Samuel Wakefield
Life
Born: 6 March 1799, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Died: 13 September 1895, West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Biography American Methodist pastor, teacher of music and theology, and composer. Samuel Wakefield was the son of Thomas Wakefield and Elizabeth Morton. When Samuel was a baby, the family moved to a farm near Bolivar, Indiana County. In 1813 he enlisted as a drummer-boy in the War of 1812. He was licensed as a local preacher in Ligonier Valley, Pennsylvania, serving in the Methodist Episcopal Church from 1834 to his retirement in 1880. He founded many Methodist churches in western and southwestern Pennsylvania. He was a representative to the Pennsylvania legislature in 1862 and 1863. He wrote a book of systematic theology, and was a widely respected teacher of theology.
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Publications
- Wakefield, Samuel. 1825. The Ecclesiastic Harmony, containing a choice collection of psalm and hymn tunes, selected principally from the most approved authors, and adapted to the use of worshipping assemblies in general. Pittsburgh: Eichbaum and Johnston, 1825.
- Wakefield, Samuel. 1828. Wakefield's Sacred Music.
- Wakefield, Samuel. 1832. The Christian's Harp. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Later editions 1832-1836-1837-1841. Reprinted in 2016.
- Wakefield, Samuel. 1835. The American repository of sacred music, containing a great variety of psalm and hymn tunes, original and selected; together with a plain introduction to the rudiments of music. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Cook and Schroyer.
- Wakefield, Samuel. 1843. The western harp: Containing a collection of sacred music, original and selected, and adapted to the use of worshiping assemblies in general, together with a concise introduction to the art of singing. Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania: Author. Later editions in 1846, 1848, and 1855.
- Hunter, William, and Samuel Wakefield. 1845. The Minstrel of Zion: a book of religious songs, accompanied with appropriate music, chiefly original. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Sorin and Ball. Later editions in 1846, 1849, 1850, and 1854. Reprinted 2016.
- Wakefield, Samuel. 1848. English grammar, or, A systematic exposition of the constructive principles of the English language: Designed for the use of common schools, academies, and private learners. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: John B. Kennedy.
- Wakefield, Samuel. 1858. Deutsches Choralbuch: eine Sammlung von deutschen und englischen Kirchenmelodien, nebst einer Anweisung zur erlernung der Vokalmusik. Cincinnati, Ohio: Swormstedt and Poe.
- Wakefield, Samuel. 1862. Complete System of Christian Theology, or, A Concise, Comprehensive, and Systematic View of the Evidences, Doctrines, Morals and Institutions of Christianity. New York, New York: Carlton and Potter. Later editions in 1869 and 1873, reprinted 1985.
References
- Storey, Henry W. 1907. History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Volume 3. New York: Lewis Publishing Co. Samuel Wakefield, pp. 54–56.
- Wakefield, Homer. 1897. Wakefield Memorial: Comprising an Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Register of the Name and Family of Wakefield. Bloomington, Illinois: Compiler. 352 pp.
- Wiley, Samuel T., Editor. 1896. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Union Publishing Co. Samuel Wakefield, pp. 420-422.