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| | Three members of the Ohio Wade family played important roles in the history of Camp Nelson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Born in 1800 in Feeding Hills, near Springfield, MA, Benjamin Franklin Wade moved with his parents, Mary Upham and James Wade, who had served as a sergeant in the Revolutionary War, and eight siblings to Andover, OH in 1821. |
 | | Although he had little formal education, he was schooled at home by his mother, the daughter of a Baptist minister, enabling him to undertake the study of law in Canfield, OH in 1825; he was admitted to the bar three years later. |
 | | James Wade, born in Jefferson, OH in 1843, was a career army officer, beginning in 1861 as a first lieutenant of the 3rd U.S. Cavalry. |
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