Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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David Wakefield and Jane C. "Jennie" Carnahan




Husband David Wakefield 1 2 3

           Born: 11 Oct 1778 - Path Valley, Cumberland (later Perry) Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Sep 1844 - West Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2 3
         Buried: 


         Father: David Wakefield (      -      ) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Mary Wade (      -      ) 4


       Marriage: 



Wife Jane C. "Jennie" Carnahan 3 7 8

            AKA: Mary Carnahan 5
           Born: Abt 1784
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Oct 1844 8
         Buried: 


         Father: Alexander Carnahan (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 3




Children
1 M John W. Wakefield 3 7 8

           Born: 10 Apr 1806 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Jan 1873 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Fanny Byers (      -      ) 7


2 F Elizabeth Wakefield 3 7 8

           Born: 24 Aug 1808 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Feb 1859 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jacob K. Gamble (1808-      ) 3 7


3 F Mary Wakefield 3 7 8

           Born: 4 Jan 1812 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 May 1880 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: George W. Gamble (      -      ) 3 7


4 M James Wakefield 3 8 9

            AKA: "Squire" Wakefield 8
           Born: 8 Jun or 18 Jun 1814 - West Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA 3 7 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Feb 1888 - West Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA 3 8
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Cynthia Palmer (1818-1901) 3 8 9
           Marr: 1839 7 8


5 F Jane Wakefield 3 8 9

           Born: 10 Jun 1818 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Dec 1892 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Palmer (      -      ) 3 9


6 M Jeremiah Wakefield 3 8 9

           Born: 19 Apr 1823 - West Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Sep 1887 - Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 3
 Cause of Death: capillary bronchitis
         Buried:  - West Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA
         Spouse: Lucinda Palmer (1823-1890) 3 9


7 F Caroline Wakefield 7 8 10

           Born: 7 Oct 1825 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Apr 1889 10
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


8 M Thomas P. Wakefield 10 11 12

           Born: 10 Sep 1829 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jan 1865 10
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Ann Sides (      -      ) 10 11 13



General Notes: Husband - David Wakefield


He settled in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where Centreville now is, in 1794.

He learned wagonmaking, and followed his trade in connection with farming. He became the owner of his father's farm of about six hundred acres, where he spent all the rest of his life, dying there when sixty-six years old. After his death the farm was divided into five different tracts.


General Notes: Wife - Jane C. "Jennie" Carnahan

from Indiana Co, PA

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Sources


1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 422, 427.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 700.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 209.

4 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1159.

5 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 422.

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 700, 950.

7 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 427.

8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 701.

9 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 426, 427.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 210.

11 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 427, 531.

12 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 701, 804.

13 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 804.


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