Elijah Catlin Wadhams was the son of Samuel and Clarinda Starr (Catlin) Wadhams. He was the husband of Esther Taylor (French) Wadhams. They were married October 7, 1851. Esther died February 12, 1908. In 1876 Elijah was elected State Senator for Pennsylvania.
Obituary
The Christian Advocate
May 2, 1889
WADHAMS.--Honorable E. C. Wadhams was born in Plymouth, July 17, 1825, and died January 18, 1889. He was a descendant in a long line of honored ancestors of sterling New England stock, and possessed in an eminent degree its intelligence, enterprise and industry. He studied at Dana's Academy, Wilkes-Barre, Dickinson College, Carlisle and was graduated from the University of New York in 1847. Locating in Plymouth, he embarked in mercantile pursuits, in which he was remarkedly successful. After filling the highest municipal offices for many years, in 1876 he was elected State Senator of Pennsylvania, and his service was so conscientious and painstaking that it received only the highest commendation of his constituents. In 1873 he removed to the City of Wilkes-Barre, where he resided until his death. As bank director or president he has been for many years closely identified with the financial interest of the Wyoming Valley. Converted in early manhood, he connected himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, the church of his father. A close student of the Scriptures and careful reader of the literature of the Church, with his general intelligence and culture, he was pre-eminently qualified for great usefulness. He was a Sunday-school superintendent for thirty-one years, and in this field he doubtless achieved his greatest success. Thousands rise-up to call him blessed. He was an active and honored delegate from Wyoming Conference to the late General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The influence of his honored and useful life will abide as an invaluable legacy to the church. His probity, sterling integrity, as well as his Christian character, were never called in question. God gave him a noble Christian wife, who, with three sons and four daughters, survives him. He loved his family with all the ardor of his great heart; he loved the church, and was true to her interests.
Written by Rev. Austin Griffin
Obituary
The Christian Advocate
May 2, 1889
WADHAMS.--Honorable E. C. Wadhams was born in Plymouth, July 17, 1825, and died January 18, 1889. He was a descendant in a long line of honored ancestors of sterling New England stock, and possessed in an eminent degree its intelligence, enterprise and industry. He studied at Dana's Academy, Wilkes-Barre, Dickinson College, Carlisle and was graduated from the University of New York in 1847. Locating in Plymouth, he embarked in mercantile pursuits, in which he was remarkedly successful. After filling the highest municipal offices for many years, in 1876 he was elected State Senator of Pennsylvania, and his service was so conscientious and painstaking that it received only the highest commendation of his constituents. In 1873 he removed to the City of Wilkes-Barre, where he resided until his death. As bank director or president he has been for many years closely identified with the financial interest of the Wyoming Valley. Converted in early manhood, he connected himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, the church of his father. A close student of the Scriptures and careful reader of the literature of the Church, with his general intelligence and culture, he was pre-eminently qualified for great usefulness. He was a Sunday-school superintendent for thirty-one years, and in this field he doubtless achieved his greatest success. Thousands rise-up to call him blessed. He was an active and honored delegate from Wyoming Conference to the late General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The influence of his honored and useful life will abide as an invaluable legacy to the church. His probity, sterling integrity, as well as his Christian character, were never called in question. God gave him a noble Christian wife, who, with three sons and four daughters, survives him. He loved his family with all the ardor of his great heart; he loved the church, and was true to her interests.
Written by Rev. Austin Griffin
Elijah Catlin Wadhams was the son of Samuel and Clarinda Starr (Catlin) Wadhams. He was the husband of Esther Taylor (French) Wadhams. They were married October 7, 1851. Esther died February 12, 1908. In 1876 Elijah was elected State Senator for Pennsylvania.
Obituary
The Christian Advocate
May 2, 1889
WADHAMS.--Honorable E. C. Wadhams was born in Plymouth, July 17, 1825, and died January 18, 1889. He was a descendant in a long line of honored ancestors of sterling New England stock, and possessed in an eminent degree its intelligence, enterprise and industry. He studied at Dana's Academy, Wilkes-Barre, Dickinson College, Carlisle and was graduated from the University of New York in 1847. Locating in Plymouth, he embarked in mercantile pursuits, in which he was remarkedly successful. After filling the highest municipal offices for many years, in 1876 he was elected State Senator of Pennsylvania, and his service was so conscientious and painstaking that it received only the highest commendation of his constituents. In 1873 he removed to the City of Wilkes-Barre, where he resided until his death. As bank director or president he has been for many years closely identified with the financial interest of the Wyoming Valley. Converted in early manhood, he connected himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, the church of his father. A close student of the Scriptures and careful reader of the literature of the Church, with his general intelligence and culture, he was pre-eminently qualified for great usefulness. He was a Sunday-school superintendent for thirty-one years, and in this field he doubtless achieved his greatest success. Thousands rise-up to call him blessed. He was an active and honored delegate from Wyoming Conference to the late General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The influence of his honored and useful life will abide as an invaluable legacy to the church. His probity, sterling integrity, as well as his Christian character, were never called in question. God gave him a noble Christian wife, who, with three sons and four daughters, survives him. He loved his family with all the ardor of his great heart; he loved the church, and was true to her interests.
Written by Rev. Austin Griffin
Obituary
The Christian Advocate
May 2, 1889
WADHAMS.--Honorable E. C. Wadhams was born in Plymouth, July 17, 1825, and died January 18, 1889. He was a descendant in a long line of honored ancestors of sterling New England stock, and possessed in an eminent degree its intelligence, enterprise and industry. He studied at Dana's Academy, Wilkes-Barre, Dickinson College, Carlisle and was graduated from the University of New York in 1847. Locating in Plymouth, he embarked in mercantile pursuits, in which he was remarkedly successful. After filling the highest municipal offices for many years, in 1876 he was elected State Senator of Pennsylvania, and his service was so conscientious and painstaking that it received only the highest commendation of his constituents. In 1873 he removed to the City of Wilkes-Barre, where he resided until his death. As bank director or president he has been for many years closely identified with the financial interest of the Wyoming Valley. Converted in early manhood, he connected himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church, the church of his father. A close student of the Scriptures and careful reader of the literature of the Church, with his general intelligence and culture, he was pre-eminently qualified for great usefulness. He was a Sunday-school superintendent for thirty-one years, and in this field he doubtless achieved his greatest success. Thousands rise-up to call him blessed. He was an active and honored delegate from Wyoming Conference to the late General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The influence of his honored and useful life will abide as an invaluable legacy to the church. His probity, sterling integrity, as well as his Christian character, were never called in question. God gave him a noble Christian wife, who, with three sons and four daughters, survives him. He loved his family with all the ardor of his great heart; he loved the church, and was true to her interests.
Written by Rev. Austin Griffin
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