The 1880 Federal Census, Brown Hill District, Franklin Co VA lists Eldridge T. Wade, age 4, as the youngest of six children of Mary Elizabeth "Bette" Martin Wade, a widow. His father, Andrew Patterson Wade, died of consumption at the young age of 38 when Eldridge was only 2 years old. His mother Bette later remarried Reverend Skelton Coleman who was a widower with seven children.
Eldridge suffered a head injury as a child as a result of a fall. This injury left him mentally challenged throughout his life.
The 1900 Federal Census, Brown Hill District, Franklin Co VA, lists Eldridge T. Wade, age 26, as the step-son of Reverend Skelton Coleman and son of Mary Elizabeth Martin.
At the age of 30 Eldridge married Lola Pearl Philpott, age 15, on July 22, 1906. Together they had a daughter, Mary Lou Wade, born October 16, 1907. The couple divorced shortly thereafter as the 1910 Census lists Lola P. Philpott as a single woman living with her mother, Lurania Philpott and her daughter Mary Lou Wade age 2.
Eldridge's WWI draft registration record of Sept 12, 1918 indicates that he was tall and slender with dark hair and was missing one eye.
Story has it that Eldridge was a successful moonshiner in his day selling his product with the tag line "Lemonade...stirred in the shade by E. T. Wade."
Eldridge died May 29, 1954 at the age of 80 as an inmate at the Southwest Virginia Insane Hospital in Marion, VA where he spent the last 15 or more years of his life.
Eldridge suffered a head injury as a child as a result of a fall. This injury left him mentally challenged throughout his life.
The 1900 Federal Census, Brown Hill District, Franklin Co VA, lists Eldridge T. Wade, age 26, as the step-son of Reverend Skelton Coleman and son of Mary Elizabeth Martin.
At the age of 30 Eldridge married Lola Pearl Philpott, age 15, on July 22, 1906. Together they had a daughter, Mary Lou Wade, born October 16, 1907. The couple divorced shortly thereafter as the 1910 Census lists Lola P. Philpott as a single woman living with her mother, Lurania Philpott and her daughter Mary Lou Wade age 2.
Eldridge's WWI draft registration record of Sept 12, 1918 indicates that he was tall and slender with dark hair and was missing one eye.
Story has it that Eldridge was a successful moonshiner in his day selling his product with the tag line "Lemonade...stirred in the shade by E. T. Wade."
Eldridge died May 29, 1954 at the age of 80 as an inmate at the Southwest Virginia Insane Hospital in Marion, VA where he spent the last 15 or more years of his life.
The 1880 Federal Census, Brown Hill District, Franklin Co VA lists Eldridge T. Wade, age 4, as the youngest of six children of Mary Elizabeth "Bette" Martin Wade, a widow. His father, Andrew Patterson Wade, died of consumption at the young age of 38 when Eldridge was only 2 years old. His mother Bette later remarried Reverend Skelton Coleman who was a widower with seven children.
Eldridge suffered a head injury as a child as a result of a fall. This injury left him mentally challenged throughout his life.
The 1900 Federal Census, Brown Hill District, Franklin Co VA, lists Eldridge T. Wade, age 26, as the step-son of Reverend Skelton Coleman and son of Mary Elizabeth Martin.
At the age of 30 Eldridge married Lola Pearl Philpott, age 15, on July 22, 1906. Together they had a daughter, Mary Lou Wade, born October 16, 1907. The couple divorced shortly thereafter as the 1910 Census lists Lola P. Philpott as a single woman living with her mother, Lurania Philpott and her daughter Mary Lou Wade age 2.
Eldridge's WWI draft registration record of Sept 12, 1918 indicates that he was tall and slender with dark hair and was missing one eye.
Story has it that Eldridge was a successful moonshiner in his day selling his product with the tag line "Lemonade...stirred in the shade by E. T. Wade."
Eldridge died May 29, 1954 at the age of 80 as an inmate at the Southwest Virginia Insane Hospital in Marion, VA where he spent the last 15 or more years of his life.
Eldridge suffered a head injury as a child as a result of a fall. This injury left him mentally challenged throughout his life.
The 1900 Federal Census, Brown Hill District, Franklin Co VA, lists Eldridge T. Wade, age 26, as the step-son of Reverend Skelton Coleman and son of Mary Elizabeth Martin.
At the age of 30 Eldridge married Lola Pearl Philpott, age 15, on July 22, 1906. Together they had a daughter, Mary Lou Wade, born October 16, 1907. The couple divorced shortly thereafter as the 1910 Census lists Lola P. Philpott as a single woman living with her mother, Lurania Philpott and her daughter Mary Lou Wade age 2.
Eldridge's WWI draft registration record of Sept 12, 1918 indicates that he was tall and slender with dark hair and was missing one eye.
Story has it that Eldridge was a successful moonshiner in his day selling his product with the tag line "Lemonade...stirred in the shade by E. T. Wade."
Eldridge died May 29, 1954 at the age of 80 as an inmate at the Southwest Virginia Insane Hospital in Marion, VA where he spent the last 15 or more years of his life.
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