Mary Elizabeth (Sturgeon) Wheeler (1807 - 1862)

Born 5 Jun 1807 in Kentucky, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 5 Feb 1862 at age 54 in Missouri, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Sturgeon,

daughter of James Sturgeon and Mary Elizabeth Sherman

NAME:

Name is Polly in the McCoy book.

Name is Mary in the Leonard Wheeler Family Bible

Name is Elizabeth in the Wheeler book.

Assume name is Mary Elizabeth, like her mother.

BIRTH AND DEATH:

Birth Date: 5 Jun 1807, per Leonard Wheeler's Bible

... says born between 1805 and 1810, per census in 1820

... says born between 1801 and 1810, per census in 1830

Birth Place: assume Kentucky... probably Bourbon Co. or Shelby Co.

Death Date: 5 Feb 1862 per Leonard Wheeler's Bible ^[1]

Death Place: assume Missouri, based on last known census

Husbands:

1st husband: Leonard S WHEELER

2nd husband: Philip HAZELIP

Sources

McCoy Book:

http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89080573322

Book: "Genealogical History of the Sturgeons of North America"

by Claudius T. McCoy (1926)

James I, son of John I, was born in 1758, probably in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and went with his father to Kentucky (Nelson County, John W. says) where he married Elizabeth ___ and they moved to Hart County, Kentucky where they reared a family of ten children: James, John, Jeremiah, Rolly, Laura, Ransom, Traux, Betsy, Obadiah and Polly. I have the history of two of these, Jeremiah and Obadiah. Rolly is said to have gone to Indiana. (page 183)

Wheeler Book:

https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24457005M/The_genealogical_and_encyclopedic_history_of_the_Wheeler_family_in_America

Book: The genealogical and encyclopedic history of the Wheeler family in America, by Albert Gallatin Wheeler, first published in 1914

Leonard Wheeler, born May 5, 1797; d. 1839; m. Elizabeth Sturgeon. Ch: 1. Jonathan W__, 2. Traux W__. (Page 594)

Leonard Wheeler Family Bible:

https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/784020/person/1077542641/media/e1a1a73c-204c-43d8-b3ca-ec7be4410d7c?_phsrc=ksI12285&_phstart=successSource

lindawheeler77 Truax Wheeler: I have received a bible that belonged to a Wheeler it says the following:

Lenard Wheeler Born May 7th 1798 Died May 1835;

Mary Wheeler Born Jan 5th 1807 died feb 5th 1862;

Elizabeth Wheeler Born Dec 21st 1822;

Johnathon Wheeler Born Dec 13th 1824;

James M Wheeler b. June 28th 1829 died January 1854 ;

Truax Wheeler Sept 6th 1831 died March 27, 1877;

George H Mary J Wheeler born August 7th 1833 died 1863 ;

Sarilda Hazelip Case born June 19 1842 died Oct 27 1877; the Case is in pencil and faint

George Hazelip Born January 10, 1844;

Sary W Hazelip born January 6 1846 died Oct 1864;

lindawheeler77 says:

My husband is a Wheeler and I have been researching his family, the person who gave me the bible thought it might be our family, but I cannot find a tie to our Wheelers. I live in Carrollton, Carroll Co., Missouri the bible is in very bad shape but the page with the information on it is very clear. I intend to give the bible back to the person that gave it to me. Linda Wheeler

Additional evidence:

The Wheeler book says Leonard's father, Samuel Wheeler, moved to Kentucky in 1819.

It appears Wheeler family has 1830 census in Hart Co., KY, same as Sturgeon family in 1820.

Elizabeth (Sturgeon) Wheeler has son named Traux, which it also the name of her brother.

1820 Census: Munfordville, Hart, Kentucky

Name: James Sturgeon

Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820

1 - Males - Under 10: ........... unknown#1

2 - Males - 10 thru 15: ......... Obediah(1805), Traux(1807)

2- Males - 45 and over: ........ John(1722), James(1758)

1 - Females - Under 10: ........ Mary(1813)

2 - Females - 10 thru 15: ...… Laura, Polly <---------

1 - Females - 45 and over : ... James's wife

Total Free White Persons: 9

1830 Census: Hart, Kentucky

Name: Leonard S Wheeler

1 - Males - 30 thru 39: ....... Leonard

1 - Females - 20 thru 29: ... Mary

2 - Males - Under 5: ........... Jonathan, Traux

1 - Females - 5 thru 9: ....... unknown female

1840 Census: Hart, Kentucky ^[2]

Name: Mary Wheller

1 - Female - 30 thru 39: ..... Mary

2 - Males - 10 thru 14: ....... Truax, George

1 - Male - 15 thru 19: ......... James

1 - Male - 20 thru 29: ......... Jonathan

1 - Female - 5 thru 9: ......... Mary J

1 - Female - 15 thru 19: ..... Elizabeth Ann

Note: Her next door neighbor is her brother Squire Sturgeon

1850 Census: Green Twp, Platte, Missouri ^[3]

Polly Wheeler ....... 42 ... KY

Truas Wheeler ..... 20 ... KY

Mary J Wheeler .... 15 ... KY

George Wheeler .... 5 ... KY ... [George Hazelip]

Zarelda Wheeler .... 7 ... KY ... [believed to be Sarilda Hazelip Case]

Sarah Wheeler ....... 4 ... KY ... [Sarah Hazelip]

1. ↑ Leonard Wheeler Family Bible Date unknown. Formerly in possession of Ancestry.com user lindawheeler77. Includes names, birth, and death dates of family members from 1798 to 1877. https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/784020/person/1077542641/media/e1a1a73c-204c-43d8-b3ca-ec7be4410d7c?_phsrc=ksI12285&_phstart=successSource
2. ↑ “US Census, 1840”, database online. Hart, Kentucky, USA; pg. 197; National Archives Microfilm Roll 113: Family History Library Film: 0007827
3. ↑ “US Census, 1850”, database online. Green, Platte, Missouri, USA; pg. 387B, family 351, dwelling 351, lines 37-42; Oct 20, 1850; National Archives Microfilm M432, Roll 432_410