Silas was born in 1834. He is the son of Moses and Lucy (unknown) Wheeler.
Silas married Maria Camp in about 1862. Silas and Maria had one child, Frank.
Silas passed away in 1919 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Kennedy (also known as Poland Center), New York.
Sources
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 February 2018), memorial page for Silas J Wheeler (8 May 1834–1919), Find A Grave: Memorial #117732025, citing Riverside Cemetery, Kennedy, Chautauqua County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Chuck Metcalfe (contributor 47281097) .
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCT5-MYM : 12 April 2016), Silas P Wheeler in household of M Wheeler, Ellington, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing family 2050, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6SG-SB6 : 7 September 2016), Silas J Wheeler in household of Moses Wheeler, Ellington, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing p. , line #9, family #235, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 479,634.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M861-V8H : 12 April 2016), Silas Wheeler, New York, United States; citing p. 24, family 220, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,411.
"New York State Census, 1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQSQ-S6J : 6 November 2014), Silas Wheeler, 1892; citing Poland, E.D. 01, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 479,648.*"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS6J-11M : accessed 3 February 2018), Silas J Wheeler, Poland Township, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 117, sheet 6B, family 139, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,015.
New York State Census, 1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVBQ-DF8 : 19 December 2017), Silas J Wheeler, Poland, A.D. 01, E.D. 01, Chautauqua, New York; citing p. 6, line 18, county offices, New York.; FHL microfilm 479,650.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M59V-MSX : accessed 3 February 2018), Silas J Wheeler, Poland, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 172, sheet 1A, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 930; FHL microfilm 1,374,943.
"New York State Census, 1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9FR-KHC : 8 November 2014), Silas J Wheeler, Poland, A.D. 01, E.D. 01, Chautauqua, New York, United States; from "New York, State Census, 1915," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 12, line 50, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Lyle Wheeler :
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup I1, MitoYDNA ID Z11325[compare]