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Date of Birth:
|7 May 1847<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Names of Parents:
|John Jost (Wilday) and Anna M. Risues<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Place of Birth:
|Marital Status<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Occupation:
|Teamster?<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Term of Enlistment:
|3 years<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Enlistment Date:
|8 Feb 1865<ref name="1865Census">1865 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> or 7th<ref name="Pension">Civil War Pension Index, Ancestry.com</ref>
|-
|Enlistment Place:
|Albany, NY<ref name="AG Report">Annual Report of the Adjutant General or the State of New York </ref>
|-
|Enlistment Rank:
|Private<ref name="1865Census">1865 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref><ref name="Pension"/>
|-
|State Served:
|New York
|-
|Regiment:
|91st Infantry.<ref name="1865Census">1865 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref><ref name="Pension">Civil War Pension Index, Ancestry.com</ref> <ref name="AG Report"/>
|-
|Company:
|Company D<ref name="Pension"/> and Co W<ref name="Pension"/>
|-
|Muster Out Date:
|July 1865<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Muster Out Place:
|Near Washington, DC <ref name="AG Report"/>
|-
|}
{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Additional Remarks: Enlisted at age 15!
|-
|Sources Used: Ancestry.com, US Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865; 1865 census Berne, Albany Co., NY; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War; Civil War Pension Records, Ancestry.com; Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York.
|}

==Life==
In 1850 a year after his birth, Adam Wilday was recorded in the 1850 US Census as living with his parents in Berne surrounded by his father's family.<ref name="1850Census">1850 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> Five years later his family was still living in Berne and their house was described as a log cabin.<ref name="1855Census">1855 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> Adam continued to live with his family in 1860.<ref name="1860Census">1860 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref>

On February 8th 1865, Adam enlisted in the 91st Regiment at 15 years of age for 3 years of service.<ref name="1865Census">1865 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> He was discharged in July of 1865 at the end of the war.

After the war in 1866, Adam left NY and went to work in Wisconsin, however he returned to Berne in the summer of 1868.<ref name="Ancestry">Ancestry.com</ref> He returned to live with his parents where he was recorded in the 1870 Census during which time he was working as a farm laborer like his father.<ref name="1870Census">1870 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> Shortly after this he married Anna Maria Gathen and by 1873 they had begun a family.

Adam began to have health problems in 1870 and filed for his Civil War pension on May 1, 1870.<ref name="Pension">Civil War Pension Index, Ancestry.com</ref> Apparently he recieved a pension of $12.00 per month for a heart ailment<ref name="Ancestry">Ancestry.com</ref>

His wife Anna Maria Gathen died on November 15, 1884 in Berne and was buried at the Beaverdam Cemetery there.<ref name="Bernehistory"/> His daughter Mary Anna died several years later on June 18, 1889 and was buried at the Episcopal Cemetery in Rensselaerville, Albany County, NY.<ref name="Bernehistory"/>

==Death==
Adam died on February 4, 1894 in St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, NY where he was buried at the St. Johnsville Cemetery in Section 4 lot 78.<ref name="Bernehistory"/><ref name="St.Johnsville">St. Johnsville Cemetery Records by Judy Dolanski, www.stjohnsville.com</ref> He is the only Wilday buried in that cemetery and his gravestone recorded that he was a member of the GAR and that he was born in 1847 and died in 1894.<ref name="St.Johnsville"/>

==Obituary== 


==Additional Research Notes== 


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JElberfeld: Text replace - "Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War" to "Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War"

Betty: moved Adam Miner Wilday to Wilday, Adam Miner

Betty: Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Birth== Adam M. Wilday was born January 17, 1847 in Berne, Albany County, NY to John Jost Wilday (B. 1826, D. May 20, 1901) ..."

Betty: Created page with "NOTOC ==Birth== Adam M. Wilday was born January 17, 1847 in Berne, Albany County, NY to John Jost Wilday (B. 1826, D. May 20, 1901) ..."