Thursday at his home in Wauwatota occurred the death of a former prominent Oshkosh resident, George M. Wakefield, widely known in mining and timber land circles in northern Wisconsin. His death was due to a combination of ailments, among which were diabetes and tuberculosis. He has been failing sincee last June but had been seen on the streets of his own city within a week. He was sixty-four years of age.
When a resident of Oshkosh he occupied a spacious home on the Jackson street road just north of the city limits and which after the removal of the family from the city was transformed into Maple Lodge sanitarium under the management of Dr C. W. Oviatt.
He leaves a widow, Mrs. Eleanor F. Wakefield, and seven sons and daughters, Vernon T. Wakefield of Milwaukee, James P. Wakefield, George M. Wakefield Jr., and Mrs. C. W. Taylor of Sherman, Texas.; Arthur A. Wakefield of Ketchekan, Alaska; Mrs, V. S. H. King of Faribault. Minn., and Thomas Wakefield of Cleveland, O.
Mr. Wakefield was a native of Henerson, Jefferson county, N. Y. He came west with his parents, locating In Waukesha county, in 1844. Four years later they moved to Winnebago county. He left the farm in early manhood and came to Oshkosh, where he engaged in lumbering and milling. He resided in Oshkosh until 1886, when he went to Milwaukee.
For the last twenty years Mr. Wakefield's occupation had been that of a dealer In mining and timber lands in northern Wisconsin and Michigan. He also had landed interests in Texas and Alaska. Among his Gogebic mining properties in an interest in the fee of the Sunday Lake mine, near Iron wood, and he owned fully three quarters of the east half of the section on which it !s located.
The funeral of Mr. Wakefield will be held from his late residence, 265 Church street in Wauwatosa. The remains will be cremated at the Forest Home crematory and the ashes will be brought to Oshkosh and placed in the family lot at Riverside.
The Oshkosh Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
09 Oct 1903, Fri • Page 2
Contributor: JAZ (48097722)
When a resident of Oshkosh he occupied a spacious home on the Jackson street road just north of the city limits and which after the removal of the family from the city was transformed into Maple Lodge sanitarium under the management of Dr C. W. Oviatt.
He leaves a widow, Mrs. Eleanor F. Wakefield, and seven sons and daughters, Vernon T. Wakefield of Milwaukee, James P. Wakefield, George M. Wakefield Jr., and Mrs. C. W. Taylor of Sherman, Texas.; Arthur A. Wakefield of Ketchekan, Alaska; Mrs, V. S. H. King of Faribault. Minn., and Thomas Wakefield of Cleveland, O.
Mr. Wakefield was a native of Henerson, Jefferson county, N. Y. He came west with his parents, locating In Waukesha county, in 1844. Four years later they moved to Winnebago county. He left the farm in early manhood and came to Oshkosh, where he engaged in lumbering and milling. He resided in Oshkosh until 1886, when he went to Milwaukee.
For the last twenty years Mr. Wakefield's occupation had been that of a dealer In mining and timber lands in northern Wisconsin and Michigan. He also had landed interests in Texas and Alaska. Among his Gogebic mining properties in an interest in the fee of the Sunday Lake mine, near Iron wood, and he owned fully three quarters of the east half of the section on which it !s located.
The funeral of Mr. Wakefield will be held from his late residence, 265 Church street in Wauwatosa. The remains will be cremated at the Forest Home crematory and the ashes will be brought to Oshkosh and placed in the family lot at Riverside.
The Oshkosh Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
09 Oct 1903, Fri • Page 2
Contributor: JAZ (48097722)
Thursday at his home in Wauwatota occurred the death of a former prominent Oshkosh resident, George M. Wakefield, widely known in mining and timber land circles in northern Wisconsin. His death was due to a combination of ailments, among which were diabetes and tuberculosis. He has been failing sincee last June but had been seen on the streets of his own city within a week. He was sixty-four years of age.
When a resident of Oshkosh he occupied a spacious home on the Jackson street road just north of the city limits and which after the removal of the family from the city was transformed into Maple Lodge sanitarium under the management of Dr C. W. Oviatt.
He leaves a widow, Mrs. Eleanor F. Wakefield, and seven sons and daughters, Vernon T. Wakefield of Milwaukee, James P. Wakefield, George M. Wakefield Jr., and Mrs. C. W. Taylor of Sherman, Texas.; Arthur A. Wakefield of Ketchekan, Alaska; Mrs, V. S. H. King of Faribault. Minn., and Thomas Wakefield of Cleveland, O.
Mr. Wakefield was a native of Henerson, Jefferson county, N. Y. He came west with his parents, locating In Waukesha county, in 1844. Four years later they moved to Winnebago county. He left the farm in early manhood and came to Oshkosh, where he engaged in lumbering and milling. He resided in Oshkosh until 1886, when he went to Milwaukee.
For the last twenty years Mr. Wakefield's occupation had been that of a dealer In mining and timber lands in northern Wisconsin and Michigan. He also had landed interests in Texas and Alaska. Among his Gogebic mining properties in an interest in the fee of the Sunday Lake mine, near Iron wood, and he owned fully three quarters of the east half of the section on which it !s located.
The funeral of Mr. Wakefield will be held from his late residence, 265 Church street in Wauwatosa. The remains will be cremated at the Forest Home crematory and the ashes will be brought to Oshkosh and placed in the family lot at Riverside.
The Oshkosh Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
09 Oct 1903, Fri • Page 2
Contributor: JAZ (48097722)
When a resident of Oshkosh he occupied a spacious home on the Jackson street road just north of the city limits and which after the removal of the family from the city was transformed into Maple Lodge sanitarium under the management of Dr C. W. Oviatt.
He leaves a widow, Mrs. Eleanor F. Wakefield, and seven sons and daughters, Vernon T. Wakefield of Milwaukee, James P. Wakefield, George M. Wakefield Jr., and Mrs. C. W. Taylor of Sherman, Texas.; Arthur A. Wakefield of Ketchekan, Alaska; Mrs, V. S. H. King of Faribault. Minn., and Thomas Wakefield of Cleveland, O.
Mr. Wakefield was a native of Henerson, Jefferson county, N. Y. He came west with his parents, locating In Waukesha county, in 1844. Four years later they moved to Winnebago county. He left the farm in early manhood and came to Oshkosh, where he engaged in lumbering and milling. He resided in Oshkosh until 1886, when he went to Milwaukee.
For the last twenty years Mr. Wakefield's occupation had been that of a dealer In mining and timber lands in northern Wisconsin and Michigan. He also had landed interests in Texas and Alaska. Among his Gogebic mining properties in an interest in the fee of the Sunday Lake mine, near Iron wood, and he owned fully three quarters of the east half of the section on which it !s located.
The funeral of Mr. Wakefield will be held from his late residence, 265 Church street in Wauwatosa. The remains will be cremated at the Forest Home crematory and the ashes will be brought to Oshkosh and placed in the family lot at Riverside.
The Oshkosh Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
09 Oct 1903, Fri • Page 2
Contributor: JAZ (48097722)
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