Jeptha Wade
American businessman
Died when: 78 years 363 days (947 months)Star Sign: Leo
Jeptha Homer Wade (August 11, 1811 – August 9, 1890) was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and one of the founding members of Western Union Telegraph.
Wade was born in Romulus, New York, the youngest of nine children of Jeptha and Sarah (Allen) Wade.He made the first Daguerreotypes west of New York, was a portrait painter, and moved to Adrian, Michigan in 1840 before developing an interest in the telegraph.
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