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Descendants of Charles Wheeler

Generation No. 1

1.  CHARLES1 WHEELER was born 1775 in NC, and died Aft. 1850 in Copiah county , MS.  He married ELIZABETH Abt. 1800.  She was born 1781 in NC, and died Aft. 1850 in Copiah county , MS.

More About CHARLES WHEELER:

Fact 10: Found in 1830 census in Pike Co, Al.  p 32

Fact 11: Found in 1840 census in Copiah Co, MS. p 118

Fact 12: Found in 1850 census in Copiah Co, MS. p 235

Children of CHARLES WHEELER and ELIZABETH are:

      2. i. WILEY J.2 WHEELER.

      3. ii. EMILY WHEELER, b. 1802, NC; d. Bef. 1855.

      4. iii. THOMAS H. WHEELER, b. 1807, GA; d. November 21, 1877, Copiah county , MS.

      5. iv. NOAH WILLIAM S. WHEELER, b. May 14, 1809, Georgia; d. July 06, 1881, MS.

      6. v. ERASTUS WHEELER, b. 1811, GA; d. 1873, Linden, Copiah Co. MS..

      Generation No. 2

2.  WILEY J.2 WHEELER (CHARLES1)  He married (1) SARAH ANN Abt. 1830 in Pike County, AL.    He married (2) HARRIETT SHAW October 16, 1842 in Copiah Co., MS, daughter of JOHN SHAW and DRUSILLA FATHEREE.  She was born 1830 in MS.

 Children of WILEY WHEELER and HARRIETT SHAW are:

       i. ELIZABETH3 WHEELER, b. 1846, MS.

       ii. DARIUS WHEELER, b. 1855, MS.

3.  EMILY2 WHEELER (CHARLES1) was born 1802 in NC, and died Bef. 1855.  She married (1) MR. BALLENGER Bef. 1826.  He died Bef. 1838.  She married (2) WILLIAM HOLLAWAY BARKER July 17, 1838 in Copiah Co, MS.  He was born 1803 in NC, and died 1896 in MS.

 Child of EMILY WHEELER and MR. BALLENGER is:

       i. AUGUSTUS S.3 BALLENGER, b. 1828, AL; m. ELIZABETH JANE SMITH, October 07, 1847, Copiah Co, MS; b. 1830, MS.

 Children of EMILY WHEELER and WILLIAM BARKER are:

       ii. CICERO3 BARKER, b. March 1839; m. MARTHA A., 1888, Copiah Co, MS; b. October 1869.

       iii. ELIZABETH BARKER, b. July 13, 1842, Copiah Co, MS; d. February 23, 1929, Copiah Co, MS; m. JOHN P. WILSON, May 01, 1866, Copiah Co, MS; b. October 27, 1844, MS; d. May 25, 1928, Copiah Co, MS.

      More About ELIZABETH BARKER:

      Burial: Damascus Cemetery near Hazlehurst

      More About JOHN P. WILSON:

      Burial: Damascus Cemetery near Hazlehurst

       iv. ARMINTA BARKER, b. July 11, 1845; d. October 30, 1936, Copiah Co, MS; m. JOSEPH BENJAMIN LEWIS; d. Copiah Co, MS.

      More About ARMINTA BARKER:

      Burial: Damascus Cemetery near Hazlehurst

      More About JOSEPH BENJAMIN LEWIS:

      Burial: Damascus Cemetery near Hazlehurst.

4.  THOMAS H.2 WHEELER (CHARLES1) was born 1807 in GA, and died November 21, 1877 in Copiah county , MS.  He married (1) PERMELIA.  She was born 1807 in GA, and died June 1869 in Copiah county , MS.  He married (2) ANNIE J. JONES November 22, 1869 in Copiah county , Mississippi.  She was born 1838, and died 1890 in Copiah county , Mississippi.

More About THOMAS H. WHEELER:

Fact 9: Found in 1830 census in Pike Co. Al p 32

Fact 10: Copiah county in 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 census

Fact 11: Member of Bahala Masonic Lodge # 173

Fact 12: Buried in Beauregard cemetery, Copiah co

More About PERMELIA:

Fact 12: Died of pneumonia in 1869

More About ANNIE J. JONES:

Fact 12: Buried in Beauregard cemetery, Copiah co

Children of THOMAS WHEELER and PERMELIA are:

       i. EMILY REBECCA3 WHEELER, b. 1828, AL; m. SAMUEL WILSON, July 11, 1848, Copiah county , MS; b. 1817, AL.

       ii. MARY ELIZABETH WHEELER, b. Bef. 1830.

       iii. QUINCY ANN WHEELER, b. Bef. 1830.

       iv. NANCY C. WHEELER, b. 1831, AL; m. CORNELIUS OTIS, December 15, 1850, Copiah county , MS; b. 1830, LA.

       v. GEORGE W. WHEELER, b. 1832, Alabama; m. MARY ANN ANDING, September 15, 1859, Copiah county , MS; b. 1835, MS.

       vi. CHARLES G. WHEELER, b. 1834, AL.

       vii. ERASTUS BENJAMIN WHEELER, b. April 20, 1840, Copiah county , MS; d. May 04, 1901, Polk County, TX; m. ELIZABETH J. HIGDON, August 29, 1863, Copiah county , MS; b. March 02, 1842, Copiah county , MS; d. Aft. 1925, OK.

       viii. ANDREW JACKSON WHEELER, b. August 17, 1842, Copiah county , MS; d. 1903, Texas; m. (1) MARGARET L. FATHEREE, January 06, 1864, Copiah county , MS; b. November 1845, Copiah county , MS; d. Aft. 1924; m. (2) SUSAN ELVIRA GILBERT, June 20, 1878, Dewitt county, Texas; b. February 1861.

       ix. JANE PIKE WHEELER, b. 1845, Copiah county , Mississippi; m. A. LANE, November 04, 1869, Copiah county , Mississippi.

Children of THOMAS WHEELER and ANNIE JONES are:

       x. CHARLIE3 WHEELER, b. 1871; d. Aft. 1901.

       xi. ALLEN WHEELER, b. 1874, Copiah Co, MS; d. Aft. 1908; m. LUTHER O. SUMRALL, January 20, 1898, Copiah Co, MS; b. May 11, 1870; d. December 03, 1908, Wesson in Copiah Co, MS..

      More About LUTHER O. SUMRALL:

      Burial: Gallman Cemetery, Copiah County, MS

       xii. THOMAS H. WHEELER, b. 1875; d. Aft. 1901.

5.  NOAH WILLIAM S.2 WHEELER (CHARLES1) was born May 14, 1809 in Georgia, and died July 06, 1881 in MS.  He married (1) MAHALA GRUBBS December 22, 1836 in Claiborne county, MS.    He married (2) MARGARET BAILEY March 03, 1847 in Copiah county , MS.  She was born 1815 in Georgia, and died Aft. 1880.

More About NOAH WILLIAM S. WHEELER:

Fact 6: Found in 1830 census in Dale Co, AL p 221

Fact 8: Found in 1840 in Claiborne Co. MS p 81

Fact 10: Found in 1860 census in Monroe Co.  p 349

Fact 12: Found in 1870 and 1880 census in Copiah Co.

Residence: Living in Wesson, MS in 1880 paralyzed

 Children of NOAH WHEELER and MARGARET BAILEY are:

       i. GREEN B.3 WHEELER, b. December 27, 1847, MS; d. Aft. 1920, TX; m. (1) TALITHA CUMI PREWITT, July 13, 1879, Copiah Co, MS; b. January 04, 1860; d. January 27, 1894, MS.; m. (2) MARY LOU, Aft. 1894, TX; b. 1876, MS.

      More About GREEN B. WHEELER:

      Census: 1880 Copiah County P 115 Town of Wesson

      Residence: McLennan County, TX in 1920

       ii. W.J. WHEELER, b. 1849.

       iii. MARTHA A. WHEELER, b. 1856.

       iv. MARY J. WHEELER, b. 1858.

6.  ERASTUS2 WHEELER (CHARLES1) was born 1811 in GA, and died 1873 in Linden, Copiah Co. MS..  He married (1) ELIZABETH JANE HIGDON April 03, 1845 in Copiah county , MS, daughter of ROBERT HIGDON and ELIZABETH GREEN.  She was born Abt. 1828 in AL, and died Bef. 1854 in Copiah Co, MS.  He married (2) PRUDENCE HADLEY August 12, 1854 in Copiah county , MS.  She was born 1828 in AL.  He married (3) EURYDICE MILLER March 31, 1864 in Copiah county , MS.  She was born 1839 in MS.

More About ERASTUS WHEELER:

Census: 1850, Copiah Co P.255

Note: 1850, There were two Erastus Wheelers in Copiah county: This one and his nephew Erastus Benjamin Wheeler

Children of ERASTUS WHEELER and ELIZABETH HIGDON are:

       i. MARY ANN3 WHEELER, b. March 1846, Copiah Co, MS; m. (1) EDWARD HAMILTON TRIM, February 20, 1866, Copiah county , MS; b. June 06, 1846, Copiah Co, MS; m. (2) T.J.S. BRIDGES, February 07, 1878, Claiborne Co, MS; b. 1833, MS; m. (3) J.G. LARRIMER, October 30, 1889, Sharkey Co, MS.

       ii. AUGUSTUS SIDNEY WHEELER, b. October 1847, Copiah Co , MS; d. July 03, 1917, Sharkey Co, MS; m. (1) MARY GRAVES, June 03, 1871, Copiah county , Mississippi; b. June 04, 1856, Copiah Co, MS; m. (2) LOUISA CARLISLE, September 04, 1877, Sharkey Co, MS; b. January 13, 1861, Smith Co, MS.; d. July 18, 1896, Sharkey Co, MS; m. (3) MINNIE ISABEL COOK, December 22, 1898, Sharkey county, Mississippi; b. March 18, 1883; d. February 25, 1964, Sharkey county, Mississippi..

      More About AUGUSTUS SIDNEY WHEELER:

      Fact 4: September 1864, Enlisted in 11th & 17 Arkansas Regiment of CSA.  Transferred to 24th MS calvary

      Fact 8: Abt. 1875, Augustus & his wife Mary separated

      Fact 12: 1916, Filed application for confederate pension.  Living with sister Emma O. Shrader

      Fact 13: Buried in Vickland cemetery near Delta City, MS. in Sharkey County

      More About LOUISA CARLISLE:

      Fact 12: Buried in Vickland cemetery near Delta City, MS in Sharkey County

      More About MINNIE ISABEL COOK:

      Burial: Buried in Vickland Cemetery near Delta City, MS in Sharkey County

       iii. WILLIAM W. WHEELER, b. March 27, 1849, Copiah county , MS; d. April 22, 1911, Bolivar Co, MS; m. (1) LOUISA P. JONES, July 09, 1870, Copiah county , MS; b. 1847; m. (2) BETTIE SHRADER, January 22, 1880, Washington County MS; b. July 13, 1863, AL; d. December 08, 1936, Sunflower Co, MS.

      More About WILLIAM W. WHEELER:

      Burial: Popular Grove, Bolivar Co, MS

      Census: 1900, Washington Co., MS. Beat 5 page 26

      More About BETTIE SHRADER:

      Burial: Cemetery at Linn Methodist Church In Sunflower County

      Note: Died of a stroke

       iv. ELIZA FRANCES WHEELER, b. Abt. 1851, Copiah county , Mississippi.

 Children of ERASTUS WHEELER and PRUDENCE HADLEY are:

       v. EMMA OCTAVIA3 WHEELER, b. December 16, 1855, Copiah county , MS; d. January 26, 1935, Sharkey county, MS; m. WILLIAM HENRY SHRADER, October 04, 1877, Sharkey county, MS; b. August 11, 1853; d. September 06, 1898, Sharkey county, MS..

      More About EMMA OCTAVIA WHEELER:

      Burial: Vickland Cemetery near Delta City, MS in Sharkey County

      Fact 10: 1900, Census records that she had 9 children with 6 living

      More About WILLIAM HENRY SHRADER:

      Burial: Vickland Cemetery near Delta City, MS in Sharkey County

       vi. SARAH WHEELER, b. 1857, Copiah county , MS.

       vii. AMELIA WHEELER, b. 1862.

 Children of ERASTUS WHEELER and EURYDICE MILLER are:

       viii. MALINDA J.3 WHEELER, b. Abt. 1864, Copiah Co..

       ix. NORMA O. WHEELER, b. 1867.

 

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