The following obituary was found in the scrapbook of Carrie Wheelock (daughter of Annette Goldsbury Wheelock).
July 28, 1927 - Barre's Oldest Resident Dead
Mrs. Annette Wheelock, great grand-daughter of city's first settler, was in 97th year, 70th in same house. She was keenly interested in affairs of her day, up to her death.
Mrs Annette Goldsbury Wheelock, Barre's oldest native resident, oldest resident as well, direct descendent of Barre's first settler in 1788, who was John Goldsbury, passed away just as the new day was dawning this morning at the Wheelock family residence at 145 North Main St., being in her 97th year.
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_David WHEELOCK _____|
| (1775 - 1822) m 1800|
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|--Charles WHEELOCK
| (1813 - 1866)
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|_Naomi FAIRBANKS ____|
(.... - 1859) m 1800|
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The evidence that this Charles Wheelock is the one that married Elizabeth Hastings of Boylston is based on the fact that (1) Charles, son of David and Naomi, was of the right age at the time of marriage, and (2) both Charles (son of David and Naomi) and Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas and E. Hastings) died in Leominster, MA, and (3) Charles and Elizabeth appear in Census records in Leominster.
_Phineas WHEELOCK ___+
| (1781 - 1848) m 1809
_Elbridge Gerry WHEELOCK _|
| (1814 - 1892) m 1840 |
| |_Elizabeth HENNESEY _
| m 1809
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|--Elbridge Gerry WHEELOCK
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|_Esther HATCH ____________|
(1823 - 1850) m 1840 |
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Dr. Elisha Kent Kane Wheelock makes reference to his half brother, Elbridge Gerry Wheelock, only living son of Elbridge Gerry Wheelock and Esther Hatch. According to the letter, Elbridge Gerry Wheelock took up the practise of medicine in Leo, Indiana. (Source: Letter written by Dr. Elisha Kent Kane Wheelock, in 1901; supplied by Barbara Bishop, a descendant of Dr. E. Kent Kane Wheelock, Aug 2000)
"Indiana Marriages, 1845-1920", at Ancestry.com, Aug 2001, shows Elbridge Wheelock m. Ada Moore, 12 Apr 1866, Allen County, Indiana.
_Abijah WHEELOCK ____+
| (1764 - 1846) m 1786
_Titus WHEELOCK _____|
| (1802 - 1850) |
| |_Lois NICHOLS _______
| (1764 - 1847) m 1786
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|--Maria A. WHEELOCK
| (1837 - 1861)
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|_Elizabeth HEATH ____|
(1804 - 1887) |
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Mormon Archives, submitted by Theresa Snow Hill; Wheelock Family of Calais, Vermont, Waite, p. 117