Irene (Sumner) Wheaton (1819 - 1885)

Born 26 Oct 1819 in Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Franklin Miles — married 13 Apr 1840 in Adams, Illinois, United States

Wife of James Madison Flack — married 22 Oct 1842 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Wife of Samuel Wheaton — married 23 Dec 1847 in Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States

Descendants

Died 14 May 1885 at age 65 in Pennington, South Dakota, United States

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Biography

Irene was born in 1819 in Ohio. She was the daughter of Jonathan Sumner and Susanna Lundy.

In 1840, Irene married Benjamin Franklin Miles (1814-1841), and they had one child:

• Benjamin Franklin Miles (1841-1909)

In 1842, Irene married James Madison Flack (1810-abt.1846), and they had one child:

• Emily Jane Flack (1844-1933)

In 1847, Irene married Samuel Wheaton (1826-1884), and they had the following children:

• Lafayette Wheaton (1849-)
• Ellis Wheaton (1850-)
• Lavina Wheaton (1850-)
• Alice Leona Wheaton (1852-1937)
• Jonathan Wheaton (1858-1876)
• Rose Ann Wheaton (1858-1915)

She passed away in 1885 in Pennington County, South Dakota, and is interred in the Mountain View Cemetery. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 28 February 2022), memorial page for Mrs Irene Sumner Wheaton (26 Oct 1819–14 May 1885), Find A Grave: Memorial #45489237, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA ; Maintained by Justlooking (contributor 47557544) .

• "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-TRHD : 23 February 2018), Irena Sumner in entry for Emily Jane Flack, from 1839 to 1846; citing Residence, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, from 1839 to 1846, Citing BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah.
• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2T6-D6V : 19 February 2021), Benj F Miles and Irena Summer, 1840; citing Adams, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,870,158.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DV-6X1 : 23 December 2020), Irene Wheaton in household of Susanna Preland, Wayne, Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRLR-4MW : 30 January 2020), Irene Wheaton in entry for Andrew Graham, 1865.
• "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZL-MMFL : 28 November 2018), Sumner in entry for William L Coleman and Alice L Wheaton, 18 Mar 1875; citing Marriage, Richardson, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 2,022,084.
• "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z2-1BDJ : 28 November 2018), Irene Sumner in entry for Charles A Strange and Rose A Wheaton, 09 Mar 1876; citing Marriage, Richardson, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 2,022,084.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCV7-7TY : 19 February 2021), Irene Wheaton in household of Samuel Wheaton, Poor Man Gulch, Lawrence, Dakota Territory, United States; citing enumeration district ED 118, sheet 219A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,113.