Elisha Wages 1840–1862 Birth 11 DEC 1840 • Jackson Township, Muskingum, Ohio Death 20 APR 1862 • Cairo, Alexander, Illinois.

The son of Johnsea Wages and Martha Buckingham, Elisha Wages enlisted as a Private into Company I, 45th Illinois Infantry on 6 Oct 1861, became a Union soldier, during the Civil War.

At his enlistment, Elisha was a schoolteacher residing in Millersburg, (Mercer County) Illinois. Elisha Wages Illinois Military record says he was born in Jacktown, Muskingum County, Ohio. "Jackson Twp." Died of disease on Hospital Boat Louisiana Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 for Elisha Wages. His mother, Martha Wages, signed the application number 118,359, dated 28 Dec 1865. Elisha Wages died at the age of 21, never married, single. Elisha Wages name appears under Illinois in the U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861 - 1865. Buried 2 Aug 1862?

Family: Parents: Johnsea Wages (1793 - 1844) Martha Buckingham Wages (1798 - 1880)

Siblings: James Jackson Wages (1821 - 1897), Silas S. Wages (1826 - 1864), Ferdinand Wages (1828 - 1877), Sarah A. Wages Norris (1828 - 1893), William Jackson Wages (1831 - 1902), Leonard Wages (1834 - 1877), Isabel Wages (1835 - 1865), and Lewis Wages (1840 - 1844).

Burial: Adamsville Baptist Cemetery Adamsville Muskingum County Ohio, USA.