Sylvester Wheelock (abt. 1826 - 1903)

Born about Mar 1826 in Albany County, New York, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1903 at about age 77 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Sylvester was born about 1826 in Albany County, New York.^[1] He was the son of Jotham Wheelock and Hannah Warner.

Sylvester married first: Irene Alvinia Weatherwax (1824 – bef 1868)

Children:

1. Emma Irene Wheelock (1851 – 1936)
2. Sylvester Wheelock (1853 – ?)
3. Kate Wheelock (1855 –  ?)
4. Harriet Wheelock (1856 – ?)
5. Ida Alvinia Wheelock (1861 – 1940)
6. Ella Wheelock (1867 – 1932)

In the 1850 Census, the family includes Albert Weatherwax, (who is clarified to be Irene's younger brother in the 1855 Census):

Name: Irene Wheelock^[2]

Age: 23

Birth Year: abt 1827

Home in 1850: Lancaster, Erie, New York

Gender: Female

Family Number:973

Household Members:

Name_______________Age

Sylvester Wheelock-------26

Irene Wheelock------------23

Albert Witherwax-----------9

Cyrenus Cunningham------20

Martha Wheelock----------13

In the 1860 Census the family group is as follows:

Name: Sylvester Wheelock^[3]

Age in 1860: 36

Birth Year: abt 1824

Birthplace: New York (this would imply that Jotham had moved to NY)

Home in 1860: West Seneca, Erie, New York

Gender: Male

Post Office: West Seneca

Household Members:

Name----------------Age

Sylvester Wheelock--36

Elvira Wheelock--23

Emma J Wheelock--9

Sylvester Wheelock--7

Kate Wheelock--8

Harriet Wheelock--4

Albert Weatherwax--19

Caroline Lee--18

In 1868 he marries a second time and has moved to Chicago IL. ^[4]

Wife Elizabeth Ann Bishop 1838 – 1913 Martha Elizabeth WHEELOCK 1870 – 1944 Edward Upton Wheelock 1876 – 1949

Sylvester passed away in 1903 in Chicago. ^[5]

Sylvester's buried in Rosehill Cemetery.^[6]

Research notes

The Chicago fire destroyed many records which would be helpful.

Sources

1. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K63T-Y1V : 13 March 2018), Sylvester Wheelock, E.D. 2, Lancaster, Erie, New York, United States; citing p. 22, line #23, family #176, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 825,682.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYW-FB6 : 12 April 2016), Sylvester Wheelock, Lancaster, Erie, New York, United States; citing family 973, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCW2-4PV : 26 July 2017), Sylvester Wheelock, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67X-769 : 12 April 2016), S W Wheelock, Illinois, United States; citing p. 193, family 1544, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,705.
5. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7KY-12X : 17 May 2016), Sylvester Wheelock, 28 Nov 1903; citing , Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference p19804 cn21068, record number 10, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,239,699.
6. ↑ Findagrave memorial.

See also:

• Sullivan, Rick. "Sylvester Wheelock" on Wheelock Genealogy website.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS3K-ZRD : accessed 28 September 2017), Sylvester Wheelac?, Precinct 20 Chicago city Ward 14, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 437, sheet 10A, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,262.
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