COLONEL, 54TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY, C.S.A.

The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland

Thursday, November 25, 1897, page 8

Col J J Wade, a member of the Baltimore bar, died suddenly yesterday at Spring Grove Asylum, where he was visiting his son, Dr J Percy Wade, superintendent of the asylum. Colonel Wade was taken ill last Saturday while at his office, on Lexington street. He was removed to the asylum, where his condition seemed to improve, and yesterday morning it was thought that he was on the road to recovery. About noon he was taken with a second attack and died within a few minutes. His death was caused by a hemorrhage of the brain.

Colonel Wade was a Virginia gentleman of the old school. His courtesy and urbanity of manner endeared him to a large circle of friends, not only among the members of the bar, but in private life. He was born in Montgomery county, Va, September 13, 1824. He received his education at Washington College, now Washington and Lee University, at Lexington, Va. He studied law in his native town and entered at once upon the practice of his profession.

Afterward he moved to Giles county, Va, where he was several times elected Commonwealth attorney. In 1849 he was married to Miss Mary A Adams, daughter of Gen A A Adams. After his marriage he returned to Montgomery county where he entered into a partnership with Judge Walter R Staples.

At the outbreak of the civil war, Colonel Wade organized a company of infantry and equipped it at his own expense. The company was united with the Fifty-fourth Virginia Infantry. Colonel Wade entered the war as a lieutenant and served until the close, being promoted from his original rank to the command of his regiment as colonel. He was present in a number of important engagements, and was with Gen Joseph E Johnson on his retreat from Dalton to Atlanta. Before the battle of Atlanta he was transferred to Richmond, and was afterward on the staff of General Echols until the close of the war.

He removed to Baltimore in 1874 and took up again the practice of his profession. For many years he was an elder in the Franklin Street Presbyterian Church and was one of the organizers of Maryland Avenue Presbyterian Church.

He leaves a widow and six sons. The sons are Messrs William A Wade, a member of the Baltimore bar; Dr J Trigg Wade, of Arlington, Neb; George B Wade, a civil engineer; Walter S Wade, of Philadelphia; Dr J Percy Wade, superintendent of Spring Grove Asylum and Hubert B Wade, of Baltimore.