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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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PETER WAKEFIELD, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Lawrence county, Ohio, March 1, 1838, and raised there, where he was educated. His father, Winchester, is still living on his farm in Ohio. The subject of this sketch enlisted from Ohio in the Ironton Artillery, and subsequently in the Seventh Virginia Cavalry, Mr. Wakefield has been twice married; first Jan. 1, 1868, to Mary Skelton, who was born in June, 1844, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has been deceased since May, 1872. He was again married to Anna Wolf, Feb. 26, 1879, who was born in Park county, Ind., Feb. 27,1858. They have one child, Nellie by name. Mr. Wakefield came to St. Charles county, Mo., and to Pettis in 1865. In 1869 he became a citizen of Jasper county. He owns a finely located farm of eighty acres, about three miles northwest of Carthage, in section 30, township 29, range 31 of Marion township. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield are earnest workers in the M. E. Church, and respected members of society. Mr. Wakfield raises good crops, has one of the finest orchards in this section and is a genial obliging gentleman.
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