Author, Playwright, Humorist. His best known book is “Fables in Slang.” Three of his plays ran simultaneously in New York City, New York. He was the brother-in-law of Indiana Governor Warren T. McCray.  Family links:  Parents:  John Ade (1828 – 1914)  Adeline Wardell Bush Ade (1833 – 1907)  Siblings:  Anna L. Randall (1852 – 1926)*  Mary Alice Ade Davis (1856 – 1937)*  William H. Ade (1860 – 1920)*  Emma Davis (1861 – 1865)*  Joseph Ade (1862 – 1927)*  George Ade (1866 – 1944)  Ella Ade McCray (1867 – 1947)* *Calculated relationship