The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-03-12
JOHN wakefield
PASSES AWAY
End of Successful Career
At Noon of Life.
Starting As Reporter He Had
Achieved Much In Bust
ness and Politics.

! John ID. Wakefield, chairman of tho
Board of Public Works, a stock and
bond broker, and one of the most
prominent young men of the city,
died at 5:21 o'clock yesterday after
noon at his home, 146S st. James
Court, of pneumonia, after an illness
of little more than a week.
The death of Mr.. Wakefield came
as great shock. For years he had
been a most active factor in the az
fairs of Louisville, and his illness
had been of such brief duration that
his friends had scarcely time to re-
alize how serious it was. Express
sions of sorrow were general when
it was learned that ihs busy and use
full life had closed, in its full prime.
Mr.. Wakefield had suffered from a.
cold, and on February rs was forced
to remain in bed. At first It was
thought he suffered from pleurisy,
and later there we're signs of typhoid.
Last week the trouble was dag
nosed as pneumonia. g.
Early yesterday morning Mr..
Wakefield's condition became alarm
ing. Toward noon it was noticed
that his heart action had become
weaker, but about 2 o'clock. after
being unconscious, Mr.. Wakefield
rallied and recognized members OF
his family who had gathered at the
bedside. In few moments, how
ever. heagain lapsed into unconscious
ness, and sank steadily, despite the
efforts of physicians to prolong his
:, life by artificial means.
With the exception OF his two Jit-
tie daughters. Margaret Synder
Wakefield and Elizabeth Dunlap
Wakefield, the members of his i'm
mediate family. including his mother
Mrs. Elizabeth Dunlap Wakefield, of
Bedford. Ind, were at the bedside
when the end came.
Mr.. Wakefield was born few
miles from Shelbyville. in Shelby
county. KY, January rs, 1879. He
was a son of James M. and Elizabeth
Dunlap Wakefield. During his child
hood his parents moved to Washing
ton, Davies county, Ind. 1t was there
he received his education and gradu-
ated from the High School.
He came to Louisville in 1895 and
began his career as a newspaper man.
Through his newspaper work he be-
came interested in politics and handl-
ed the news of many political cam
paigns and acquired taste Tor poll
tics. 1t was while he was acting city
editor of the Courier Journal he was
selected by Congressman Swager
Sherley as his secretary. In 1905 he
was appointed member of the Board
of Public Safety by former Mayor
Paul c. Barth. After two years he
resigned that position. Shortly aft
erward he entered the stock and bond
piohcio5O uubihcoo Win hto unCtc,
John L. Dunlap. under the name of
John l.. Dunlap & Co.
In 1909 he was appointed a mem
Der of the Board of Public Works.
by Mayor w. o. Head. and in 1911
was made chairman of that body. He
was reappointed in 1913 by Mayor
Buschemeyer and continued in the
position of chairman.
About two years ago he retired
from the firm of Dunlap & Co.. and
launched a similar business under
the name of John ID. Wakefield & Co..
with A. e. Latta. He was a member
OF the board of governors of the
Louisville Stock Exchange.
Mr.. Wakefields, private life was
one of happiness. He married Miss
Sarah McIlvaine Snyder. daughter of
George r. and Elizabeth Goff Snyder.
of Louisville, who survives him with
two daughters. Margaret and Eliza
beth. eight and six years old respec-
lively.
He was a member of the Second
Presbyterian church and had been q
member of the board of deacons for
the past four years. He was presi-
dent Of the Mems Organization of
the church and was a constant at
tendsnt at the Mems bible class.
The funeral will be held tomor-
row morning 1t 10 o'clock from the
Second Presbyterian church.-From
! Tuesdays Louisville Evening Post.
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