Levi Clifford Wade was born on January 16, 1843, in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, to Levi Wade and A. Annie Wade (née Rogers).[3][4][5] He was educated at local schools until the age of 13 when he was privately tutored.[4]
Wade married Margaret A. Rogers of Bath, Maine, on November 16, 1869.[3][4] Together, they had four sons (Arthur, William, Levi, and Robert) and two daughters that died in infancy.[3][4]
They lived in a small house in Newton Upper Falls from 1869 to 1881. After, they moved to a 225-acre estate called "Homewood" in Oak Hill, Newton, Massachusetts.[3]
Wade was admitted to the bar in 1873, and entered the law office of I.W. Richardson.[4] Wade practiced law in Boston, Massachusetts, first as a solo practitioner in 1875, then in 1877 until May 1, 1880, in partnership with future Governor John Q. A. Brackett.[3][4][6]
He also served as the director of the Mexican Central Railway, Sonora Railroad, Cincinnati, Sandusky, & Cleveland Railroad, the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, and the Theological Library in Boston.[3][4] He served on the water board of Newton.[3][4]
Illness and death
On March 21, 1891, after a lingering illness of only a few weeks, Wade died at his "Homewood" residence at Oak Hill.[6][4] He was interred at Newton Cemetery.[8]
^ abcdePletcher, David M. (1998), The Diplomacy of Trade and Investment: American Economic Expansion in the Hemisphere, 1865-1900, Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, p. 96
^Busbey, T. A. (1893), Who's Who in Railroading and Rail Transit - Edition of 1893, Chicago, Illinois: The Lakeside Press, p. 308
