My WADE family moved to Kansas in 1868. From a letter I have, it appears that they moved there for the land, as he owned a large cattle ranch in Keene, not far from Kansas City. Ambrose Ford Wade was also a Civil War vet, and business owner in Keene and served in the Kansas state legislature. A written account of how they got to Kansas may interest some: They left Kinsman (Trumbull Co. OH) by boat in one of the headwaters of the Ohio River to Pittsburgh, PA. From Pittsburgh they came witht their goods by steamship down the Ohio River to the Mississippi River, then the Missouri River to Kansas City. The final miles to Mission Township were by wagon. Ambrose WADE was married to Ora Caroline COLE of Crawford Co. PA. Ambrose was born in Kinsman, OH. Linnea

Linnea: I am interested in the Cole side of your family, actually everyone, but especially Ore Caroline Cole. I have Catherine Strayer who married John Cole from Crawford County. Does this ring a bell??????? Thanks Lorayne Strayer Hritz ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [Crawf'rd] Migration to Kansas/Wade-Cole family > My WADE family moved to Kansas in 1868. From a letter I have, it appears > that they moved there for the land, as he owned a large cattle ranch in > Keene, not far from Kansas City. Ambrose Ford Wade was also a Civil War vet, > and business owner in Keene and served in the Kansas state legislature. > > A written account of how they got to Kansas may interest some: They left > Kinsman (Trumbull Co. OH) by boat in one of the headwaters of the Ohio River > to Pittsburgh, PA. From Pittsburgh they came witht their goods by steamship > down the Ohio River to the Mississippi River, then the Missouri River to > Kansas City. The final miles to Mission Township were by wagon. > > Ambrose WADE was married to Ora Caroline COLE of Crawford Co. PA. Ambrose > was born in Kinsman, OH. > > Linnea > > > ==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > NO Virus warnings, seasonal greetings or private 'chit-chat' on this > list, okay! Other than that, anything pertaining to the lives and times > of those we seek goes, but MUST be kept within the *List's Golden Rule*. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >