A History of Long Island, vol. 2: biographies of Dr. John E. Wade and Dr. James D. Wade

Citation: Peter Ross, A History of Long Island, from its earliest settlement to the present time, vol. 2 (New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1902), pp. 145–146, "John E. Wade, M. D.", and pp. 304–305, "James D. Wade, M. D."; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyoflongisl02ross, scans n245–n246, n570 and n573), accessed 9 November 2026. FamilySearch already has the two pages attached as sources (7YFD-7M8 on John E. Wade, 7YFD-W8X on James D. Wade).

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Transcribed from the Internet Archive's OCR text, with obvious OCR errors corrected (e.g. "ol"" to "of", "-nil" to "still", ".Yew" to "New"); not yet checked against the page images.

pp. 145–146 (scans n245–n246):

JOHN E. WADE, M. D.

In the city where Dr. John Edward Wade is now practicing his profession he was born on the 24th of August, 1848, and throughout his entire life he has been a resident of Brooklyn. His parents were James M. and Elizabeth (Wade) Wade, natives of New York city. The father, who was a prominent builder, died at the age of sixty years, but the mother is still living, at the age of eighty-four. The Doctor is a grandson of John Wade and great-grandson of Edward Wade, who became the founder of the family in America, emigrating to this country from England about 1800. The Doctor is the third in a family of four children, the others being James D., a practicing physician of Brooklyn; William H., a builder of this city; and Durlyn, of Brooklyn.

In the public schools of Brooklyn Dr. Wade acquired his literary education and prepared for professional life as a student in the Medical College of the University of New York, in which he was graduated with the class of 1871. Soon after completing the course he located in Brooklyn and has since engaged in the practice of his profession, enjoying a successful career from the beginning. He soon demonstrated his ability to cope with the intricate problems that meet the physician, and his labors have been attended with excellent results, which indicate his thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the science of medicine. He was for some time connected with the Bushwick and Eastern District Hospital, and is a member of the Medical Society of the County of Kings.

The Doctor was married, in 1870, to Miss Hester Rogers, of Brooklyn, and they now have two children,—Frank Edward, who is a student in Amhurst [sic] College, in the class of 1901; and Adele Wade. The Doctor is a member of the Royal Arcanum, the Legion of Honor and the Green Avenue Baptist church, and in the last named has served as trustee.

pp. 304–305 (scans n570 and n573):

JAMES D. WADE, M. D.

For thirty-five years Dr. Wade has been engaged in the practice of medicine in Brooklyn, maintaining his residence in the nineteenth ward, and for thirty years he has been located at his present home at No. 252 South Ninth street. [...]

The Doctor was born in New York city, on the 15th of March, 1838, and after attending the public schools until he had become familiar with the branches taught therein, he entered the New York University, in which he was graduated in 1866. In the meantime, however, he had loyally served his country in the Civil war, and his brother was also member of the One Hundred and Seventy-sixth New York Regiment. The Doctor enlisted in the Forty-seventh Regiment as a sergeant under Colonel Jeremiah V. Meserole and during his three months' term of enlistment was engaged in duty around Washington. In 1862 he re-enlisted, becoming a member of the One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Regiment of New York Volunteers. This organization was known as Old Ironsides,—a name which indicates the fighting qualities of its members, whose brave [sic] and loyalty enabled them to withstand with the strength of iron the onslaughts of the enemy, never faltering before the most merciless attacks. The Doctor with his regiment was assigned to the Nineteenth Army Corps in the Department of the Gulf and did duty in Louisiana, participating in the engagement at Port Hudson and in the Red river campaign. On the expiration of his second term of enlistment he returned to New Orleans and passed a competitive examination for a commission in a regiment of colored troops and thus became captain of Company F, Eighty-seventh United States Colored Infantry, with which he remained for eighteen months, when the regiment became so badly shattered that it was mustered out. The Doctor had participated in the action at Brasier City, Louisiana, and there with a number of his men was taken prisoner. After a week's captivity the party managed to escape and started for New Orleans, one hundred and sixty miles away. They slept in swamps and in the forests in the day time and traveled by night, finally reaching their destination after suffering untold hardships.

In 1864 Dr. Wade returned to the north and resumed the study of medicine in the University of New York. [...] He is a member of the Kings County Medical Society and was for several years on the visiting staff of the Eastern District Hospital.

In October, 1869, occurred the marriage of Dr. Wade and Harriet Ricker. Their son, Dr. Henry Albert Wade, married Helen Brown. He is a graduate of the medical department of the University of New York of the class of 1894, now practices in Brooklyn and is a member of the Kings County Medical Society. In his political views Dr. James D. Wade is a Republican, standing by the party which upheld the Union cause. He also belongs to Henry Lee Post, No. 2[1?], G. A. R., and has annually been re-elected as surgeon of this organization for the last twenty years.