From "History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)
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JOHN WADE
    John Wade lives about three miles south of Addy, and devotes
his attention to farming.  He was born in Fayette, Illinois, on June
29, 1850, the son of Job and Sarah H. (Hays) Wade, natives of Indiana
and Illinois, respectively.  The father died in 1867, but the family
remained in Illinois until 1880, when they came to Chewelah, where the
mother now resides, aged seventy-three.  During the Civil War, the
father enlisted in Company K, Third Illinois Volunteer Cavalry and
served until the close of the war, being then honorably discharged.
John received his course in literary training in that great educator
of the American people, the district school, and when seventeen began
work on the farm for his mother.  In 1874 he went to Texas and operated
a cotton gin engine.  Later we find him railroading in Texas, Indian
Territory, Colorado, New Mexico, and California.  Following this long
period he went to British Columbia where he contracted on the Canadian
Pacific.  In 1883, Mr. Wade was led by an adventurous spirit to the
wilds of Alaska.  For one year he prospected in Juneau, also working
on the leading mines there.  Then he went to Yukon, and had the dist-
inction of having one of the leading diggings named for him and which
is known today as Jack Wade creek.  In addition to mining and explor-
ing various portions of the territory, Mr. Wade also constructed a
sailing vessel that plied between Douglas and Juneau.  He continued
in these wild and remote regions, meeting with many stirring adventures
and suffering privations until he came to Stevens county where he has
remained since.  He bought one hundred and sixty acres where he resides
and is now quietly passing his days in the avocation of a farmer.
Mr. wade is a Republican and no campaign was ever inaugurated in which
he did not take a keen interest and active part.  Fraternally he is
affiliated with the I.O.O.F.  He is a good substantial man, a patriotic
citizen, and stands well in the community.


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