September 28, 1892

John Donald Wade

The rock of tradition versus the hard place of progress is an old southern dilemma. John Donald Wade, born in Marshallville, knew it well. Wade’s deep Georgia roots ran back to his great grandfather, John Adam Treutlen, Georgia’s first governor. Teaching at Vanderbilt in the 1920s, Wade helped create one of the seminal books in […]

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Wade spent 20 years beautifying his hometown as executive of the Marshallville Foundation.