Chatham County GaArchives Biographies.....Wade, William Hampton 1859 - living in 1913
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   WILLIAM HAMPTON WADE. Of decided eminence in his profession is William
Hampton Wade, of Savannah, whose abilities have brought him distinction at the
bar and a large clientele. He is a native son of Savannah, his birth having
occurred in this city on the 17th day of August, 1859. His parents were William
and Margaret H. (Greene) Wade, both of whom are deceased. The father was a
native of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and came to Savannah about the year 1850. He
died early in the Civil war period, the subject being an infant at the time of
his demise. At the time of the death of the elder gentleman he was one of the
proprietors of a foundry in Savannah that was engaged in making cannon for the
Confederate government. He was also the owner of a plantation in Chatham county,
not far from Savannah, and his home there was known as "Hampton Place." The
mother of the subject was the daughter of Herman and Harriet M. (Hart) Greene,
and her birth occurred in Savannah in 1824, Herman Greene was the son of
Zachariah Greene, who was a first cousin of Gen. Nathaniel Greene, the commander
of Washington's forces in the Southern colonies during the Revolutionary war.
Zachariah Greene was a very young man at the beginning of the Revolution, his
years numbering about seventeen, but he joined the Continental army and was
proffered a place on General Washington's staff.

   William Hampton Wade was educated in the schools of Savannah and in the
Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, from which he graduated in the class
of 1880. Having come to the decision to adopt the law as his life work, he began
his preparatory studies in Savannah under the late Judge Walter S. Chisholm, and
was admitted to the bar in 1881. He has practiced law in Savannah since that
time with the exception of a few years, when he was absent from the city. Of
vigorous intellect, wide information and keen wit, his command of language is
such as to make his speech apt and fitting at all times and careful in arranging
and preparing his cases, he is never at a loss for forcible and appropriate
argument to sustain his position. His reputation as one of the able lawyers of
Savannah has been reinforced with the passing years. Besides his law practice he
fills the office of county administrator and county guardian.

   Mr. Wade was a member of the Savannah Volunteer Guards for about seven years
and at the time of leaving the city in 1887 he had been appointed a lieutenant.
He finds pleasure and profit in his fraternal relations, which extend to the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias.

   In the year 1906 Mr. Wade was married in this city to Miss Ada Hull, a native
daughter of Savannah, her father being Fred M. Hull, the port warden of
Savannah. They have one son, William Hampton Wade, Jr.



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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913


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