When Josiah Reed Wade was born on 14 January 1878, in Morgantown, Butler, Kentucky, United States, his father, James Henry Wade, was 45 and his mother, Nancy E Reed, was 41. He married Louella Tommie White on 24 December 1902, in Morgantown, Butler, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Election Precinct 6 Big Bend, Bent, Colorado, United States in 1920 and Prowers, Prowers, Colorado, United States in 1930. He died on 18 August 1938, in Lamar, Prowers, Colorado, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Wade Cemetery, Morgantown, Butler, Kentucky, United States.
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Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Historical Boundaries: 1881: Bent, Colorado, United States 1889: Prowers, Colorado, United States
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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