Jeptha H. Wade is an important figure in not only Cleveland history, but cemetery history specifically. Wade helped to coordinate the creation of Lake View Cemetery and was the first president of the Lake View Cemetery Association, thus his huge monument at one of the highest points of the cemetery.
Nationally, Wade’s most significant contribution would have been in the construction of telegraph lines as one of the founders of Western Union. He was also a banker, railroad executive, painter, and philanthropist. His name lives on in Cleveland in the Wade Park (a park on land he donated) and the Jeptha Wade Chapel at Lake View Cemetery.
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Let’s not forget Wade’s first career, as a painter. I know that one half of this pair will be well known to many Clevelanders.
Jep Wade was a member of the American Army Ambulance Service, S.S.U. 633 and was a friend of my grandfather, Jerome Preston. JP joined the section as a volunteer before the US entered the war and the section was number 15 in the American Ambulance Field Service; Jep may have trained at Allentown and was a later arrival. Here is an entry from JP’s diary, dated Sunday, April 28, 1917: “Went on duty at triage [in the region of the Monts de Champagne] with Jep Wade. The day was so warm and pleasant that, with Jep’s consent, I made all the trips.”
If there is anyone is interested in the unit and its activities during this time, do not hesitate to get in touch.
Lovely site by the way. I lived in Cleveland Heights from 1957 to 1964 and this information is new to me!