David Hough Wakefield and Mary Covert

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Husband David Hough Wakefield ^{1 2}

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           Born: 16 Aug 1822 - Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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           Died: 4 Apr 1900 - Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Redstone Cemetery, near Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA

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         Father: Rev. Samuel Wakefield, D.D., LL.D. (1799-1895/1896) 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Hough (1803-1894) 4 7 8

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       Marriage: 31 Jul 1844 7

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Wife Mary Covert ^{2 5}

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           Born:  - Pennsylvania
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         Father: Benjamin Covert (1799-1862) 2
         Mother: Abigail Randolph (1798-1866) 2

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Children

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1 F Theresa C. Wakefield ⁷

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           Born: 28 Sep 1845 7
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         Spouse: Joseph E. Nutt (      -      ) 7

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2 F Lydia Ann Electa Wakefield ⁷

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           Born: 16 Jul 1847 7
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         Spouse: E. O. Murphy (      -      ) 7

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3 F Henrietta Wakefield ⁷

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           Born: 1849 7
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           Died: in childhood
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Elizabeth Wakefield ⁷

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Jennie Wakefield ⁷

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M Rev. Charles Benjamin Wakefield, Ph.D. ⁷

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           Born: Oct 1852 7
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7 M Thomas Randolph Wakefield ⁵

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           Born: 13 Apr 1855 - Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Elizabeth McConaughy (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 9 Apr 1885 9

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8 M Samuel Morton Wakefield ⁵

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           Born: 13 Apr 1855 - Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA 5
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9 F Dr. Catharine Wakefield ⁷

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           Born: 1862 7
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10 M James Alfred Wakefield ⁷

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           Born: 3 May 1865 7
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General Notes: Husband - David Hough Wakefield

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He studied medicine with Dr. James McConaughy of Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and practiced medicine for a time. In 1842 he located on a farm in Jefferson township where he then resided. He served a term as county commissioner during the 1860's. He was a local preacher of the M. E. church for a number of years.

He spent his childhood and youth on the farm, receiving his education in subscription schools. When quite a young man he went into the office of Dr. McConaughy, of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, where he completed a course in medicine. He pursued the practice of medicine for some time, but conceiving a dislike for the life of a country doctor, gave it up. In a year or so after his marriage he located on a farm in Jefferson township, where he later died.
He was a well read man and combined farming with the fruit tree nursery business for many years. He devoted much of his time to literary pursuits, was in the local ministry of the M. E. church, a Master Mason, and a member of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, a charming conversationalist, a fine stump speaker, and a good debater. His genial, fun-loving disposition made him so popular that although an uncompromising Democrat, fearless and outspoken, he was elected and served for twenty years as justice of the peace in Jefferson township, which was overwhelmingly Republican. He served as county commissioner for one term, and was one of his party's leaders for many years. In his youth he taught singing school and had a magnificent bass voice. He wrote and published several beautiful songs, showing that he was a musical composer of fine taste. He spent his declining years in the cultivation of flowers for his own amusement.

1 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 575, 1158.

2 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 574.

3 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1158.

4 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 257.

5 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 575, 1160.

6 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 258.

7 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1160.

8 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 256.

9 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 576.