Dies in Her 100th Year: Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade Bright Mentally Until End

Citation: "Dies in Her 100th Year: Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade Bright Mentally Until End," The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), 17 December 1915, p. 11; image, Newspapers.com (clipping by mattjameswade, 7 July 2019).

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DIES IN HER 100TH YEAR. Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade Bright Mentally Until End.
New York, Dec. 17.—Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade died Wednesday in her one hundredth year at the home of her son, Dr. John E. Wade, 908 Greene avenue, Brooklyn. Mrs. Wade would have become 100 years old if she had lived until March 1 next.
Mrs. Wade was born in Gold street, New York city, when that thoroughfare was in the farming district. She was the widow of James M. Wade, who died more than 40 years ago. For the last 15 years she has made her home with her only surviving son, Dr. Wade.
Until her last illness, which lasted only a week, Mrs. Wade was bright mentally and physically alert. She was somewhat deaf, but read the newspapers daily. She was active in church work during all her life. One of her most vivid recollections was of the reception in Castle Garden to General Lafayette on his visit here from France.