Jerusha Anna Halladay (1809 - 1876)

Born 17 Jan 1809 in Vermont

Ancestors

Wife of Piercy Wheeler — married 4 Oct 1832 in Dearborn County, Indiana

Descendants

Died 3 Nov 1876 at age 67 in Missouri

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Biography

Jerusha was born in 1809. She passed away in 1876.

Sources

• Dillsboro Public Library 1915 History of Dearborn County Indiana p. 982: "Ann Holliday, mother of Henry Clay Wheeler, ... when a small child her parents decided to emigrate westward and embarked on the waters of the Ohio on a lumber raft. They in due time reached Aurora, where they landed and near where they made their home for the balance of their lives. ... To Piercy Wheeler and Ann Holliday, his wife, were born the following children: James, William, Charles, Henry, Sarah, Piercy, John and Cortes H."

Lawrenceburg Library 10-31-09 hardcopy obituary index card files: (place of death) "Press 16 Nov. 1876 Cold Spring Wheeler, Ann 'Mrs. Ann Wheeler, widow of Percy Wheeler, deceased, a well known citizen of Dearborn county, died in Missouri on the 5th inst. -

Her remains were brought here and interred on the 7th.' "

The History of Dearborn County, Indiana, page 932, states that Jerusha was born in Genesee Falls, Allegheny County, New York and her father's name was Courtland.

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