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Note: Leonidas Ingraham "Bud" Wakefield 1870 Census, White Cloud Township, Nodaway Co. Missouri, p.683, lines 29-36:
Name Age Gender Race Occupation VRE VPE Birthplace
WAKEFIELD James 38 M W Keeps flouring mill 10,000 1,000 Ohio WAKEFIELD Cynthia A R 21 F W Keeping house ------ ------ Kentucky WAKEFIELD Theodore B 12 M W At home ------ ------ Iowa WAKEFIELD Leonidas I 10 M W ----------- ------ ------ Missouri WAKEFIELD Marvin M 8 M W ----------- ------ ------ Missouri WAKEFIELD Dora A. 4 F W ----------- ------ ------ Missouri WAKEFIELD Susan M A 1 F W ----------- ------ ------ Missouri BLUM Catherine 19 F W Domestic servant ------ ------ Germany
Allen MAZINGO is enumerated on same page, at top.
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1880 Census, Adin, Modoc Co. California, p.47D:
name, rel., m/s, gender, race, age, birthplace, occupation, father's bp, mother's bp
John WAKEFIELD Self M M W 48 IN Millwright TN VA Sintha A. R. WAKEFIELD Wife M F W 30 KY Keeping Hs PA VA Leaiseus WAKEFIELD Son S M W 19 MO Laborer IN KY Marion M. WAKEFIELD Son S M W 16 MO IN KY Flora M. WAKEFIELD Dau S F W 7 MO IN KY Shalota WAKEFIELD Dau S F W 1 CA IN KY
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1910 United States Census, Elma Town, Chehalis Co. (Grays Harbor Co.), Washington, sheet #4A, dwelling #54, family #57, lines 12-15:
Household Rel. Gender Race Age M/S Birthplace Fbp Mbp
Wakefield, Leonidas I. Head M W 49 M Missouri -------- -------- Wakefield, Lucy J. Wife F W 42 M Missouri Tennessee United States Wakefield, Jessie L. Dau F W 6 S Washington Missouri Missouri Hill, Harry G. Father-in-Law M W 71 Wd Tennessee Virginia North Carolina
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1920 United States Census, Elma Town, Grays Harbor Co. Washington, sheet #2A, dwelling #35, family #36, lines 23-28:
Household Rel. Gender Race Age M/S Birthplace Fbp Mbp
Wakefield, L. I. Head M W 59 M Missouri Indiana Indiana Wakefield, June Wife F W 52 M Missouri Tenn Miss Wakefield, Clifford Son M W 17 S Washington Missouri Missouri Wakefield, Louise Dau F W 15 S Washington Missouri Missouri Wakefield, Howard Son M W 12 S Washington Missouri Missouri Wakefield, Marjorie Dau F W 10 S Washington Missouri Missouri
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1930 United States Census, Elma Town, Grays Harbor Co. Washington, sheet #2B, household #45, lines 51-56:
Household Rel. Gender Race Age M/S Birthplace Fbp Mbp
Wakefield, Leonidas I. Head M W 69 M Missouri Indiana Indiana Wakefield, L. June Wife F W 62 M Missouri Tenn Virginia Cornelius, V. Louise Dau F W 26 M Washington Missouri Missouri Wakefield, L. Howard Son M W 22 S Washington Missouri Missouri Wakefield, Marjorie R Dau F W 20 S Washington Missouri Missouri Cousins, Jean W Grandson M W 5 S Washington Virginia Washington
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Whiteside Undertaking Company
- info from Richard Smith:
He was assoc. with the Hill's in the Elma pharmacy, and later turned to publishing the Elma Chronicle. Moved with family to Tacoma in 1918, no children, but adopted four orphans. -----
- info from Ted Wakefield:
Leonidas came from Alturas [California] to Hoquiam, Washington where he met Lucy June Hill, daughter of pioneer Elma Physician H. G. HILL [Harry Greene HILL]. Leonidas saw Elma grow and played an active part in making the history of the town. From approximately 1900 to 1906 he had the clothing store Wakefield and O'Donnell (Leonidas was a brother-in-law of J.R. O'Donnell, his sister Flora having married him. She lived to be 100 and died in Seattle in 1973). In 1906 he sold out and operated the Elma Hotel which he ran until the completion of the new Pythian Building containing the modern hotel named "The Wakefield", which he then operated. He was the Elma town treasurer for 12 years until 1910 when he was elected mayor without opposition. He was mayor until 1912. He was the first president and one of the organizers of the Elma Business Men's Association, first civic organization of the town. Leonidas was past Worshipful Master of the Elma Masonic Lodge. -----
- Elma Chronicle, February 4, 1937:
L. I. Wakefield, Elma Pioneer, Passes Today Former Postmaster And Well Known Figure Is Called Had Vital Part in History Of Elma
Death came this morning to Leonidas I. Wakefield, Pioneer Elma citizen who had lived here for the past 50 years, at his home, 119 South Second street, after a slight illness which ended in a heart attack. Coming to Elma in 1887, L. I. Wakefield saw Elma grow and played an active part in making the history of the town. During his long and eventful life in Elma, Wakefield had become a much beloved citizen, doing thousands of unheralded kind acts for needy people of which few persons knew anything about. Wakefield originally came from Modoc county, California to Hoquiam, where he resided about a year before coming to Elma in 1888. He was proprietor of the Valley House for several years, which was originally located where the Imperial Hotel now stands, before it burned several years ago.
Leased Hotel He also owned a livery stable where the Brewer Pharmacy is now located. When the Valley House was moved to the lot back of the Imperial Hotel, Wakefield leased a new building from the Knights of Pythias, furnished it and started what is now the Imperial Hotel in 1909. It was known as the Wakefield Hotel. He was the first president and one of the organizers of the Elma Business Men's Association, first civic organization of the town. In November, 1902, with the late E. L. Minard, J. R. O'Donnell, A. O. Damon, J. H. Dailey, A. E. LeRoy, and Dr. H. Bliar, and with Nim Herriman, R. H. Wade, and Dr. E. P. French, he organized what is known today as the White Star Lumber Co. at Whites.
Postmaster 15 Years Wakefield built the building now occupied by the Elma Creamery about 30 years ago. He was mayor of Elma from 1910 to 1912. From October 1920 until June 1935 he was Postmaster for the town, holding commissions from Presidents Wilson, Harding and Coolidge. At one time he also ran the Raymond Hotel at Raymond, and operated the Elma Hotel. He is a past Worshipful Master of the Elma Masonic Lodge and was a member of the board of trustees of the Elma Masons.
Had a Full Life Known to his pioneer friends as a great booster for the town and a man who lived a full and worthwhile life, the town mourns his death, and any tribute that can be paid him now will be inadequate to show those who did not know him and the ones he leaves what an outstanding man he was in the history of Elma. He is survived by his wife June, a daughter of the late H. G. Hill, pioneer Elma physician, and four adopted children, Clifford of Aberdeen, Mrs. Arnold Fritzinger of Littlerock and Marjorie and Howard of Elma, and a sister, Mrs. Flora O'Donnell of Whites. -----
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