Captain Henry W. Wade
Quinlan, Hunt County, Texas
Marker Inscription
(1832-1912) Served with distinction in Civil War (1861-65) as captain in Confederate army, Co. B., 6th Texas Cavalry, Ross' Brigade. A native of Kentucky, he came to Hunt County as a young man. In 1859 married Elizabeth J. Kuykendall and made home on 640-acre tract of which this cemetery is a part. Represented county in Texas Constitutional Convention of 1875. In private life raised and sold livestock throughout state. Descendants include noted Dallas District Attorney Henry Wade (b. 1914)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Henry W. Wade (1832–1912) came to Hunt County as a young Kentuckian, married into the Kuykendall family in 1859, and settled the 640-acre tract that includes this burial ground. He served as a captain in the 6th Texas Cavalry of Ross' Brigade during the Civil War and afterward helped write Texas's 1875 constitution before making his living in the livestock trade.
Why it matters
His life traces the arc of a Texas pioneer generation—frontier settlement, Confederate service, and a hand in rebuilding the state's government—and his line carried into 20th-century public life through a noted Dallas district attorney.
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