Elbert E Wheeler (abt. 1843 - 1862)

Ancestors

Died 3 Mar 1862 at about age 19 in Ft. Monroe, VA, USA

Biography

Elbert was born about 1843. He was the son of Erastus Wheeler and Lydia Hendrix. He passed away in 1862.

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Sources

• Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), p. 159. . "10th Regiment, Infantry, Conn. Volunteers." Civil War

http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/159.html.

• Compiled by Authority of the General Assembly Under Direction of the Adjutants-General, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1889.), p. 402. "Tenth Regiment Infantry, C. V.

Company A Privates: Wheeler, Elbert E. Residence: Oxford Date of Enlistment: Sep. 12, '61 Date of muster in this organization: Oct. 2, '61 Remarks: Died Mch. 3, '62."

• Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 513. "The War of the Rebellion ...

Soldiers Furnished by the Town of Oxford ... Tenth Regiment Infantry, C. V. ... Wheeler, Elbert E., private company A, October 2, 1861. Died March 3, 1862, Fort Monroe, Va."

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68P-DX9 : accessed 30 May 2016), Albert E Wheeler in household of Erastus Wheeler, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing family 95, NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 46. "Albert E." age 7.

• 1860 Oxford Census. "Elbert E. / Farming." age 17.

• Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem10719.html.

• American Legion Cemetery List - 2003 (David S. Miles Post 174, American Legion, Oxford, Conn., 2003). . http://www.our-oxford.info/vets-graves/file0014.html.

• Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, p. 46. "Carpenter, Martha B. Wheeler, wife of Heber P., died Mar. 26, 1876, age 21 yrs. 8 mos.

Wheeler, Emma W., died Feb. 7, 1873, age 16 yrs. Wheeler, Elbert E., died at General Hospital Fortress Monroe, Va., Mar. 3, 1862, age 19 yrs. (Co.A.10th Reg't. Conn. Vols.) Civil War (marker) Wheeler, Erastus, died Aug. 27, 1889, age 76 yrs. Wheeler, Lydia, A., died Jan. 18, 1911, age 93 yrs. 5 mos." http://oxfordpast.net/bscemscan46.html.

• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 513. "The War of the Rebellion ...

Soldiers Furnished by the Town of Oxford ... Tenth Regiment Infantry, C. V. ... Wheeler, Elbert E., private company A, October 2, 1861. Died March 3, 1862, Fort Monroe, Va."

• Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem10719.html.

• American Legion Cemetery List - 2003. http://www.our-oxford.info/vets-graves/file0014.html.

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