History of Jefferson, (Ashtabula County) Ohio United States of America

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James Franklin Wade, soldier, was born in Jefferson, Ohio, April 14, 1843; son of Benjamin Franklin Wade . He attended the common schools; entered the Union army as 1st lieutenant, 6th Minnesota cavalry, May 14, 1861; was promoted major and brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers 1865; commissioned major, 9th cavalry, U.S.A., 1866; promoted lieutenant-colonel, March 20, 1879; colonel, 5th cavalry, U.S.A., April 21, 1887, brigadier-general, May 26, 1897, and major-general of volunteers, May 4, 1898, serving in the war against Spain. General Wade was placed at the head of the Cuban evacuation commission, and in January, 1899, became military governor of Cuba. He was promoted major-general, U.S.A., in 1903, and succeeded General Davis in the command of the division of the Philippines in July, 1903.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Theodore Elijah Burton, representative, was born in Jefferson, Ashtabula county, Ohio, Dec. 20, 1851. He removed to Iowa in 1865, and in 1867 began his collegiate studies at Iowa college. In 1870 he removed to Oberlin college, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1872, and remained as tutor two years. He was admitted to the bar in 1875, and began practice at Cleveland, Ohio. In 1888 he was elected a representative to the 51st Congress from the twenty-first district of Ohio; was defeated for election in 1890, and was re-elected to the 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th and 58th congresses. He gave special study to problems pertaining to currency and economic subjects, and as a member of the committee on river and harbor improvements advanced the development of traffic on the Great Lakes. Oberlin conferred on him the degree of A.M. in 1875, and LL.D. in 1900.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Marcus Eugene Jones, botanist, was born at Jefferson, Ashtabula county, Ohio, April 25, 1852. He was prepared for college at the academy of Iowa college, and was graduated from Iowa college, A.B., 1875, A.M., 1878. He was a tutor at Iowa college, 1875-76; principal of Le Mars normal college, 1877; acting professor of natural science at Colorado college, 1879; librarian at the University of Utah, 1880-81, and principal of the Jones high school, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1884-86. He was special expert for the U.S. treasury department in 1889; special expert of the U.S. treasury for Utah, 1889-90; geologist for the Rio Grande Western railroad, 1890-93; special field agent of the U.S. department of agriculture, 1894-95; engaged in original research on the botany and geology of the region west of the Missouri river, 1878-1900, and geologist for the Pacific and Idaho Northern railroad, 1899-1900. As a botanist, geologist and mining expert he engaged in preparing a Botany of the Great Plateau and a Geology of Utah. He was elected a fellow in the American Academy for the Advancement of Science in 1893. He is the author of: Excursion Botanique (1879); Ferns of the West (1883); Utah (1889); Some Phases of Mining in Utah (1889); Salt Lake City (1890); Contributions to Western Botany, Nos. 1-8; Shrubs and Trees of Utah (1900); and many articles on botany, geology and meteorology contributed to periodical literature.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor