of Des Moines County, Iowa · documented from the public record
The family in the record
William Wade
William Wade⚭ Abigail Wade
childrenEnoch Wade
Source: Portrait and biographical album of Des Moines County, Iowa
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What the record says
Father of Enoch Wade.
Lived in a log house in the woods near the later Jake Bonn place, Burlington.
According to Portrait and biographical album of Des Moines County, Iowa, his divorce (William Wade vs. Abigail Wade, decree granted April 14, 1835) was recorded as the first lawsuit in Des Moines County.
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