Leander Dorn Wheatley (1887 - 1965)

Born 7 Jul 1887 in Logan Co., West Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Georgia A (Bias) Wheatley — married 6 May 1906 in Boone County, West Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 5 Jun 1965 at age 77 in Marion Co., Florida

Biography

Extracted from speech Ernest Wheatley gave at the 6th Wheatley Reunion July 15-16,1978: [1]

My father, Leander Dorn WHEATLEY, the fourth son of William Beauregard and Marmen Conley, was born on the Wheatley Branch 07 July 1887. That was 91 years ago, nearly a century ago. That's why this generation is nearly gone.

On 06 May 1906 at Chapmanville, West Virginia he married my mother, Georgia Ann Bias. To them were born 10 children: 1. Edith deceased; 2. Myself Ernest; 3. An infant deceased; 4 Flossie deceased; 5. Una deceased; 6. Fred; 7. Wilson; 8. Francis deceased; 9. Elizabeth; 10. David deceased. Counting the in-laws, 40% of this generation is gone.

...My dad went to Marshall College at Huntington, West Virginia, studied engineering, took his knowledge of engineering and the design of sawmills and began building sawmills. He built repaired and remodeled sawmills with capacities of 4 to 12 thousand board feet an hour. That equals about 6 railroad cars or a dozen tractor trailer loads a day. The largest saw mill "Lee" remodeled was at Rainelle, West Virginia, owned by Meadow River Lumber Company; three band-saws under one roof with 100M feet capacity a day. "Lee" also built other buildings, such as: A theatre building in Montgomery, W. Va. and some Coal tipples, one at the head of Bracken's Creek in Fayette County.

...Dad was a good companion, teacher and instructor, as well as a good father. It was here (Russellville) we survived the flu during the winter of '17 and '18. Dad stayed at home and waited on us. The flu got so bad the mill closed down and Dad helped the doctor care for those that were sick. It was here he got his nickname, "Doc".

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Sources

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTQ8-XJS : accessed 10 May 2015), Leander D. Wheatley and Georgia A. Bias, 06 May 1906; citing Boone County, West Virginia, Vol 2 Item 2 P 57, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 570,580.
• "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNL8-MKH : accessed 10 May 2015), Lee D Wheatley, Nuttall, Fayette, West Virginia, United States; citing sheet 13B, family 238, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,947.
• "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMHJ-NY4 : accessed 10 May 2015), Leander D Wheatley, Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0017, sheet 14A, family 102, line 15, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2546; FHL microfilm 2,342,280.
• "Florida State Census, 1935," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNJV-176 : accessed 10 May 2015), L D Wheatley, Watertown, Columbia, Florida; citing line 1, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,150.
• "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTHH-PHS : accessed 10 May 2015), L D Wheatley, Election Precinct 11, Columbia, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12-17, sheet 4A, family 74, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 579.
• "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK3-96PC : accessed 10 May 2015), Leander Dorn Wheatley, 1965; Burial, Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, United States of America, Memory Gardens Cemetery; citing record ID 33892517, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Information recorded by Carolyn Martin from grave marker at Garden of the Last Supper in Tallahassee Memory Gardens (cemetery), Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VS19-8WT : accessed 10 May 2015), Leander Wheatley, Jun 1965; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV6V-3H5 : accessed 10 May 2015), Leander Doran Wheatley, Jun 1965; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. 2713, certificate number 29842, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.