Brief Life History of Pleasant
When Pleasant Wade was born in August 1854, in Illinois, United States, his father, William Wade, was 38 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Hipes, was 34. He married Charlotte C. Brashears on 23 February 1876, in Greenup, Cumberland, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in South Muddy Township, Jasper, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Fox Township, Jasper, Illinois, United States in 1910. He died on 20 February 1921, in Olney, Richland, Illinois, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Illinois, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States Census, 1900"
- Pleasant Wade, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Pleasent Wade, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Wade (Old English Wada or, via Norman French, from ancient Germanic Wado, of unclear origin but possibly related to Old English wadan ‘to go’).
English: topographic name from Middle English wade ‘ford’ (Old English (ge)wæd ‘ford, especially a tidal crossing’) for someone who lived by a ford, or a habitational name from a place so called, such as Wade Hall in North Cove (Suffolk).
Irish: shortened and altered from Mac Uaid, see McQuaid .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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