Edwin C. Dady

Company B 22nd Infantry

DOD 07/13/1900

Edwin C. Dady was born in Ohio in July 1880.

Dady served in Company I of the 5th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the War with Spain.
The 5th Ohio was mustered into service from April through June 1898 and was moved to Florida
in anticipation of deployment to Cuba. The war ended before the Regiment could be sent overseas
and it was mustered out of service in November 1898. Company I had been raised from volunteers
at Cleveland, Ohio.

In the records of the 5th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment Dady is listed as being admitted to the
3rd Division 4th Army Corps Hospital at Camp Amelia, Fernandina, Florida on August 21, 1898.
He is further listed as being sick in quarters August 27, 1898 and then being sent to the U.S. General
Hospital at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on September 14, 1898.

On November 7, 1898 Dady enlisted at Cleveland, Ohio in Company B 22nd Infantry for a period of three years. On his
enlistment record his place of birth was listed as Collinwood, Ohio. His enlistment record further indicated that he had blue
eyes, dark brown hair, a fair complexion and stood 5 feet 8 ¾ inches tall. His occupation was listed as Soldier.
His prior service was given as being discharged from the 5th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment on November 5, 1898.

Dady joined Company B 22nd Infantry at Fort Crook, Nebraska on November 10, 1898 and sailed with the Regiment
to the Philippines in February 1899, arriving at Manila in March 1899. The Returns of the 22nd Infantry indicate he was
sick in hospital from November 11, 1899 until sent to the United States destined for the hospital at the Presidio in California.

Private Dady died at sea on July 13, 1900 of chronic dysentery
aboard the transport Hancock while enroute to San Francisco.

In most of the records of the 22nd Infantry his name was given as Edward C. Dady.

Newspaper clipping by JKopfstein from the Find A Grave website

Edwin C. Dady is buried in Woodland Cemetery,
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Section 45 Lot 19

Grave marker for Edwin C. Dady
The inscriptions are:

Co I. 5th O.V.I. (Company I 5th Ohio Volunteer Infantry)

Co B. 22nd U.S.I. (Company B 22nd United States Infantry)

Photo by Richard Snyder from the Find A Grave website

The application for a pension filed by the mother of Edwin C. Dady after his death.
The card indicates Edwin's service with both the 5th Ohio and the 22nd US Infantry.
Filed on May 21, 1901.

Photo from the "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, Family Search website

Top illustration of Edwin C. Dady by JKopfstein from the Find A Grave website

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