Born in Lawrence, Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Silas Skelton
and Susanna (Clark) Skelton
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Albert Joel Wakefield
— married
29 May 1851 in Ohio
Descendants 
Mother of
Wilbur Wakefield, Albert Lucian Wakefield, Susan (Wakefield) Lankard, Jessie Fremont (Wakefield) Whealy, Luella Candice (Wakefield) Fisher, Benjamin Franklin Wakefield, Elhanen Winchester Wakefield, John Wesley Wakefield, Mary Marinda (Wakefield) Adams and Charles Spencer Wakefield
Died
at age 62
in Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Oct 2016
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Biography
Hester (Skelton) Wakefield lived in Appalachia, in Ohio.
Sources
- Wakefield Memorial : comprising an historical, genealogical and biographical register of the name and family of Wakefield
- "Minnesota State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKNV-12H : 30 July 2017), A J Wakefield, Kasota, Le Sueur, Minnesota; citing p. 269, line 21, volume Lac qui Parle, Lake, Le Sueur, Lincoln and Lyon County, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 0565723.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 December 2018), memorial page for Hester A Skelton Wakefield (27 Jul 1834–14 Feb 1897), Find A Grave Memorial no. 150112767, citing Glenwood Cemetery, Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by DE Sundeen (contributor 48210342) .
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