Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Wheeler and Annie Maria Howe




Husband James Wheeler 1

           Born: 12 Jul 1824 - Mercer, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Father: Cyrus Wheeler (Abt 1800-1881) 1
         Mother: Margaret Downs (Abt 1804-1865) 1


       Marriage: 1846 1



Wife Annie Maria Howe 1

           Born:  - Sheffield, England
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         Father: Robert Howe (      -      ) 1
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Children
1 M Robert Wheeler 1 2

           Born: 20 Oct 1847 2
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         Spouse: Mary Cloetta Perrine (1853-      ) 1 2
           Marr: 6 Sep 1871 2


2 F Margaret Wheeler 1

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3 F Tina Wheeler 1

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         Spouse: Martin Hicks (      -      ) 1


4 F Elizabeth Wheeler 1

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         Spouse: James Dick (      -      ) 1



General Notes: Husband - James Wheeler


He first began farming in Jackson Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and remained there until 1857, when he purchased another farm, which contained extensive veins of coal, which he opened. In 1883 he established a general store.
In 1861 he enlisted in Company G, One Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served until January 28, 1863.
He held the office of school director and supervisor of the township, and always voted the Republican ticket. He was a member of Worth Lodge No. 554, I. O. O. F., and of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Hendersonville, serving as steward of the church for over twenty years, and superintendent of Sunday-school.

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1081.

2 Howland Delano Perrine, Daniel Perrin, "The Huguenot" (South Orange, NJ: Privately Printed, 1910), Pg 294.


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