Sylvester Wheeler (1795 - 1883)

Born 14 Aug 1795 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Comstock) Wheeler — married Sep 1819 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Sylvester Wheeler, son of Amos and Lucy (Baxter) Wheeler, was born on 14 Aug. 1795 at Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.^[1]

He married Eliza Comstock in Sep. 1819.^[1]

Eliza died on 3 Sep. 1830 and he married Drusilla Smith, daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth (Gildersleeve) Smith, on 18 June 1831.^[1]

Sylvester died on 8 Aug. 1883.^[1]

Sylvester Wheeler - United States Census, 1860

• Name Sylvester Wheeler
• Event Type Census
• Event Date 1860
• Event Place Bethel, Sullivan, New York, United States
• Gender Male
• Age 65
• Race White
• Birth Year (Estimated) 1795
• Birthplace Connecticut
• Page 66

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

• Sylvester Wheeler M 65 Connecticut
• Drucilla Wheeler F 49 New York
• Lewis S Wheeler M 26 New York
• Minerva Wheeler F 16 New York
• Horace Wheeler M 14 New York
• James S Wheeler M 9 New York
• Emma D Wheeler F 7 New York
• Amos Wheeler M 93 Connecticut

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The genealogical and encyclopedic history of the Wheeler family in America Vol. 2 by Wheeler, Albert Gallatin. 1914. Page 753.

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD5-7M2Q : 13 March 2018), Sylvester Wheeler, 1880.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8KG-NBJ : 12 April 2016), Sylvester Wheeler, New York, United States; citing p. 32, family 246, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,601.

• /"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCH7-78R : 12 December 2017), Sylvester Wheeler, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMS-N7H : 12 April 2016), Silvester Wheeler, Bethel, Sullivan, New York, United States; citing family 1159, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-S9XS : 12 March 2018), Sylvester Wheeler, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 223; FHL microfilm 882,741.