History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 966-967, Woodland Township
L. L. Wakefield, physician and surgeon, Summum; was born at
Kingsville, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, Sept. 5, 1835; educated at Kingsville
Academy; he became employed in 1856 as clerk in a drug store, having
had commenced medical study in 1855; in 1854 he shipped before the
mast, rapidly gaining a knowledge of nautical life; he arose to the
position of 2d mate; in 1859 he entered the office of Dr. Andrew
Merriman, remaining during the summer; in autumn he made his way to
Illinois, locating in Woodland tp., where he again began his studies
with Dr. Harper, of Bath; in 1861 he came to Summum and resumed his
studies with Dr. J. H. Breeden; before the close of the year he took up
his residence at Bath, Mason Co.; resumed study with that skillful
practitioner, Dr. Fullerton; during the spring of 1862 he returned to
Summum, entering into partnership with Dr. Breeden, remaining until
1863; the winter of that year and the following he spent at Rush
Medical College, Chicago, where his time was profitably employed. After
his return from Chicago to Summum he entered upon his life work as a
physician. Oct. 16, 1861, he married Dorothea Guest, and they have 3
children.
