Thomas A. WADE

• General Notes
  • b. IN
    m. St. Mary, Barr Twp, Daviess Cty, IN 27 Apr 1875 to Lena DWYER
    d. > 1900
    
    bio:  THOMAS A. WADE is the eldest child of Benedict J. and Marietta (Gibson) Wade, and was born on the place where his father now resides April 7, 1845.  [Original note:]  (See father's sketch for ancestral history.)  His boyhood days were spent on the farm and in attending the common schools.  In 1868-69 he attended school at Bloomington, Ind., but previous to that time had taught school.  He afterward followed that occupation until 1882, teaching every alternate year.  He was very successful in his calling and ranked among the first educators of the county.  He began farming for himself in 1870 and five years later married and settled on his present farm.  He owns 100 acres of fine land, and is doing well as a farmer.  He was married to Lena J. Dwyer, a native of Martin County, Ind.,  To their union four children were born, two of whom died in infancy.  The two living are Anna M. and Agnes E.  The family are Catholics, and politically Mr. Wade has always been a Democrat, and has held the office of township trustee one term.
    
    source:
    History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana : from the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc., together with an extended history of the colonial days of Vincennes, and its progress down to the formation of the state government.. Chicago. Goodspeed Pub. Co.. 1886, p. 893.
    
    1900 US Census (Jun 9), residing in Bogard Twp, Daviess Cty, IN, head of h/hold is farmer Thomas A. WADE 55 IN b. Apr 1845, f/m b. KY, living with wife Lena J. 52 IN b. Dec 1847, married 25 years, 3/5 children surviving, and 3 children, all b. IN:  servant Anna 23 b. Dec 1876, single, "at school" Agnes 16 b. May 1884 (attended school 9 months of year), and farm laborer Joseph 11 b. Sep 1888 (attended school (6) months of year), plus farm laborer nephew Opal 19 IN b. Dec 1881, single.  Several other WADE h/holds in neighborhood.
    
    record citation:
    Year: 1900; Census Place: Bogard, Daviess, Indiana; Roll: T623 365; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 3.
    
    Evansville diocese, Judy Neff:  Thomas A. Wade, son of Benedict Wade and Mary Gibson, married Lena Dwyer 27 April 1875 at St. Mary, Barr Township
    

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