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| Affiliation | United Labor |
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| Name | William H. T. Wakefield |
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Mound City, Kansas , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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December 13, 1834
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| Died | July 26, 1913
(78 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Mar 06, 2024 05:34am |
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| Info | 3.8. WILLIAM HARRISON THOMPSON WAKEFIELD (JOHN ALLEN WAKEFIELD, WILLIAM HENRY WAKEFIELD, HENRY WAKEFIELD) was born December 13, 1834 in Vandalia, Fayette Co., Illinois, and died July 26, 1913 in Lawrence, Douglas Co., Kansas. He married RUTH EMMA WAKEFIELD December 22, 1869 in Mound City, Lynn Co., Kansas. She was born September 18, 1846 in Missouri.
More About WILLIAM HARRISON THOMPSON WAKEFIELD:
Census 1860: Douglas Co., Kansas
Children of WILLIAM WAKEFIELD and RUTH WAKEFIELD are:
3.8.1. HARRY LOUIS WAKEFIELD, b. April 15, 1870, Vandalia, Fayette Co., Illinois; d. Bef. 1878.
3.8.2. LULU MAY WAKEFIELD, b. October 09, 1872, Vandalia, Fayette Co., Illinois.
3.8.3. CHARLES HENRY WAKEFIELD, b. March 11, 1878, Vandalia, Fayette Co., Illinois.
3.8.4. JOHN ALLEN WAKEFIELD, b. March 20, 1881, Vandalia, Fayette Co., Illinois.
Wakefield was active in the 1850s commotions in "Bleeding Kansas."
Served in the US Army during the Civil War.
Lived in Mound City, Kansas for 17 years. During these years, Wakefield was active in local Democratic Party affairs. On occasion, he worked with third party groups, particularly single tax interest groups.
Justice of the Peace, four terms
Democratic nominee for state house 1902 (18th district)
Due to failing health, he relocated to Colorado in late 1912 and became active with the single tax movement there. Wakefield died in Colorado on 7/26/1913.
[Link] ; Linn County Republic (newspaper), 8/8/1913 |
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