Posted on: Nodaway Co Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Mo/Nodaway/965 Surname: Wakefield, Parsons, Fakes, Coverdell, Shannon, Gaskill, Jones, MIller ------------------------- My Wakefield line also came out from Monroe Co. IND. James Washington Wakefield b. 1810 TN and Helious Parsons Wakefield b. 1809 married in Monroe Co. IND. 1831. They had several children here in MOnroe Co. IND: James 1832, John 1834 (Married to Ann Balderson), Ambrose 1836, Martha Ann 1839 (married to David Moberly) Charity 1842 (married to Earl Cranston Fakes) Silas 1844, Joseph 1848, (Married 1st to Fransenia Fakes) Then the family moved to Linn Co. Iowa early 1851, where they had 2 more children Samantha 1851, George Washinton Wakefield b. 1854 (married to Sarah Ann Coverdell) The family moved on to Nodaway Co. MO around 1860, where George W. married Sarah Ann Coverdell at Marysville, Nodaway Co. MO in 1875. James W. Wakefield and George W. his son lived at Pickering, MO as well, staying in this area until 1892, when they moved out to Crescent City, Del Norte, CA. James and wife Helious in their elder years, moved with their son George, and wife Sarah Ann plus their 4 children, Will, Minnie, Ernest(Gus) and Art out to CA. James died there in 1906 at age 96. The Coverdell family was also from IND, Jackson and Jennings Co. IND. and moved out to several places in MO around this same time, one of them being Worth Co. MO. Gina Deschner