. Wakefield memorial : comprising an historical, genealogical and biographical register of the name and family of Wakefield. s Taylor. Samuel, born December 4,1824: died June 12, 185—5. Caroline, born May 2, 1826: died October 10, 1827. -186.—6. Henry CiaeilDN, born December 7. 1828; married Martha J. Louther;married, secondly, Mrs. Mary Hice. - 187.—7. Thomas Mqexon, born August 30, 1831; married Sarah Rodgers; married, secondlyTMrs. Elizabeth Brown.— David Seba, born January 15. 1834; married Tabitha Van Horn. - 189—9. Mary, born September 18, 1837: married to Elijah Ta
. Wakefield memorial : comprising an historical, genealogical and biographical register of the name and family of Wakefield. s Taylor. Samuel, born December 4,1824: died June 12, 185—5. Caroline, born May 2, 1826: died October 10, 1827. -186.—6. Henry CiaeilDN, born December 7. 1828; married Martha J. Louther;married, secondly, Mrs. Mary Hice. - 187.—7. Thomas Mqexon, born August 30, 1831; married Sarah Rodgers; married, secondlyTMrs. Elizabeth Brown.— David Seba, born January 15. 1834; married Tabitha Van Horn. - 189—9. Mary, born September 18, 1837: married to Elijah —10. Eliza, born June 10. 1839; died May 1, 1844. ^ 191—11. Alexander Elliott, born December 9, 1842; married 1869, Sarah 63. Rev. Dr. Samuel Wakefield {Thomas,* David,^ Robert,^ Robert^)son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Morton) Wakefield, was born in Huntington Fifth Generation. 229 county, Penn., March 6, 1799. When Samuel Wakefield was one year old,his father moved to Westmoreland county, and located three miles fromArmagh, a small Irish village. At a later date he moved farther v?est, and. made a home in the wilderness. Though then but seven years of age, Sam-uel assisted in the cultivation of seventy acres of land. Owing to limitedopportunities in early life, Samuel Wakefield v^ra^ dependent for an educa- 230 The Anglo-Irish-American Family. tion on his own efforts and capacity for independent self-acquirement ofeducation. In this no one was more successful than he. Without instruct-ors and without tutors, he conducted for himself a systematic course ofstudy, which he continued into the higher collegiate branches. In 1813,Dr. Wakefield, being then fourteen years of age, enlisted as a drummer boyin a company serving at Black Rock, near Erie, Penn., in the war thenbeing waged against Great Britain. When seventeen years old he left home to make his own way in theworld. His first effort was a subscription school, which he founded andsuccessfully taug
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