Wade, Benjamin

WADE

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/9/2021 at 22:23:03

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.713

WADE, BENJAMIN, farmer, Palmyra Township, Sec. 26, P. O. Carlisle; born in Lucerne county, Pennsylvania, January 30, 1822; was four years of age, when his parents moved to Muskingum county, Ohio, but was principally raised in Seneca county; was married there to Miss Maria Miller, December, 1844, a native of Fairfield county, that State; they came to this county, in 1856, and he he now owns 204 acres of land; they have a family of five sons: Lafayette, Joseph, Abraham, Robert and Benjamin Jr., they have lost two sons and two daughters: James and Chaney, who were killed by the Indians, near Fort Kearny, Margaret T. and Rebecca E.