Wakefield's History of the Black Hawk War: A Reprint of the First Edition (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Wakefield's History of the Black Hawk War: A Reprint of the First Edition

Ohn allen wakefield, second son of William and Diana (varner) Wakefield, was born February 22, 1797, at Pendleton, South Carolina.

The father was a native of North Carolina, of Scotch Irish ancestry. The mother (who died at Quincy, Illinois, at the age of nearly 107 years) was a native of South Carolina, of scotch-irish and French Huguenot ancestry. The father, William, a man of education, spent most of his manhood as a teacher.

John Allen received his name in honor of Major General John Allen of Virginia, who was a cousin to Diana Varner Wakefield.

When he was seven years old, John's parents moved to middle Tennessee, where they remained but a Short time, and then pushed on to Barren County, Kentucky. In _1808, the family removed to Illinois Territory, set tling where Lebanon, St. Clair County, is now located.

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