Francis Marion Wade

Francis Marion Wade - was born in Knox county, Ohio, December 22, 1833, and settled in this county in 1867. His wife, Harriet (Van Skiver) Wade, was born in Defiance county, January 18, 1840, and married in the same county, February 16, 1867. Their children are: Charlie T., born October 27, 1867; Thomas, December 14, 1868, died 31st of same month; Paul, March 18, 1870, died August 11, 1870; Gertrude, September 26, 1872; Daniel March 28, 1875; Roy, March 28, 1875; Harriet Grace, March 30, 1878; Holland, December 30, 1881. The paternal grandparents are Thomas Wade, born in 1798, died in 1874, and Mary (Severns) Wade, who died in 1852. The maternal grandparents are Isaac B. and Nancy (Wells) Van Skiver. Mr. Wade had served as Township Treasurer, and is now filling the office of County Commissioner, having been elected in the Fall of 1878. His brother, Thomas Benton Wade, was a member of Company F, 54th Ohio; was a prisoner in the hands of the rebels for sixteen months; was in many hard fought battles. Mrs. Wade’s father served in company B, 68th Ohio; died at Fort Donelson; she also had three brothers in the army. Mr. Wade is a farmer, and can be addressed at Defiance, Defiance county, Ohio.