Christopher Fields (1820 - 1893)

Born 4 Jul 1820 in Wayne Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Two profiles provided by Family Search, the first gives his given name as "Christian" with correct parents and nothing else, the second gives his given name as "Christopher" with birth information but incorrect parents. Most documentation lists his given name as "Christopher" with the exception of "Christian" in the 1860 census.

DOB 4 Jul 1820 per cemetery memorial, 1822 per second Family Search profile. DOB inferred from ages in the censuses vary: 1822, 1816, 1823, 1828. Listed as "single" in the 1880 census.

Christopher Fields (Male, 28, b Pennsylvania) was recorded in the 1850 U.S. Census residing in the household of Elishue Fields in Wayne, Mifflin, Pennsylvania.

Christian Fields (Male, 44, b Pennsylvania, occ Farm Lab'r) was recorded in the 1860 U.S. Census residing in the household of Wm Fields in Wayne Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania.

Christopher Fields (Male, 47, b Pennsylvania) was recorded in the 1870 U.S. Census residing in the household of Lewis Keith in Wayne Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania.

Christopher Fields (Male, 52, single, b Pennsylvania, occ Day Laborer) was recorded in the 1870 U.S. Census residing in the household of Elizabeth Coplin in Wayne, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. He was unrelated to the head of household.

Burial: Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery, Newton Hamilton, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA. Memorial ID 46969004.

Sources

• Christian Fields (Deceased), first profile provided by Family Search.
• Christopher Fields (1822–Deceased), second profile provided by Family Search.
• United States Census (1850), entry for Elishue Fields, residing in Wayne, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States.
• United States Census (1860), entry for Wm Fields, residing in Wayne Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States.
• United States Census (1870), entry for Lewis Keith, residing in Wayne Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States.
• United States Census (1880), entry for Elizabeth Coplin, residing in Wayne, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States.
• Christopher Fields, memorial in Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery, Newton Hamilton, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA.