in 1856, the entire family appeared in the Iowa state census for Elk Creek, Jasper County, Iowa,

(It is posted  on this site).  John A. was widowed in 1855, so he and his two young children were living

with his parents, Wakefield, Sr. and Elizabeth (Wilson) Trotter.  John's children appear to be the

children of Wakefield and Elizabeth, his parents, and therefore some people are under the

impression that Wakefield and Elizabeth had eight children.  In all actuality they had only six.

      Wakefield's wife and mother of all of the children, passed away in 1859 in Jasper County, Iowa.

Then Wakefield, Sr. married Selina Sims in 1860.  The 1860 census shows Wakefield, wife Selina and his

daughter Emily Angeline.  This marriage was short lived and must have ended in divorce as Selina

was still alive in the 1870 census.  He, in 1864, married a much younger woman named Huldah

Cartwright.  She was a widow with two children.

      In the 1870 census of Polk Township, DeKalb County, Missouri, shows Wakefield, Sr., Hulda,

and her two children from a previous marriage.  They were Martha and Charles (Cox) and Wakefield

and Hulda's two daughters, Anne F. and Hulda M. Trotter.  They had a son born to them in 1871 and his

name was Jonathan Taylor Trotter.  (This census will be on this site).

       I feel compelled to include the 1870 census in which Wakefield's son Marion Wakefield Trotter

appears with wife Martha and children.  There has been a lot of confusion regarding this census

because of the handwriting.  The name of Marion looks like Marcoir. There was no Marcoir and the

wife and children were those of Marion.  This mistake shows up on several other sites so I thought

that I would clear up the error.  (The census will be on this site).    

      I might mention, at this time, that Marion Wakefield Trotter, Sr., always used the name of

Wakefield and his son Marion Wakefield usually used the name Marion W. Trotter.  I suppose that

this was done to lessen the confusion between the two of them.  I discovered that the senior

Trotter had passed away in 1875 in Lincoln, Atchison County, Missouri and found the information,

Marion Wakefield Trotter 1804-1875,  that was my first discovery of his full name and That is why

there is Marion Wakefield Trotter, Sr. and Marion Wakefield Trotter, Jr..

       There is another reason for this site and that is to  use it as a platform for launching

information about another "mystery" Trotter.  This person was the Baby Sister of Marion

Wakefield, Sr.  Her name was Mary and she was born about 1825.  A descendant of hers contacted

me and told me that she thought that Mary was the sister of Wakefield.  I thought to myself that

I was going to have to tell her that there was no way.  I began researching and in a very short time

I was amazed to find out, for sure, that indeed they were brother and sister and There were so many

parallels in their lives.

      Mary and her husband John Morgan Cox were also not in the 1850 census.  They had traveled

to Wisconsin at the same time as Wakefield and his family.  To substantiate this, there is the

1860 census of Jasper County, Iowa, that shows that she and John Morgan Cox had two children

about 1853 in Wisconsin.  They also went to Jasper County, Iowa, about the same time as did her

brothers and their families. Those being Wakefield, Nelson and Monroe.

      I have on good authority that Mary loved her big brother Wakefield very, very much and would

probably follow him anywhere.  That became apparent when I found the names of her children. 

I won't name them at this time but, I have included Mary's Genealogical Report and Descendant

Charts and They have all of the pertinent information.

     We sincerely hope that you have found this site interesting and informative.  Browse around and

be sure to return for updates.

"Mickie" Mildred De Loris (Moore) Watson

This website was created by Mickie Watson Great -Great-Great Granddaughter of Marion Wakefield Trotter, Sr. and Mickie Watson's son Barry D. Watson.