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LUTHER E. WADE, a
farmer on section 25 and 28, Edgar township, was born in Adams
County, Ohio, June 22, 1845, a son of Elijah and Margaret (Cooper)
Wade, who were married in Ohio in 1838, and eight children were born
to them, Luther being the fourth. The Wade family came from Ohio to
Shelby County, Ill., in 1854, removing later to Edgar County and
settling where Luther E. now resides. He was reared on farm and
received his education In the pubic: schools and
Westfield College,
Clark County, Ill. For six years he was engaged in teaching school,
and in 1875 went to Ohio, making his home in
Cincinnati,
where he was
employed a clerk on a Ohio River Steamboat for two years, at the end
of which time he returned to his home and continued farming. In 1886
he removed to Kansas and bought land in Scott County, where for a
time he engaged in real estate. He then returned to his present
home, where he has since been engaged in farming and owns 175 acres,
his brother Joseph owning the adjoining farm of 175 acres. They
conduct the farms in partnership, dividing the profit of every thing
sold. Mr. Wade was united in marriage August 30, 1894, to Miss
Marietta, a daughter of W. A. Jones, and three children have been
born to them, namely: Calvin Nye Margaret Helen (deceased) and
Jason. In politics Mr. Wade is a Republican. Fraternally he is
a Mason, belonging to Blue Lodge of Chrisman, Chapter and Commandery at Paris, and has served as Town Clerk. The father of Mr.
Wade was born In Ohio in 1810 and died October 20, 1896, the
mother's birth occurring in Pennsylvania in 1814 Mrs. Luther E. Wade
was born in Marietta, Ohio. |
