Biography

08/26/1879 - 10/16/1963

HENDERSON, Dr. Wade Melchior, a Representative from Jefferson County; born in Brookville, Jefferson County, Pa., August 26, 1879; graduated, University of Pennsylvania; D.D.S., Philadelphia Dental College; merchant; dentist; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1920; resigned from the House, September 20, 1921; postmaster, United States Postal Office, Brookville (1923-1936); deputy collector, Internal Revenue Department, Jefferson County; died, October 16, 1963 in Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania; interred, Brookville Cemetery, Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.