Biographical Sketch of Hon. William H. Wade, Greene County, Missouri, 
Center Township

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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This gentleman is the son of Isaac S. and Eleanor (Lamb) Wade, and was 
born in Clarke County, Ohio, November 3, 1835.  His father was a native
of Virginia, and was for thirty years a justice of the peace.  His 
mother was born in Ohio, and her father was a captain in the War of 
1812.  William H. grew to manhood in his native county, where he was
educated, finishing his education at Antioch college.  He followed 
farming and teaching until the civil war began, and went out at the
first call of troops as 1st lieutenant of a company in the 16th Ohio
regiment.  He was mustered out as lieut. colonel in April, 1866, having
served five years and nine days.  He was at the battles of Corinth, 
Murfeesboro, Chickamauga, and all the battles in the department of the
Cumberland.  On May, 1866, he moved to Saline County, Missouri, where
he lived until 1874.  He then came to Greene County, and in 1880 he was
elected to the Legislature, and re-elected in 1882.  He was one of the
ablest members of that body.  Mr. Wade was married in 1867 to Miss 
Mary, daughter of William and Lydia (Price) Knott, of Clark County,
Ohio.  Their union has been blest with six children, four of whom are
living.

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