Emma Frances Wakeman was one of 16 women from Fairfield, CT, who in 1894 founded the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Miss Wakeman was the chapter’s first recording secretary and later served as Vice-Regent. She was the daughter of Andrew Peck Wakeman and Cornelia K. Burr of Fairfield, granddaughter of Joseph Wakeman and Sarah A. Bulkley, and great granddaughter of Andrew Wakeman and Eunice Smedley. Her great grandfather enlisted in the company of Capt. David Dimon, which marched to Boston in the Lexington Alarm of 1775. He later supervised a company of teamsters which transported supplies from Connecticut to the Continental Army.
Miss Wakeman served on the Executive Committee of Fairfield Auxiliary No. 29 of the American Red Cross during the Spanish-American War, which rendered assistance to convalescent soldiers from the camp at Montauk Point. She was a member of the Fairfield chapter of the Consumers League. For many years she was the head librarian of Fairfield Memorial Library.
Contributor: Jeanne Stevens (47795852)
Miss Wakeman served on the Executive Committee of Fairfield Auxiliary No. 29 of the American Red Cross during the Spanish-American War, which rendered assistance to convalescent soldiers from the camp at Montauk Point. She was a member of the Fairfield chapter of the Consumers League. For many years she was the head librarian of Fairfield Memorial Library.
Contributor: Jeanne Stevens (47795852)
Emma Frances Wakeman was one of 16 women from Fairfield, CT, who in 1894 founded the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Miss Wakeman was the chapter’s first recording secretary and later served as Vice-Regent. She was the daughter of Andrew Peck Wakeman and Cornelia K. Burr of Fairfield, granddaughter of Joseph Wakeman and Sarah A. Bulkley, and great granddaughter of Andrew Wakeman and Eunice Smedley. Her great grandfather enlisted in the company of Capt. David Dimon, which marched to Boston in the Lexington Alarm of 1775. He later supervised a company of teamsters which transported supplies from Connecticut to the Continental Army.
Miss Wakeman served on the Executive Committee of Fairfield Auxiliary No. 29 of the American Red Cross during the Spanish-American War, which rendered assistance to convalescent soldiers from the camp at Montauk Point. She was a member of the Fairfield chapter of the Consumers League. For many years she was the head librarian of Fairfield Memorial Library.
Contributor: Jeanne Stevens (47795852)
Miss Wakeman served on the Executive Committee of Fairfield Auxiliary No. 29 of the American Red Cross during the Spanish-American War, which rendered assistance to convalescent soldiers from the camp at Montauk Point. She was a member of the Fairfield chapter of the Consumers League. For many years she was the head librarian of Fairfield Memorial Library.
Contributor: Jeanne Stevens (47795852)
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