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  2. Jeptha Wade - Wikipedia

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    Jeptha H. Wade II was also a founder of the Cleveland Museum of Art, which houses two paintings [1] [10] by Jeptha Wade I. A grandchild of Jeptha Homer Wade II was Jeptha Homer Wade III (December 26, 1924 – August 8, 2008), son of George Garretson and Irene Love Wade, who was a prominent Boston attorney assisting in the formation of the ...

  3. USS Wadena - Wikipedia

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    Wadena was a steel-hulled yacht built in 1891 as the personal yacht for Jeptha Home Wade II by the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Wade was the grandson of Jeptha Home Wade, the founder of Western Union Telegraph. Wadena was outfitted with a triple expansion steam engine and was also rigged as a schooner for traveling under ...

  4. Edward B. Greene - Wikipedia

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    Greene married Helen Wade, daughter of Cleveland industrialist Jeptha Homer Wade II, on November 18, 1909. [1] [164] During the last years of his life, Greene suffered from poor health. He was confined to his home in the months before his death. He died at his home on October 10, 1957. [1]

  5. Wade Memorial Chapel - Wikipedia

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    In 1896, [2] Jeptha H. Wade II decided to fund the construction of a new receiving vault and chapel, dedicated to the memory of his grandfather, at Lake View Cemetery. [3] [4] Wade asked the newly-founded Cleveland architectural firm of Hubbell & Benes to create a preliminary design. He was so happy with their work that he did not ask any other ...

  6. Cleveland Museum of Art - Wikipedia

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    The 75-acre (300,000 m 2) green space takes its name from philanthropist Jeptha H. Wade, who donated part of his wooded estate to the city in 1881. [11] The museum opened its doors to the public on June 6, 1916, with Wade's grandson, Jeptha H. Wade II, proclaiming it, "for the benefit of all people, forever". [ 12 ]

  7. Cleveland-Cliffs - Wikipedia

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    Demand for American iron ore hit peaks during World War I, World War II, and the post-World War II consumer boom. In 1933, Edward B. Greene (the son-in-law of Jeptha Homer Wade II) replaced William G. Mather as the head of the company. The Mather A Mine opened in the early 1940s and the Mather B shaft in the 1950s.

  8. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon - Wikipedia

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    "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" , also known as "The Ballet" and "Make Me Smile Medley", is a nearly thirteen-minute mini-rock opera/song cycle/suite from Chicago's 1970 album Chicago (also called Chicago II). It was the group's first attempt at a long-format multi-part work.

  9. Dan Ryan Jr. - Wikipedia

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    He was born in 1894. His father, Daniel Ryan Sr., was a Chicago politician who eventually rose to become president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. The Daniel Ryan Woods, a forest preserve on the South Side, is named after the elder Ryan. Ryan attended the De La Salle Institute and earned a law degree from Kent College of Law. [1]