Jeptha Wade is Dead

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Milwaukee Sentinel

Milwaukee, WI, United States
vol. 11, no. 42, p. 6, col. 2


JEPTHA H. WADE DEAD.


A Man Prominent in the Development of

Telegraphic Systems.

CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 8. — Jeptha H. Wade, one of the oldst and wealthiest citizens of Cleveland, died at 9:30 o'clock this morning, after an illness of only a few days, aged 79 years. Mr. Wade began life as a carpenter, was afterwards a daguerreotype artist, and then a telegraph operator. He built the first telegraph line west of Buffalo along the line of the Michigan Southern railroad. He next built the "Wade lines in Ohio." He was the first president of the Pacific Telegraph Company, and the first president of the Western Union, which position he held till 1887. He has since been engaged in banking and other enterprises in Cleveland. He originated Lake View cemetary, where Garfield is buried, and also laid out and donated to the city Wade park near the cemetary. He enjoyed the distinction of being probably the oldest telegraph operator in the country, and it was he who originated the idea of enclosing submarine cable in an iron armor, thus making inter-continental communication by telegraph possible.

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Keywords:Jeptha Wade : Jeptha Wade
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Supplemental information: 
Researcher:Bob Stahr
Date completed:June 27, 2008 by: Bob Stahr;