Son of William Lincoln Wade, who had a store in Boon's treasury building in the late 19th century; father of historian Murray Wade, Jr.
Name of father William Lincon Wade
Maiden name of mother Melinda J. Neal Jones

1880 OR CENSUS M.A. Wade (3y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents W.L. (49y, b Maine, dry goods merchant) and M.L. (33y, b Oregon); also with family was a servant Emma Fisher (19y, b Oregon)

1900 OR CENSUS Murray Wade (b Sept 1876, Oregon, sign [ainter) enumerated with parents William R. (b Dec 1831, Maine, married 30y, merchant) and Melinda J. (b Feb 1847, Oregon, mother of 3 children, 2 living at time of census) and Milla A. Neal [sister of Malinda] (b Feb 1856, Oregon, single); also with family was a servant Ida L. Alvord (Aug 1871, Illinois, single) and a boarder Miss S.A. Davis (b Oct 1868, Pennsylvania, physician)

1st MARRIAGE Murray Wade & Evelyn GeBott md 1912, Multnomah co, Oregon

NOTE Murray & Evelyn had a daughter Betty J. Wade who was born 28 Dec 1913 in Portland [Oregon birth records]. They were divorced in 1915 and Evelyn remarried to Leon H. Steinhart. She died 6 July 1964 in Portland [OSBH DC 1964 Multnomah co #10059]

WWI Draft Registration Card Murray Lincoln Wade, 852 N Liberty St, Salem; b 27 Sept 1876; publisher; nearest relative Malinda Jane Wade, 852 N Liberty, Salem

1920 OR CENSUS - Murray L. Wade, age 43, divorced, occupation illustrator, b. Oregon, is enumerated with his mother, Melinda J. Wade, age 73, widow, b. Oregon, and Millie Neal, age 63, single, identified as sister [of Melinda], b. Oregon
2nd MARRIAGE Murray Wade (of Salem, divorced, publisher, b Oregon, son of William Lincoln Wade & Malinda Jane Neal) and Gladys Mills (of Salem, single, b Washington, dau of Samuel B. Mills & Effie Gray) md 16 Dec 1925, Vancouver, Clark co, Washington
1930 OR CENSUS - Murray L. Wade, age 53, occupation magazine publisher, b. Oregon, is enumerated with his wife Gladys M., age 24, b. Washington, along with Murray Jr., age 3 years, b. Oregon.

1940 OR CENSUS Murray Wade (63y, b Oregon, magazine editor) enumerated with wife Gladys (37y, b Washington, proofreader) and son Murray Jr (13y, b Oregon); family was living in same house in 1935

1950 OR CENSUS Murray Wade (73y, b Oregon, writing), enumerated with wife Gladys (43y, b Washington, clerk), son Murray Jr (23y, b Oregon, salesman) and Murray Jr’s wife Irma (24y, b Oregon, office operator)

BIOGRAPICAL:
Born in Salem, OR on Sept. 27, 1876. Wade studied in San Francisco during the 1890s at the Mark Hopkins Institute and received criticism from Wm Keith. He later was a cartoonist for the Oregonian and San Francisco Examiner. His work includes oils and pen & ink sketches of vaudeville, theatrical, and political personalities. Wade died in Salem on March 26, 1961. Exh: Oregon State Fairs, 1894, 1895, 1900 (prizes); SF Newspaper Artists, 1903. In: Oregon Historical Society. 
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Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"

CARTOONIST WADE DIES AT HOME
Murray Wade, 85, prominent as a cartoonist, journalist and historian, died unexpectedly Saturday night at the home, 852 Liberty Street NE.  A heart attack was the apparent cause.
Wade, whose family was among the earliest settlers in Salem, died in the same house in which he was born.  One of the ventures for which Wade was best known was his cartoons of Oregon legislators--a feature for many sessions.  He earlier worked as editorial cartoonist for the newspapers in San Francisco and Portland.
Wade was publisher of the Ortegon Magazine for some 45 years.  For the past 15 years he had written the syndicated "Capitol Parade" for papers around the state. Wade was a former president of Marion County Historical Society.
Murray Wade, 85, who died here Saturday night, was known from the time he was a youth for his ability with drawing pens and pencils.  Among Wade's most popular features was a series of legislative sketches done over many sessions.  His discerning eye and deft touch pictured in caricature literally hundreds of men who guided Oregon's government through the years.
One of the Salem native's proudest memories was one getting a letter of recommendation for his cartooning ability from Homer Davenport, the world famous New York cartoonist who once lived in Silverton.  Wade worked as an editorial cartoonist on the old San Francisco Post and Examiner and later on the old Portland News and News Telegram.
Among his claims to fame were 20,000 sketches of personages of vaudeville, done on newspaper assignment, when that type of entertainment was in its heyday.  
BUD FISHER COLLEAGUE
In his younger years in San Francisco, Wade was a colleague of such eventual household names as Bud Fisher (Mutt & Jeff) and Rube Goldberg.  Wade's hand caricatured many show people in the days before they "hit it big."  Among them were Ed Wynn, Leo Carrillo, Al Jolson, Leon Errol, Charlie Chaplin, Billie Burke. Other subjects for his pencil included Stepin Fetchit, Tom Mix and Buddy Baer, store magnate J. C. Penney, Author Harold Davis and Poet Carl Sandburg.
STARS USED SKETCHES
Many stars later used Wade's sketches for promotion pieces in "Variety," the theatrical trade magazine.  In fact it was said of Wade that he probably had more of his work in "Variety" than any other artist of that day.
Wade often recalled that in his newspaper cartooning days running shoes were a part of staff artists' equipment.  That was in the days before development of photo-engraving and it was up to the artist to run to fire or accident, quickly sketch it, and race back to beat the deadline.  The cartoonist, who lived here for many years, turned more and more to the writing end in later life. He published the Oregon Magazine for a long period and wrote the syndicated Capitol Parade about capitol doings for a number of weekly papers.
WAS DRIVING FORCE
He was a driving force in the Marion County Historical Society and was a former president of that group.  Considered an authority on historical subjects of the area, Wade was a major factor in saving the old Lee Parsonage from destruction.
Wade had been in failing health but was reasonably active up to his death.  Born Sept. 27, 1876, at 852 N. Liberty St., in the same house in which he died, he was the son of pioneer Salem merchant William Lincoln Wade and Melinda Jane Neal Wade.  The store building still in use, is just north of the Wade home.
Wade is survived by the widow, the former Gladys Mills; whom he married Dec. 15, 1925, at Vancouver, Wash., son, Murray Jr., Portland; daughter, Betty Jane Shaw, Portland; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Virgil T. Golden Chapel, with interment at Salem Pioneer Cemetery.
Oregon Statesman 27 March 1961 1:4, 2:3-5

Murray Lincoln Wade
  At the residence, 852 Liberty St. NE, Salem, Sunday, March 26.  Survived by widow, Gladys Mills Wade, Salem; daughter Mrs. Betty Jane Shaw, Portland; 5 grandchildren.  Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 29 at the Virgil T. Golden Chapel with Rev. J. C. Hansen officiating.  Interment Pioneer Cemetery.
Oregon Statesman 27 March 1961 14:2

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OSBH DC (1961 Marion Co) #3115

1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 78, FA#56)

1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Englewood, ED 143, sheet 4B)

Multnomah Co, Oregon, Marriage Index

WWI Draft Registration Cards (Ancestry.com)

1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 348, sheet 5A)
Washington Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 58, sheet 9B)

1940 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 24-55, sheet 62B)

1950 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 24-19, sheet 20)

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