Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Talton Embry
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Abel Mason Wheeler
— married
27 Nov 1839 in Garrard, Kentucky, United States
Mother of
William Andrew Wheeler
Died
at age 74
in Garrard, Kentucky, United States
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Biography
America was born in 1824. She passed away in 1899.
Sources
Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW56-DV3 : accessed 18 November 2018), Abel Wheeler and America Embry, 27 Nov 1839; citing , Garrard, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 183,256.
United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBS-K4M : 14 December 2017), America Wheeler in entry for Alle Wheeler, 1860.
United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXWS-Y7R : 12 April 2016), America Wheeler in household of Able Wheeler, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 39, family 282, NARA microfilm publication M593
United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCV-71B : 12 August 2017), America Wheeler, Buckeye, Garrard, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 42, sheet 489A, NARA microfilm publication T9
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with America by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with America:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with America by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with America:
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~0.98%
Denise (Bradshaw) Wirth
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DE4810338 [compare], Ancestry member DWIRTH32
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~0.39%
Susan Tye :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch H896098 [compare]
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