The eldest son of John ADE and Adaline Wardell BUSH, was born 3 August 1859 in Morocco, Newton County, Indiana and named William Henry ADE, after two of his paternal uncles.  A biographical sketch published in A Standard History of Jasper and Newton Counties, Indiana (Chicago, 1916) provides the following about William and his parents: “Of the Ade family of Continue Reading »

As stated in a previous post, John ADE (Jr.), son of John and Esther Ade, had spent some time in Cincinnati, where he operated a toll gate near the city between 1849 and 1850.  Around this time, John met and married Adaline W. BUSH.  A History of Warren, Benton, Jasper & Newton Counties, Indiana (Chicago, 1883) tells this about the Continue Reading »