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Sterling Wade 1881 - 1967

Sterling Wade of Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia was born on August 16, 1881, and died at age 86 years old in October 1967.
Sterling Wade
Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia 24219
August 16, 1881
October 1967
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  • 08/16
    1881

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    August 16, 1881
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  • 10/dd
    1967

    Death

    October 1967
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    Sterling Wade lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1881, in the year that Sterling Wade was born, on November 19th, a meteorite landed a few miles southwest of Odessa, Ukraine. According to one report: "About 7 o'clock one morning a bright and serpentine tail of fire was seen passing over the town by the inhabitants of Odessa, and M. Prendel, editor of one of the Odessa papers, surmising that the phenomenon betokened a fall of meteorites, offered a reward to any person who would bring him one. Three days afterward a gentleman of Grossliebental brought him one which had been found by a peasant who was nearly frightened out of his senses at its fall. It fell beside him while at work in his field and buried itself .55 meters (almost 2 ft) into the ground." The recovered piece was about 17.5 lbs.
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In 1892, Sterling was merely 11 years old when on January 1st, Ellis Island opened to process immigrants. 700 passed through on the first day - in the first year, 450,000 were processed. The processing center was originally a 3 story wooden building - with outbuildings - that burned down a few years later.
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