WILLIAM WADE - Genealogy Research Papers

WILLIAM WADE 

18. WILLIAM WADE 

Born 07 Aug 1817 Shelby County, Kentucky 

Died 13 Oct 1862 Shelby County, Kentucky 

Married 19. Louisa Crook Johnson 24 Oct 1844 Franklin County, Kentucky 

Born 25 May 1819 Shelby County, Kentucky 

Died 28 Feb 1870 Shelby County, Kentucky 

Children: 

Rebecca Jane “Puss” Wade 

b. 13 Feb 1846 Shelby County, Kentucky 

d. 1906 (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky) 

m. George Frank Duncan 09 Apr 1868 

James William Wade 

b. 06 Jul 1847 Shelby County, Kentucky 

d. 1928 Shelby Co, KY (bur. Lebanon Bapt Ch Cem, Franklin Co) 

m. Anna Elizabeth Snook 29 Feb 1876 Franklin County, Kentucky 

9. Mary Edna Wade 

b. 21 May 1849 Shelby County, Kentucky 

d. 06 May 1924 Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 

m. 8. William Samuel Scrogins 25 Jan 1866 Shelby County, Kentucky 

Robert Warren Wade 


d. 

m. 

Martha Ellen “Matt” Wade 

b. 17 Jun 1858 Shelby County, Kentucky 


m. Walker D Duncan 18 Sep 1877 Shelby County, Kentucky 

William “Billy” Wade was a son of Royal Wade and Rachel Jones, who came to 

Kentucky from Franklin County, Virginia, about 1792. Louisa Crook Johnson was a 

daughter of Jones Johnson and Mary “Polly” Crook. (Wade family Bible in the 

possession of Dorothy Ellis Hedges, Bagdad, KY, transcribed by Ronald Harrod, 

Bagdad, 1976.) 

The Wade Bible is an Alexander’s Stereotype Edition, published by C. Alexander and 

Company, Athenian Building, Franklin Place, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1834. It 

was described by Ronald Harrod, another Wade descendant, as “very old & rotten and 

moths have eaten part of it.” It measured about 12 by 8 inches. The front cover was 

missing and the back cover was “very stiff” leather. Some of the pages appeared to be 

missing, from when Harrod saw it some fifteen years earlier, while it was in the 

possession of Ruth Duncan Ellis. It has not been determined to whom it originally 

belonged, who made the entries or how it descended to Ruth Duncan Ellis, who gave it 

to her daughter Dorothy Ellis Hedges, but it is reasonable to assume that Ruth received 

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it from her mother Martha Wade Duncan. The Bible also contained a loose-leaf birth 

record for the family of Jones Johnson and Polly Crook. While residing in New York City 

and visiting Bagdad, soon after receiving the transcript of the Bible entries from Ronald 

Harrod in 1976, the compiler telephoned Mrs. Hedges for permission to see and 

photograph the Bible. She reluctantly agreed, but when he arrived at her home, shortly 

after calling, she did not answer the door, apparently, as has been stated by other 

relatives in the Bagdad area, uneasy about admitting strangers into her house and a 

jealous guardian of the Bible. Most of the upper third of the family record page, 

containing the family of Royal Wade and Rachel Jones, is missing because of a 

diagonal tear that carried away the names of the first four entries which probably 

included the parents, since the first remaining notation is the day and year of the birth of 

their first child Mary Wade in 1794: 

. 18, 1794 

Oct. 21, 1797 

Sarah Wade born Sep. 19, 1799 

Rachael Wade born May 8, 1801 

Susanah Wade born Jul. 2, 1802 

John Wade born Jan. 2, 1803 

Marget Wade born Apr. 28, 1805 

Anderson Wade born Dec. 9, 1808 

Isaac Wade born May 18, 1809 

Eliza Wade born Dec. 11, 1811 

Josiah Wade born Dec. 28, 1812 

Squire Wade born May 4, 1814 

William Wade born Aug. 7, 1817 

The following entries were written by two or three different hands in various places in 

the Bible: 

Births 

Rebecca Jane Wade Feb. 13, 1846 

James William Wade Jul. 6, 1847 

Mary Edna Wade May 21, 1849 

Robert Warren Wade May 6, 1851 

Martha Ellen Wade Jun. 17, 1858 

Alfred Wade Dec. 8, 1835 

Sally Wade Nov. 1, 1836 

Jane Wade Aug. 24, 1838 

William Henry Wade Jul. 19, 1840 

John Berry Wade Apr. 30, 1842 

William Lee Wade Jun. 30, 1826 

William Anderson Wade Apr. 17, 1837 

Jessie Wade Oct. 13, 1838 

John Samuel Wade Jan. 18, 1840 




Elizabeth Wade Feb. 23, 1841 

Obadiah Wade Oct. 22, 1836 

Louisa C. Wade Apr. 25, 1819 

Deaths 

Louisa Wade Feb. 28, 1870 

Aged 50 yrs 9 mo. 3 days 

Josiah Wade Aug. 15, 1840 

Marriages 

Mary Edna Wade and William S. Scrogins married Jan. 25, 1866 

G. F. Duncan and R. J. Wade was married Apr. 9, 1868 

Martha Ellen Wade & W. D. Duncan were united by Thomas Daniel 

at William Scrogins on this 18th day of Sep. 1877 

in presence of James R. Duncan and G. F. Duncan 

The birth entry for Martha Ellen Wade was copied erroneously as Mary Ellen in the 

Harrod transcript, which Ronald later verified. 

Ronald Harrod described the Johnson family record as a very old and fancy paper, not 

part of the Bible, but in it. He misread the name Jones Johnson as James Johnson and 

the middle initial of William Logan Johnson as J., but they are given correctly here for 

clarity: 

Family Records 

Jones Johnson June 22, 1792 

Polly Johnson July 26, 1788 

Elizabeth Johnson Aug. 21, 1815 

Sally P. Johnson Aug. 6, 1817 

Louisa C. Johnson Apr. 25, 1819 

Polly Anne Johnson Apr. 4, 1821 

William L. Johnson Feb. 14, 1823 

Robert Warren Johnson Jul. 25, 1825 

Fountain William Johnson Jul. 15, 1828 

According to her marriage license, the parents of Mary Edna Wade were born in Shelby 

County, Kentucky. (Shelby County, Kentucky, Marriage Book 9, page 3168.) 

The marriage of William Wade and Louisa Crook Johnson took place in Franklin 




County, Kentucky, probably at the home of her parents. Mary Crook Johnson, widow of 

Jones Johnson, resided in Franklin County, Kentucky, on 13 February 1845, when she 

and her children, including William and Louisa Wade, sold two tracts of land in Shelby 

County, Kentucky. (Shelby County, Kentucky, Deed Book O2, pages 116-118.) The 

ceremony was performed by Abraham Cook, minister of Indian Fork Baptist Church, 

which is in Shelby County, not far from the Franklin County line. Abraham Cook was 

related to the Scroggins family through the Bohannon family. The record seems to 

identify both parties as residents of Franklin County, but the Wade family lived in 

Shelby County: (Franklin County, Kentucky, Marriage Book 2, page30.) 

I do certify that I did, on the 24th day of October, 1844, celebrate the rites of 

matrimony between William Wade and Louisa C. Johnson of this County, 

agreeably to the rules of the church to which I belong. Witness my hand this 24 

day of October, 1844 

Abraham Cooke 

William and Louisa Johnson Wade were residents of Shelby County in 1850, when her 

mother, two brothers and a sister lived with them: (Federal Census Microcopy 432, Roll 

218, Shelby County District 1, dwelling 916, family 916.) 

W Wade 32 M Farmer born KY (William) 

L Wade 30 F KY (Louisa) 

B J Wade 4 F KY (Rebecca “Becky” Jane) 

J W Wade 3 M KY (James William) 

M E Wade 1 F KY (Mary Edna) 

M Johnson 64 F KY (Mary “Polly”) 

R W Johnson 24 M Laborer KY (Robert Warren) 

F W Johnson 20 M Laborer KY (Fountain William) 

E Johnson 40 F KY (Elizabeth Johnson Carr?) 

E. Johnson probably was Elizabeth Johnson Carr, widow of Preston Carr, who was 

described unclearly to the enumerator as a daughter of Mary Crook Johnson and 

mistakenly entered by her maiden name. However, Elizabeth Johnson Carr was only 35 

in 1850. Elizabeth J. Johnson and Preston Carr obtained a marriage license, with the 

consent of her father Jones Johnson, on 20 March 1835 and were married by Abraham 

Cook on 21 March 1839. (Shelby County, Kentucky, Marriage Book 5A, page 727.) 

Preston Carr apparently died before 13 February 1845, since he did not participate in 

the deed by which the heirs of Jones Johnson, including Elizabeth Carr, sold his land. 

(Shelby County, Kentucky, Deed Book O2, pages 116-118.) Elizabeth Carr, widow of 

Preston Carr, was married to John Miles on 23 July 1855,by Thomas M. Daniel, with 

William Wade and Anderson Wade as witnesses. (Shelby County, Kentucky, Marriage 

Book 8, page 2374.) 

Royal Wade and Anderson Wade, father and brother of William Wade, were 

enumerated together, next to William, in 1850: (dwelling 917, family 917.) 

R Wade 84 M Farmer born VA (Royal) M Wade 




41 F KY (Margaret) 

A Wade 40 M KY (Anderson) 

P A Wade 30 F KY (Polly Anne Johnson Wade) 

O Wade 15 M KY (Obediah) 

B Wade 1 F KY (Isabella “Belle”) 

Margaret Wade was an unmarried daughter of Royal Wade who later married Samuel 

Miles on 13 November 1863. Aged 56, it was her first marriage and, aged 67, it was his 

third. She was born in Kentucky and her father was born in Virginia.(Shelby County, 

Kentucky, Marriage Book 6, page 1651.) By his first wife America Cheatham, Anderson 

Wade had a son Obediah Wade. By his second wife Polly Anne Johnson, who was a 

sister of Louisa Johnson Wade, he had a daughter Isabella ”Belle” Wade and, after 

1850, a son Fountain Wade. Anderson and Polly were married by Abraham Cook on 01 

September 1847, with James A. Wade, a son of Royal Wade, Jr. and Rebecca Miles, 

as bondsman. (Shelby County, Kentucky. Marriage Book 6, page 1624.) 

William and Louisa Johnson Wade were enumerated in Shelby County on 29 June 

1860, with their children and his unmarried sister Eliza Wade, who was described as an 

idiot, living with them in the area of Christiansburg Post Office. He was shown as having 

real estate valued at $800 and personal property worth $425. All of their children had 

attended school during the past year: (Federal Census Microcopy 653, Roll 395, Shelby 

County District 2, dwelling 658, family 614.) 

Wm Wade 43 M Farmer born KY 

Louisa Wade 41 F KY 

Rebecca Wade 14 F KY 

James Wade 13 M KY 

Mary Wade 11 F KY 

Robt Wade 9 M KY 

Martha Wade 2 F KY 

Eliza Wade 50 F KY 

Anderson and Polly Anne Johnson Wade were tabulated next to William and Louisa, 

with real estate valued at $800 and personal property worth $400. Polly Johnson, 

mother of Polly Anne Wade and Louisa Wade, lived with Anderson: (dwelling 

659,family 615.) 

Andn Wade 53 M Farmer born KY 

Polly Wade 39 F KY 

Isabella Wade 12 F KY 

Fountain Wade 7 M KY 

Polly Johnson 70 F KY 

The land on which William Wade and Anderson Wade lived may have descended to 

them jointly from their father Royal Wade, without benefit of a deed or will. On 20 March 

1867, a tract of land owned in partnership by William Wade and Anderson Wade was 

surveyed and equally divided between Anderson Wade and the widow and heirs of 




William Wade. The division was made upon a motion by Anderson Wade, Louisa 

Wade, Rebecca Wade, James W. Wade, Mary Scrogins and John Miles, guardian of 

James W. Wade, R. W. Wade and Martha E. Wade. (Shelby County, Kentucky, Will 

Book 31, page 396.) The naming of James W. Wade twice probably was a copying 

error by the court clerk. 

The death date for William Wade, and other vital statistics for his family, which were not 

in the Wade Bible, appear in other family records. (Data of Garril L. Kueber, New 

Orleans, LA, 1987.) 

Mary Edna Wade and William Samuel Scrogins were married at the home of Mrs. L. 

Wade on 25 January 1866. John Miles secured the bond and verified that the 16-yearold 

girl had parental permission to marry. The groom was 23. The ceremony was 

performed by T. M. Daniel, Minister of the Gospel, and witnessed by Walter Beckley 

and John Miles: (Shelby County, Kentucky, Marriage Book 9, page3168.) 

We, the undersigned, are jointly and severally held and firmly bound unto the 

Commonwealth of Kentucky in the sum of $100, to be made and levied of our 

respective goods, chattels, lands, and tenements, and for the use of the 

Commonwealth, upon the condition that there is no lawful cause to obstruct the 

marriage of William S. Scrogin and Miss Mary E. Wade. Given under our hands 

and seals this 20 day of January 1866. 

William S. Scrogin (Seal) 

John Miles (Seal) 

State of Kentucky, Shelby County Sct. William S. Scrogin having entered into 

bond, with security in the penalty of $100, this license is granted him to 

intermarry with Miss Mary E. Wade, daughter of Louisa Wade of this County, who 

certifies her covenant thereto, in writing or proven by John Miles, and any minister, 

legally authorized, may celebrate the rites of matrimony between the said parties. 

Given under my hand as Clerk this 20day of January 1866. 

John F. Ballard Clerk Shelby County Court 

On the 25 day of Jan. 1866 I did celebrate the rites of matrimony between the 

above named William S. Scrogin and Mary E. Wade in the presence of Walter 

Beckley and John Miles, witnesses. Given under my hand this 1st day of Feb. 

1866. 

T. M. Daniel M.G. 

Date of Marriage 25 Jany 1866 

Where Solemnized at Mrs. L. Wade 

Name of Groom Wm. S. Scrogan 

Residence of Groom 

Shelby County 

Age of Groom 

23 years 

No. of marriage of Groom 1st 

Occupation 

farmer 



Birthplace of Groom Shelby County 

Birthplace of Groom’s Father Kentucky 

Birthplace of Groom’s Mother Shelby County 


Name of Bride 

Miss Mary E. Wade 

Residence of Bride Shelby County 

Age of Bride 

18 years 

No. of marriage of Bride 1st 

Birthplace of Bride Shelby County 

Birthplace of Bride’s Father do 

Birthplace of Bride’s Mother do 

Returned to my office, as Clerk of the Shelby County Court, on the 1st day of Feb.1866, 

and recorded by John F. Ballard 

This gives the age of Mary Edna, as 18 but, having been born on 21 May 1849, she 

was only 16 in January 1866. 

William Samuel Scrogins, who married Edna Wade, as she was known, was a son of 

Benjamin Scrogin and Pamelia Bohannon of Shelby County. In later years, William 

usually signed his name Scrogins but his father signed his name Scrogin. 

Louisa Scrogin, sister of William Samuel Scrogins, married William Elza Wade, son of 

Royal Wade, Jr., on 14 October 1852. Thomas M. Daniel also conducted their 

marriage. (Shelby County, Kentucky, Marriage Book 8, page 2119). 

William and Louisa Johnson Wade may be buried in Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery 

in northwestern Franklin County, near the Shelby County line. (Recollections of Sciota 

Young Scroggins to the compiler). Lebanon Church is at the intersection of Lebanon 

Ridge and Scrabble roads. The cemetery is in two parts. Some of the graves are across 

the road and others are beside the church, which is where James William Wade, his 

wife Anna Elizabeth Snook and daughter Jennie are interred: (Church and Family 

Graveyards of Franklin County, The Kentucky Genealogical Society, Frankfort, 1976.) 

Wade, Anne E. 1856-1912 

Wade, James W. 1847-1928 

Wade, Jennie 1882-1896 

Lebanon Ridge Road runs north from State Route 12, 4 miles east of Bagdad and 3.4 

miles west of US421. SR12, which is called Dry Ridge Road in Franklin County, runs 

west from US421, about 7 miles north of Frankfort. Lebanon Ridge Road also intersects 

US421, north of the church, between the community of Flag Fork and the Henry County 

line, 15.6 miles from New Castle. 




GEORGE FRANK DUNCAN 

Born 1847 

Died 1894 (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky) 

Married Rebecca Jane “Puss” Wade 09 Apr 1868 Shelby County, Kentucky 

Born 13 Feb 1846 Shelby County, Kentucky 


Children: 

Florence Duncan 

b. 1869 


m. Marquis D Moore 

b. 1866 


c. none 

W Robert “Bud” Duncan 

b. 1871 


m. Mary Graves 

c. Viola Duncan 

b. 1907 


m. not married 

The marriage bond for G. F. Duncan and Rebecka J. Wade was secured by William 

Johnson. They were married on 09 April 1868. (Shelby County, Kentucky, Marriages, 

Volume II, Eula Richardson Hasskarl, Ada, OK, 1985.) 




JAMES WILLIAM WADE 

Born 06 Jul 1847 Shelby County, Kentucky 

Died 1928 (bur. Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Franklin County, KY) 

Married Anna Elizabeth Snook 29 Feb 1876 Franklin County, Kentucky 

Born 28 Oct 1854 Franklin County, Kentucky 

Died 1912 (bur. Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery) 

Children: 

William Robert Wade 

b. 27 Dec 1876 Franklin County, Kentucky 


m. Eva Gordon 

b. 1887 


Minnie Pearl Wade 

b. 12 Nov 1877 Franklin County, Kentucky 

d. 1933 (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky 

m. Willard W Harlow 

b. 1870 


Oscar Wade 

b. 08 Jul 1879 Franklin County, Kentucky 

d. 26 Oct 1963 Frankfort, Franklin Co, KY (bur. Bagdad Cem, Shelby Co) 

m. Effie Lee Wade 31 Dec 1908 Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana 

b. 19 Sep 1888 

d. 29 Jan 1986 (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky) 

Annie Wade 

b. 27 Jan 1881 Franklin County, Kentucky 


m. Robert Lee Kesler 

b. 1876 


Jennie Wade 

b. 09 Mar 1882 Franklin County, Kentucky 

d. 1897 Franklin County, Kentucky (bur. Lebanon Baptist Church) 





Curtis Austin Wade 

b. 22 Jul 1883 Franklin County, Kentucky 


m. Annie B Cook 

b. 1883 


Mollie Wade 

b. 03 Jan 1885 Franklin County, Kentucky 


m. Richard M “Babe” Phillips 

b. 1880 


Lou Forrest Wade 

b. 05 Oct 1887 Franklin County, Kentucky 

d. 08 Oct 1962 Shelby County, Kentucky (bur. Bagdad Cemetery) 

m. Clarence Porter Harrod 03 Nov 1909 

b. 1888 


Mattie Florence Wade 

b. 27 Jun 1889 Franklin County, Kentucky 

d. 01 Feb 1911 

m. Rufus C Harrod 

Effie Lee Wade who married Oscar Wade was a daughter of Jesse Jeffrey Wade and 

Emma D. Facker. She was a granddaughter of Obediah Wade and greatgranddaughter 

of Anderson Wade. (Data of Earl F. Wade, Louisville, KY, 1965, and 

Garril L. Kueber.) 

Robert Lee Kesler, who married Annie Wade, may have been the son of Thomas 

Dudley Kesler (b. 24 May 1828 Franklin County, Kentucky; d. 21 May 1903 Shelby 

County, Kentucky) and Rachel Ann Miles (b. 11 Aug 1833 Shelby County, Kentucky; d. 

02 Feb 1910 Shelby County, Kentucky, who were married on 25 Oct 1849 Shelby 

County, Kentucky, and whose children, including a son named Robert, were 

contemporaries of Robert Lee Kesler. (Scroggins-Kesler data of compiler.) 




WILLIAM ROBERT WADE 

Born 27 Dec 1876 Franklin County, Kentucky 


Married Eva Gordon 

Born 1887 


Children (order of birth unknown): 

Norman Lee Wade 

b. 30 Sep 1917 

d. 

m. Eldora Howe Young 

b. 30 Aug 1919 

d. 

c. Catherine Wade 

b. 

d. 

m. 

Janice Wade 

b. 

d. 

m. 

Norman Wade Jr 

b. 

d. 

m. 

Gordon Gale Wade 

b. 1912 



Kenneth Reed Wade 

b. 05 Jan 1922 

d. 01 Feb 1922 (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky) 


Norman Lee Wade and Eldora Howe Wade have a tombstone giving their birth dates in 

the Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky, which do not contain death dates. 

They are inscribed with the Masonic and Eastern Star emblems. (Bagdad Cemetery, 

Shelby County, Kentucky, Kentucky Genealogical Society, Ramona Slattery, Project 

Chairman, Frankfort, 1996.) 




WILLARD W HARLOW 

Born 1870 


Married Minnie Pearl Wade 

Born 12 Nov 1877 Franklin County, Kentucky 


Children: 

Pauline Harlow 

b. 1901 


m. Eugene T Thompson 

b. 1900 


c. Cary Thompson 

b. 

d. 

m. 

Gene Paul Thompson 

b. 

d. 

m. 

Joe W Harlow 

b. 29 Oct 1908 


m. not 

Elizabeth Harlow 

b. 1910 

d. 19-- (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky) 

m. Samuel D Kesler 

c. unknown 

Edmond “Tommie” Harlow 

b. 1914 


m. Phyllis Ritchie 

c. unknown 

Williard and Minnie Wade Harlow and their children are interred in Bagdad Cemetery: 

(Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky, Kentucky Genealogical Society, Ramona 

Slattery, Project Chairman, Frankfort, 1996.) 

Willard W. Harlow 1870-1951 

Minnie W. Harlow 1878-1933 

Mattie S. Harlow 1888-1947 




Phyllis R. Harlow 1919- (wife of Tommie) 

Tommie Harlow 1914-1953 

Joe W. Harlow Oct. 29, 1908-Jan. 13, 1909 

Pauline H. Thompson 1900-1955 

Eugene T. Thompson 

1900-1976 (husband of Pauline) 

Elizabeth H. Kesler 1910-19-- 

Samuel D. Kesler 1909-1941 

Hubert W. Kesler 1878-1959 

Belle P. Kesler 1883-1970 

Samuel D. Kesler, who married Elizabeth Harlow, probably was a son of Hubert W. and 

Belle P. Kesler who are buried in the same plot. Hubert W. Kesler probably was the son 

of Thomas Dudley Kesler (b. 24 May 1828 Franklin County, Kentucky; d. 21 May 1903 

Shelby County, Kentucky) and Rachel Ann Miles (b. 11 Aug 1833 Shelby County, 

Kentucky; d. 02 Feb 1910 Shelby County, Kentucky, who were married on 25 Oct 1849 

Shelby County, Kentucky, and whose children, including a son named Hubert, were 

contemporaries of Hubert W. Kesler. (Scroggins-Kesler data of compiler.) 




OSCAR WADE 

Born 08 Jul 1879 Franklin County, Kentucky 

Died 26 Oct 1963 Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 

Married Effie Lee Wade 31 Dec 1908 Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana 

Born 19 Sep 1888 Shelby County, Kentucky 

Died 29 Jan 1986 Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 

Children: 

Glendon J Wade 

b. 17 Oct 1911 Shelby County, Kentucky (twin) 

d. 1966 

m. Jeanne Margaret Roys 

c. Barbara Jean Wade 

b. 1936 

d. 

m. Lawrence Nelson Geist 

Patricia Ann Wade 

b. 1940 

d. 

m. Nicholas Brigham Temple 

Karen Joanne Wade 

b. 1942 

d. 

m. (1) James Garland Rumph 

(2) Robert L Cowardin 

Gladine Mae Wade 

b. 17 Oct 1911 Shelby County, Kentucky (twin) 

d. 

m. Louis Peter Kueber 19 Jan 1934 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 

c. Garril Louis “Gary” Kueber 

b. 1936 

d. 

m. Dorothy Ann McCabe 

Dennis Wade Kueber 

b. 1940 

d. 

m. Patricia Ann Kiley 

Glinda Sue Kueber 

b. 1947 

d. 

m. Donald Lloyd Tufts 




ROBERT LEE KESLER 

Born 1876 


Married Annie Wade 

Born 27 Jan 1881 Franklin County, Kentucky 



Oscar Kesler 

b. 

d. 

m. 

Hattie Kesler 

b. 

d. 

m. ----- Cox 

Mary Frances Kesler 

b. 

d. 

m. 

Robert Wade Kesler 

b. 30 Sep 1917 

d. 30 Dec 1917 (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky) 

m. not. 




CURTIS AUSTIN WADE 

Born 22 Jul 1883 Franklin County, Kentucky 


Married Annie B Cook 

Born 1883 



Selbert Wade 

b. 

d. 1959 

m. 

c. none 

Dallas Wade 

b. 

d. 

m. c. Marjorie Dale Wade 

b. 

d. 

m. 

Echo Wade 

b. 

d. 

m. 

Vernon Wade 

b. 

d. 

m. 

Rynthia Belle Wade 

b. 16 Oct 1914 

d. 

m. Willy Busey 

c. unknown 

Rynthia Wade Busey has a tombstone in Bagdad Cemetery with her birth date but no 

death date. (Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky, Kentucky Genealogical 

Society, Ramona Slattery, Project Chairman, Frankfort, 1996.) 




RICHARD M “BABE” PHILLIPS 

Born 1880 


Married Mollie Wade 

Born 03 Jan 1885 Franklin County, Kentucky 


Children: 

Oletta Phillips 

b. 03 Apr 1911 

d. 

m. Shelby L Roberts 

b. 21 May 1910 

d. 02 Feb 1993 (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky) 

c. Marjorie Roberts 

b. 

d. 

m. 

Beatrice Roberts 

b. 

d. 

m. Hubert Young 




CLARENCE PORTER HARROD 

Born Sep 1888 Franklin County, Kentucky 


Married Lou Forrest Wade 

Born 05 Oct 1887 Franklin County, Kentucky 

Died 08 Oct 1962 Shelby County, Kentucky (bur. Bagdad Cemetery) 

Children: 

Alma Mae Harrod 

b. 13 Sep 1910 Shelby County, Kentucky 

d. 19 Dec 1987 (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky) 

m. (1) Charles M Graves 

(2) ----- Rice 

c. Porter Graves 

b. 1930 

d. 

m. 

Lois Charlotte Harrod 

b. 28 Oct 1914 Shelby County, Kentucky 

d. 

m. Lee Eddie Smither 

c. unknown 

Calvin Wade Harrod 


d. 

m. Pauline Deim 

c. unknown 

Harold Connell Harrod 

b. 07 July 1928 Shelby County, Kentucky (twin) 


m. Marcia Baker 

c. unknown 

Howard Ronald Harrod (twin) 

b. 07 Jul 1928 Shelby County, Kentucky (twin) 

d. 


c. none 

Clarence Porter Harrod, who married Lou Wade, was a son of William Calvin Harrod 

and Mary Eliza Watts. He was born in September 1888 in Franklin County, Kentucky. 

Lou Wade Harrod was buried in Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky, on 10 

October 1962. (Data of Ronald Harrod, Bagdad, KY, 1976.) 

Harold Connell Harrod lived in Miami, Florida, in 1976. His tombstone in Bagdad 




Cemetery is incribed, “Pvt. US Army, Korea.” Nearby markers are inscribed with the 

names, Connel Harrod and Ronald Harrod, without dates. (Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby 

County, Kentucky, Kentucky Genealogical Society, Ramona Slattery, Project Chairman, 

Frankfort, 1996.) 

Howard Ronald Harrod worked for the U.S. Post Office in Bagdad, Kentucky, in 1976. 



RUFUS C HARROD 

Born 1891 

Died 1977 

Married Mattie Florence Wade 

Born 27 Jun 1889 Franklin County, Kentucky 

Died 01 Feb 1911 

Children: 

none 




ROBERT WARREN WADE 

Born 06 May 1851 Shelby County, Kentucky 

Died 

Married 

Born 

Died 


Edna Wade 

b. 

d. 

m. 

c. none 


Lou Wade 

b. 

d. 

m. 

c. none 

Leonard Wade 

b. 

d. 

m. 

c. none 




WALKER D DUNCAN 

Born 1857 


Married Martha Ellen “Matt” Wade 

Born 17 Jun 1858 Shelby County, Kentucky 


Children: 

Carl Duncan 

b. 1879 


m. Zula Sherley 

b. 1882 


c. Corrine Duncan 

b. 

d. 

m. ----- (Aldridge/Samples?) 

Elizabeth Duncan 

b. 

d. 

m. ----- Young 

Shirley D Duncan 

b. 1917 


m. 

Mildred Duncan 

b. 

d. 

m. 

Gladys Duncan 

b. 

d. 

m. ----- Young 

Lou Duncan 

b. 20 Dec 1883 

d. 09 Jul 1959 (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky) 

m. James H Young 

b. 01 Feb 1882 

d. 24 Aug 1961 (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky) 

c. Christine Young 

b. 1907 





m. Miller Boone Harrison 

b. 1897 

d. 1975 (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, KY) 

Louise Young 

b. 

d. 

m. ----- Brown 

Ann Ruth Young 

b. 18 Nov 1920 


m. James W Eggen 

Burton Duncan 

b. 1886 

d. 1912 

m. Willie Belle Samples 

c. none 

Elmer Duncan 

b. 24 Jan 1888 

d. 13 Apr 1939 (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky) 

m. Verna Wade 

b. 30 May 1891 

d. 04 Jun 1967 (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky) 

c. Fred Wade Duncan 

b. 1916 

d. 

m. (1) ----- ------ 

(2) Ruth Crawford Mason 

c. Fred Mason Duncan 

b. 06 Sep 1952 

d. 18 Oct 1990 (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby Co, KY) 

m. 

James Wade Duncan 

b. 1954 

d. 

m. 

Lorena Doris Duncan 

b. 1921 

d. 

m. John Curtiss Stigers 

c. Robert Duncan Stigers 

b. 1951 



d. 

m. 


Mary Eleanor Duncan 

b. 1924 

d. 

m. George Nathan Busey Jr 

c. William Major Busey 

b. 1948 

d. 

m. 

Suzanne Busey 

b. 1953 

d. 

m. 

Ruth Duncan 

b. 1892 


m. Olen D Ellis 

b. 1890 


c. Dorothy Ellis 

b. 20 Mar 1922 

d. 

m. Marvin J Hedges 

b. 29 Dec 1917 

d. 29 Dec 1989 (bur. Bagdad Cemetery, Shelby Co, KY) 

Ira Duncan Ellis 

b. 

d. 

m. 

Martha Annette Ellis 

b. 1916 


m. not 

Jim Young who married Lou Duncan was a son of Jerome Buchanan “Buck” Young and 

Fannie Allison. Buck Young was a brother of Henry Clay Young who married Lucy Jane 

Sheets and had Sciota Rebecca “Otie” Young who married William Benjamin ”Banie” 

Scroggins, only son of William Samuel Scrogins and Mary Edna Wade. Banie spelled 

his name with a double g while his father signed it with the single g. 

The children of Jim Young and Lou Duncan and the children of Banie Scroggins and 




Otie Young were double cousins, being related through both the Wades and the 

Youngs. 

Verna Wade, who married Elmer Duncan, was a daughter of Jesse Jeffrey Wade and 

Emma D. Facker, who were married on 13 October 1887. Jesse Jeffrey Wade was a 

son of Obediah B. Wade and Eusebia Neville Cook, and a grandson of Anderson Wade 

and his first wife America Cheatham. Anderson Wade was the older brother of William 

Wade. 

The tombstone of Marvin J. Hedges is inscribed “PFC US Army, WWII.” (Bagdad 

Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky, Kentucky Genealogical Society, Ramona Slattery, 

Project Chairman, Frankfort, 1996.)

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