Individual Details
Thomas Wheeler
(1805 - 1884)
World Connect database that traces the Wheeler family back several generations:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=newphil&id=I0672
His parents were William Wheeler and Sarah Shrewsbury of Culpeper Co, VA
Children listed in database:
Icybinda, b. 1828, KY. Married Samuel Pruit, 7 Aug 1845, Morgan Co IN. d. 4 Aug 1888, Missouri [marriage is in Indiana Database]
Emily Elizabeth Jane, b. 1830, KY, married William Pittman, 11 Nov 1852 in Grayson Co,Texas. Married 2nd George Walker [marriage found on FamilySearch.org]
James, b. 1831, KY
Nathaniel, b. 1833, Morgan Co IN, married Huldah ? in TX about 1853
Mary Ann, b. 22 Apr 1838, Morgan Co, IN, married Wm H. Phillips ca 1855, TX. d. 6 Feb 1916, Crawford Co AR, buried on farm, no marker
Amanda Ellen, b. 20 Jul 1842, Morgan Co IN, married Albert G. Roberts, 7 Jan 1865, Crawford Co AR. d. 20 Sep 1892, Decatur, Kansas
Perlinda E., bo 1843, Morgan Co INC
Arminta, b. 1848, Grayson Co TX
1850 Census. Grayson Co, TX, Hh 38
Thos Wheeler, age 44, b. KY, Farmer
Ann, 43, b. KY
Jane, 20, b. KY
James, 19, b. KY
Nathaniel 17, b. IN
Mary Ann, 14, b. IN
A. E., 10, female, b. IN
P., 9, female, b. IN
A., age 2, female, b. TX
1860 Census. Grayson Co, TX, Hh 588
Thos Wheeler, age 54, b. KY. Ann 52, b. KY
Amanda E., 19 b. IN.
Perlind E., 17, b. IN
Arminta, 12, b. TX
Next door in Hh 589
Emily J. Pittman, age 29, b. KY
Harriet, 6. Ellen 5. Melissa 3. Sarah A., 1. All born in Texas.
On the previous page in Hh 582
Wm H. Phillips, age 23, b. IL. Nancy A., 22, b. IN
Newton age 4, Saml, age 2 - both born in Texas
and in Hh 584
Samuel Pruitt, age 38, b. KY. Icybinda, 32, b. IN
Children all listed as born in TX: Nancy A. 15, Jefferson 11. Malinda 9. Eli 6. Emily 4. and Arminta S., age 4 months.
This accounts for all the children except James and Nathaniel.
1870 Census. Cedar Creek, Crawford Co AR. Thos. Wheeler, age 64, b. KY, doing Farm Labor. Ann, age 61, keeping house. Living with them was Ann Pitmon age 12, female, born in Texas. Presumably a granddaughter, Sarah A. the daughter of Emily & William Pittman as found in 1860.
1880 Census. Living in Newton Co MO. Thomas was age 73, b. KY. Anna was 68, b. KY
Neither gave birthplaces of parents.
Thomas and Anna Wheeler are buried Oliver Springs Cemetery, Crawford Co AR. When the dates from the markers were entered in the book HISTORY IN HEADSTONES, they were reversed as per a descendant. I have entered them properly here.
Events
| Birth | 1805 | Kentucky |  | ||
| Marriage | 13 Sep 1825 | Kentucky - Nancy Anna Warmouth | |||
| Death | 1884 | Crawford County, Arkansas | | ||
| Burial | Oliver Springs Cemetery, Crawford County, Arkansas |
Families
| Spouse | Nancy Anna Warmouth (1808 - 1891) |
| Child | Nathaniel Wheeler (1834 - 1910) |
Endnotes
1. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), p.357 Oliver Springs Cemetery.
2. US Census 1880 - FamilySearch CD-ROM Transcription of entire 1880 Census by the LDS; 2000., MO, Newton County, Benton Twp, p.473D.
3. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), p.357 Oliver Springs Cemetery.