This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wade, Smith, Barrett, Bartholomew Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1186.1.3.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. February 25, 1897. "DIED".--WADE.--At the home of his daughter Mrs. Smith, in Parnell, Mo., Thos. J. Wade, of dropsy of the heart, Feb. 8, 1897. Thomas Wade was born in Indiana, Dec. 18, 1848. He came to Iowa with his parents in 1866. He was united in marriage to Loticia Barrett and to them were born five children. His wife departed this life nearly three years ago. Last Christmas he visited with his sister, Mrs. W.S. Bartholomew, and left here feeling well and hearty and his sudden derath was a great shock to her. On account of her father's sickness she was not able to be present at the funeral.