Samuel Wakefield and his wife Mary Burbank, came from Kennebunk in 1756 or 57, and settled at the head of the bay on the lot now comprising a considerable part of Steuben village. Their children were Samuel, Lydia, Ruth, Benjamin, Phebe, Hannah and Sally. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Wakefield m. a widow Small, and their children were James, Myriam and Daniel.
DR. JAMES H. WAKEFIELD is a native of Rockport, Ind., where he was born August 14, 1821. At the age of twelve years he removed with his parents to Spencer County, Ky., where he grew to man-hood. His father, James Wakefield, was born 1790, in Nelson County, Ky.; removed to Indiana in 1818; thence to Todd County, Ky., in 1848, where he died in 1856. He was the son of John, of Pennsylvania, who previous to 1775 immigrated to Kentucky, where he died in about 1815. Subject’s mother, Elizabeth, daughter of James Heady, of Nelson County, Ky., was born in … Read more