OBIT: WAKEFIELD, Thomas (Mrs.); 1864, West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ The Alleghanian Ebensburg, Pa. Thursday, 1 Sep 1864 Volume 5, Number 49 Shocking Case of Suicide On the morning of the 10th ult., the wife of Mr. Thomas Wakefield of West Wheatfield township, Indiana county, committed suicide. She first drank a bottle of laudanum, but fearing this would not kill speedily enough, she immediately afterward cut two horrible gashes in her throat with a razor. With persistency unparalleled she then precipitated herself into a well, where her lifeless body was discovered floating on the water. Domestic trouble was the cause of this horrible act.