Sixth Generation


789. Senator Benjamin Franklin WADE was born on 27 October 1800 in Feeding Hills, Agawam, Hampden Co., MA. He died on 2 March 1878 at the age of 77 in Jefferson, Astabula Co., OH. He was a US senator from Ohio: "This great American Union was good enough for Washington and Jefferson and Franklin, and it is good enough for me."

They had three children: Ellen Marie, James Franklin, and Henry P.

Senator Benjamin Franklin WADE and Caroline M. ROSECRANS were married about 1838. Caroline M. ROSECRANS, daughter of David ROSECRANS and Sarah HUBBARD, was born on 30 July 1805 in Lansingburgh, Rensselaer Co., NY.