Richard Anson Wheeler (1817 - 1904)

Born 29 Jan 1817 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Mary (Avery) Wheeler — married 12 Jan 1843 in North Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States

Died 6 Apr 1904 at age 87 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Birth

Richard was born on Wednesday, 29 Jan 1817, to Richard Wheeler Jr and Mary (Hewitt) Wheeler in Stonington.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

First Marriage

Marriage date: 12 Jan 1843 Marriage place: North Stonington Residence place: Stonington By Rev Philo Judson^{[1][2] [3][4][5][6]}

Children from First Marriage

Eliza Mary (Wheeler) Tyler; b. 09 Jan 1844^[2][3][4]

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Emily Avery (Wheeler) Williams; b. 30 June 1855^{[2][3][4][6][8]}

Second Marriage

Marriage: Date: 5 Nov 1856 Place: Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States^{[1][2][3][5][6][9][10]}

Children From Second Marriage

Grace Denison Wheeler; b. 08 Jul 1858^[2][6][11]

Death

Date: 6 Apr 1904 Place: Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States

Burial

Place: Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, New London, CT

Event

Event: author of this book History of Stonington Date: 1900 This person is the author of the copious anthology entitled "History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, From Its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900, With a Genealogical Register of Stonington Families", published in 1900 by The Day Publishing Company, New London, Conn. This is of course a key reference often cited among thousands of profiles contained herein.[JRF]

Occupation

"In 1838, when twenty-one years old, he was one of the society committee of the Road Church, and has held that office for forty-three years to the present time. He was chosen selectman in 1847 and '48; representative to the Legislature, 1851; sheriff of New London County, 1860; re-elected 1863, '66, and '69, and holding the office until 1872, when he declined re-election. In the spring of 1864 he was chosen judge of probate, and by successive re-elections has held the office until the present time."^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Wheeler, Richard Anson; (1900); History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900; Press of the Day Publishing Company, New London, Conn.; PG 653, #429; Retrieved from https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n675/mode/2up
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Wheeler, Albert Gallatin : American College of Genealogy (1914). The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America; PG 321 & 335, #4153; Retrieved from: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalency00amer/page/320
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Jones, Emma C. Brewster, Compliled and Edited by (1908); The Brewster Genealogy 1566-1907: A Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the “Mayflower,” Ruling Elder of the Pilgrim Church Which Founded Plymouth Colony in 1620, Vol I; Genealogical Publishers, The Grafton Press, New York, New York; PG 456, #1031, viii; Retrieved from: https://archive.org/stream/brewstergenealog190801jone#page/456/mode/2up
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Avery, Elroy McKendree & Avery, Catharine Hitchcock (Tilden) (1912); The Groton Avery Clan, Volume I; Cleveland, Ohio : [s.n.]; PG 435-436, #870; Retrieved from https://archive.org/stream/grotonaveryclan01aver#page/435/mode/1up
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), (1882); History of New London county, Connecticut : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men; J.W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia/Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co. Philadelphia; PG 690-691; Retrieved from https://archive.org/stream/historyofnewlond00hurd#page/690/mode/2up
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} Denison, Glenn Elverton; Peck, Josephine Middleton [and] Jacobus, Donald L.(1963), Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993. Note: this publication not available online, however see the original published for The Denison Society, Pequot Press 1963. (Not Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993. #27-2); PG 399, #688-25, 688-26 & 688-27; https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni_1/page/399
7. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W3-DBY : 11 February 2018), Eliza Mary Wheeler, 09 Jan 1844; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
8. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W3-DP1 : 11 February 2018), Emily Avery Wheeler, 30 Jun 1855; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
9. ↑ Wheeler, Richard A. (1875); History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Connecticut, 1674-1874; With The Report of Bi-Centennial Proceedings, 03 Jun 1874; With Appendix Containing Statistics of the Church.; T.H. Davis and Company, Norwich, Connecticut; PG 204; Retrieved from: https://archive.org/stream/historyoffirstco00whee#page/286/mode/2up
10. ↑ Baldwin, John Denison & Clift, William (Prepared by)(1881); A Record of the Descendants of Capt. George Denison, of Stonington, Conn.; Printed by Tyler & Seagrave, Worcester, Massachusetts; PG 274, #5784; Retrieved from: https://archive.org/stream/recordofdescenda1881bald#page/274/mode/2up
11. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W3-6ZR : 11 February 2018), Grace D Wheeler, 08 Jul 1858; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

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