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Additional Documents

• Hazel Wakefield wrote a page of family history notes based on Harry Wakefield's recollections. Here is an analysis of those notes.
• Marriage Record (1862) of James Wakefield & Susan Cooley
• James Frederick Wakefield (1842-1898) Pension Circular (PDF)
• James Frederick Wakefield (1842-1898) Death Record (PDF)
• James Frederick Wakefield (1865-1908) Death Certificate
• Harry Wakefield (1893) Birth Certificate
• Annie Wakefield (1913) Death Certificate
• Pedigree Tree Chart for William Harry Wakefield
• Aaron Wakefield fought in the Civil War in the 15th Maine Volunteers, Company K. He, and later his widow, applied for and was granted a pension. This is his pension File from the National Archives in PDF Format Part 1 (8 MB) Part 2 (4 MB)
• Aaron Wakefield was posthumously Honorably Discharged through an Act of Congress
• Nathaniel M. Wakefield enlisted in the Civil War in the 15th Maine Volunteers, Company K. This is his pension File from the National Archives in PDF Format Part 1 (5MB)
• Hannah Wakefield married Andrew Jackson Joy in 1852. He fought in the Civil War in the 15th Maine Volunteers, Company K, and died in 1862 at Camp Parapet near New Orleans, LA. This is his pension file from the National Archives in PDF Format Part 1 (7 MB) Part 2 (6 MB).
• James Frederick Wakefield (1842-1898) fought in the Civil War in the 15th Maine Volunteers, Company K. He later applied for and was granted a pension. This is his pension file from the National Archives in PDF Format Part 1 (7 MB) Part 2 (7 MB) Part 3 (4 MB)
• James Frederick Wakefield (1842-1898) lived for brief periods in two of the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. This is his record from the Eastern Branch Home in Togus, ME in PDF Format Eastern Branch Record (951 k) . This is his record from the Central Branch in Dayton, OH. Central Branch Record (368 k)
• James Frederick Wakefield (1842-1898) was buried 28 Dec 1898 at Cave Hill National Cemetery, Louisville, KY ; Section C Site 4095. Here are some photos from the cemetary: Marker Marker View

Searching For . . .

Boston Massachusetts:

• Marriage Record of James Frederick Wakefield and Annie Marie Hafner; Boston, MA or Chelsea MA Area, about 1889 +/- 2 yrs. (Found)
• Marriage records of Martha A. Joy & Josephine Joy, Boston, MA area, 1870 to 1890. (Found)
• Death Record for Mahala Huldah (McDonald) Wakefield; Died Jun 1869 in Chelsea, MA . (Found)
• Death Records for Charles of Frederick Wakefield, Children of James and Annie Wakefield Wakefield, Boston, MA area, 1891 +/- 3 yrs

Lubec/Calais Maine:

• Death Record & Probate for Cyrus Wakefield, Lubec, ME, Jan 7, 1862
• Various Marriage Records for Lubec, ME for Cyrus' Children

New York City Area:

• Photo of gravesite for Annie Marie Wakefield at Lutheran Cemetary, Flushing, NY (NYC)

Louisville, KY:

• Photo of gravesite for James Frederick Wakefield at Cave Hill Cemetary Louisville, KY. (Found)
• Death Record for James Frederick Wakefield, Dec 28, 1898 in Louisville, KY. (Found)

Maintained by Matt Wakefield

mpwakefield at gmail.com