With general regret and sorrow the people of this community learn that Mrs. M. D. Wakefield, a
native and almost life-long resident of Camden, died at the home of her stepfather, George M.
Johnson, 232 Harrison St., Rome, at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. She fell in the garden at her
home in Cooper street, Vernon, last August, injuring her left leg so badly that she had since
been obliged to go about with a crutch and a cane until seven weeks ago, when she became unable
to walk, and she was taken to the Broad Street Hospital, Oneida, where examination disclosed that
the bone of her leg had become diseased, the effects of which caused her death. She was removed
from the hospital to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson on Dec. 13.
Mrs. Wakefield's maiden name was Ella M. Swanson. She was born near Camden, Sept. 16, 1856, a
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Swanson. Her father was a member of the 146th Regiment
and was killed in the Civil War. Her mother married Mr. Johnson in 1867, her death occurring
in Rome thirty-four years ago.
Nearly all of her life was spent in Camden, where forty-eight years ago on Thanksgiving day she
married Mr. Wakefield, they continuing their residence here, being engaged in farming until
three years ago, when they purchased a fine farm at Vernon, making their home there since. She
has been a member of the Camden Presbyterian church for more than thirty years. Besides the
husband and stepfather, there survive a daughter, Mrs. E. N. Wellman of Durhamville, a sister,
Mrs. Emma Drury of Utica, and five grandchildren.
WAKEFIELD - In Rome, N.Y., December 21, 1920, Mrs. M. D. Wakefield, formerly of Camden, in her
65th year.
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