Nathaniel Wheeler (1820 - 1893)

Born 7 Sep 1820 in Watertown, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Huldah Ruth (Bradley) Wheeler — married 7 Nov 1842 in Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Descendants

Died 31 Dec 1893 at age 73 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Nathaniel Wheeler is Notable.

• The family business was carriage making. But Nathaniel formed a partnership with Allen B. Wilson, who had obtained a patent for the sewing machine. He had great success at that enterprise. Wheeler & Wilson later merged with Singer sewing machine company.
• Nathaniel served in the state legislature (as a Democrat, 1873-4), and served on a variety of corporate boards and public commissions.

Sources

• Wikipedia
• National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, page 460

From behind the ancestry.com subscription wall:

• Connecticut, Town Marriage Records (Barbour Collection), 1842
• US Census, 1850 Watertown, CT
• US Census, 1860 Bridgeport, CT
• US Census, 1880 Bridgeport, CT
• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1893
• Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1893