WADE BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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WADE, Eli - b: 1837 Floyd Co, VA
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 689
residence: Fields Creek Twp

Eli Wade. The subject of this sketch was born in Floyd County, Virginia, January 
20, 1837, being the son of Owen and Lavina (Fliger) Floyd {corr. Wade}, natives of 
Virginia. Eli was the third of a family of twelve children. His youth was passed 
on the farm in Virginia, and he received a common school education, following 
farming until 1871, when he began working at wagon making and carpentering in 
Tennessee and Illinois. In 1872 he removed to Lafayette County, Missouri, giving 
his attention to farming two years, after which he worked at wagon making in 
Higginsville for three years. In 1876 he came to Henry County, Missouri, and 
remained in Clinton for one year. Since that time he has been occupied in farming. 
In March, 1880, he took charge of the county farm and has continued to manage it 
to the entire satisfaction of the citizens of the county. In 1861 he enlisted in 
Company D, Fifty-fourth Virginia Infantry, and was sergeant of his company. At 
Bentonville he was captured and taken to Point Lookout, where he was confined 
for three months. He is a member of the M. E. Church, South. Mr. Wade was married 
November 14, 1874, to Miss Bettie Albine, of Lafayette County, Missouri. They 
have two children: Laura and Herbie. They have lost one child, Edgar.

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