Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1907 — MRS. JOHN ADE DEAD. [ARTICLE]

MRS. JOHN ADE DEAD.

Pioneer Woman of Newton County Dies at Her Home In Kentland. Kentland, Ind., Jan. 26.—Mrs. John Ade, one of the best known women of this place, and the mother of George Ade, the Indiana humorist, died today of heart failure. She has been confined to her bed for nearly two months. Mrs. Ade was a native of Ohio. She was born at Cheviott, a suburb of Cincinnati, Aug. 8, 1833. Two of her girlhood friends were the Misses Alice and j?heba Carey, who many years ago established a name in the literary world. In 1851 she was married to John Ade. For two years they kept a tollgate in Cincinnati. In 1853 they left Cincinati and went to Bumcomb, 111., an Indian trading point. They later settled in Morocco, which at that time was the only town in West Jasper county. In 1860 Mr. and Mrs. Ade moved to Kentland, where they have lived ever since. During the war of the rebellion Mrs. Ade was president of the Woman’s Soldiers’ Relief association, an organization to look after the care of Newton county soldiers. The Ade home was converted into a hospital for old soldiers and there was scarcely a day during the war of the rebellion that some unfortunate soldier was not cared for under the Ade roof. Mrs. Ade was prominent in the Methodist church and was a member of the Eastern Star Lodge. In May, 1901, Mr. and Mrs. Ade celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. Besides her husband'she is survived by six children, Mrs. JohnW. Randall, Mrs, John C. Davis, Will H., Joseph and George Ade and Mrs. W. P. McCray. There is also one brother and tw? sisters.