Major Joseph W. Wait

Major Joseph W. Wait

Field        3rd Wisc. Art'y

From US Returns from Military Posts 1806-1916 Name – Joseph W. Wait Post Name – Chatanooga Post Location – Tennessee Post Commander – Edward Grosskoff Military Place – Chattanooga, Tennessee Return Period – June 1864

Post war;
   Buried at Elgin City Cemetery.
   Re-interred in the GAR section of the Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.

       From the Elgin Sexton's Ledger.
Died – May 27, 1876 * Where – Hospital for Insane, Elgin, Kane county, Ill. * Aged – 40 years / 0 months / 0 days * Permit #230 * Interred – Elgin City Cemetery – Location – Lot 7, block 12 Potters Field * Head of Grave from – South line 15', West line 1.5' * Cause of Death – General Paralysis 18 months * Condition – Male / White / Single * Occupation – Soldier, laborer * Physician – J. J. Brooke * Born – N.Y. * Remarks – From Odell, Will Co. Ill. Lieutenant in ***** ****** Battery *****Through.

       From Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Volunteers
Name - Joseph W. Wait
Unit - Batt. 3" Wis. , 1876.
Cemetery - Village
City - Elgin, Kane
Died - May 29
Headstone supplied by - D. W. Whitney
Contract Let - Nov. 29, 1879