BIOGRAPHY: Benedict J. WADE Washington Co. KY, 19 May 1820 Submitted by Phyllis H i l l , 12 May 1998 HISTORY OF KNOX AND DAVIESS COUNTIES, INDIANA The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886 Bogard Township, Daviess County, p. 891 BENEDICT J. WADE, is a descendant of one of four brothers who came from Virginia to Kentucky at an early period where they became extensive slave- holders and acquired considerable wealth. Two of the brothers went to Ohio where they freed their slaves, as did the two who remained in Kentucky. On emancipating their slaves each of the brothers gave his negroes forty acres of land. The Wades continued to amass wealth and were in all probability the ancestors of all the Wades in this section of the country. Benedict J. Wade is a descendant of one of the brothers who remained in Kentucky. He was the fourth of a family of ten children born to Evan and Ellen (Brewer) Wade, (see biography of James Wade). Evan was the grandson of one of the original four brothers. He was born in Kentucky in 1793, and in 1820 came to Lawrence County, Ind., where he resided until 1837, when he moved to Daviess County, here he spent the remainder of his days. He was in the war of 1812 and in the battle of New Orleans. He was a farmer in good circumstances and at the time of his death was the owner of 320 acres of well-improved land. He was a member of the Catholic Church and a Whig until 1852, when he became an uncompromising Democrat. He was one of the early pioneers and died in 1865. The mother was a native of Maryland and when twenty-two years old moved to Kentucky. She was born in 1790 and died in 1864. She had three brothers who came to Daviess County, Ind., and one yet lives in Barr Township. The Brewer family came from Belgium to this country in the same vessel with Lord Baltimore. Benedict Wade was born in Kentucky, May 19, 1820. He was reared in Lawrence County, Ind., and when seventeen years old came to Daviess County with his parents. When twenty-two years old he married and located on the farm where he now lives. For forty-nine years he has continued to farm on the same place, and has been very prosperous. He and his sons own 640 acres of very fine land. In 1842 he was married to Malinda Cook who died a year later, leaving one child, Zibea. In 1844 he took for his second wife Marietta Gibson, a native of Kentucky, born in 1822. Twelve children have blessed this union: Thomas A., Maria J. (deceased), William S., Samuel, Sarah (deceased), James M., Andrew J., Julia A. (deceased), George L., Ann E. (deceased), Ella (deceased) and Mary F. The family are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. Wade has been a Democrat since 1852, but previous to that time was a Whig. [Submitter's note: This man, Benedict Wade, is a brother of James Wade, although the bio does not mention the county of his birth. There are bios of members of the mother's family, Brewer and Carrico in Barr Township. I do wish these people had been more careful in citing counties of birth.] ********************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.