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Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The
Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties,
State of Washington", published by Western Historical Publishing
Co., 1904.
WADE WAGLAY, who resides about
four miles north from Krupp on an estate of over one thousand acres of
fine pasture land, is one of the wealthy and substantial men of the Big
Bend. He has labored here for all the years since May, 1887, the
date of his settlement on a pre-emption where he now resides. His
attention has been directed for the main part to stock raising. In
this industry, he has gained a marked success and has fine herds at this
time. Naturally, as a prudent man, he has taken considerable interest
in general farming that he might have sufficient forage to keep his stock
through the hard winters, and the terrible losses sustained by different
stockmen have not fallen on him.
Wade Waglay was born in Crosby county, Texas,
on March 16, 1860, the son of Joseph and Ann (Coffey) Waglay, natives of
Louisiana, and of German ancestrage. Wade was educated in the public
schools of Austin, Texas, and there remained until 1882. Then he
migrated to New Mexico, and began work in the stock business for the firm
of Lyon & Campbell, the largest operators in that territory.
Four years later, he returned to Texas and at the date mentioned above
he came to Washington and settled. He took up stock raising at first
with J. F. Popple. Mr. Waglay is a man of thoroughness and excellent
ability and the success he has achieved is the direct result of his efforts
bestowed in wisdom. He is widely known and universally respected
and esteemed.
At Spokane, on April 8, 1903, Mr. Waglay married
Mrs. Clara Wheatley, the daughter of Noah and Anna Reams, natives of Ohio,
and early immigrants to California via the Horn. Mrs. Waglay was
born in Sutter county, California, in 1860. By her former marriage
she has three children, Ethel, Maud, and Roy, all born in California.
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