Brief Life History of Thomas Newton
When Thomas Newton Wakefield was born on 1 March 1854, in Franklin Park, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Isaac Newton Wakefield, was 32 and his mother, Jane Means, was 30. He married Alice Sabra Snider on 7 January 1890, in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Greenup, Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Holla Bend Township, Pope, Arkansas, United States in 1880. He died on 13 July 1904, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States.
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- Thomas Wakefield, "United States Census, 1900"
- T. N. Wakefield, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
- Thomas Newton Wakefield, "Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh City Deaths, 1870-1905"
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1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of Wakefield in Yorkshire and from Wakefield Lawn in Potterspury (Northamptonshire). Both are named from the Old English personal name Waca or Old English wacu ‘wake, festival’ + feld ‘open country’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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