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Below is a family biography included in The History of Gibson County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Hon. William Wallace Wade was born in Gibson County, Tenn., April 28, 1856, son of William E. and Rebecca (Davis) Wade, who were born respectively, in Maryland and Tennessee. The father came to Middle Tennessee with his parents about 1813, being but seven years of age at that time. In 1828 he came to Gibson County where he married and reared a family of four sons and four daughters, and followed farming until his death, July 1, 1884. William W. Wade was reared on his father’s farm and attended the literary department of the Vanderbilt University at Nashville two years, and graduated from the law department of that institution in the spring of 1880. He returned to Trenton and began practicing with C. B. Herron and formed his present partnership with Thomas E. Harwood in 1881. Mr. Wade is a Democrat and has taken an active interest in local and State political affairs. In 1881 he was elected city recorder of Trenton and served two years by re-election. In 1883 he was elected mayor of the city, and in November of the next year was elected to the State Legislature and served with honor and distinction during the sessions of 1885 and 1886, and is a candidate for re-election. He is unmarried and is a Presbyterian in faith.
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This family biography is one of 242 biographies included in The History of Gibson County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Gibson County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee
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