Mary also went by the name of Molly.
_Peter WHEELOCK _____+
| (1766 - 1851) m 1786
_Peter WHEELOCK ____________|
| (1802 - 1880) |
| |_Sarah GRAVES _______
| (1765 - 1854) m 1786
|
|--Arthur Buck WHEELOCK
| (1832 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Chestina Eliza Smith BUCK _|
(1811 - 1886) |
|_____________________
In 1833, Arthur moved with his parents from Royalton to Newbury, VT, where he was reared and educated. He remained there until 1853, when he moved to Milwaukee, WI where his uncle, J. S. Buck, and maternal grandmother, Polly Buck, lived.
On 19 Apr 1861, Arthur Wheelock enlisted in the Milwaukee Light Guards, which later became Company A, First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He served in this unit for three months, after which he enlisted as a private in the Seventh Wisconsin Light Artillery. He served as a recruiter, and in Sep 1861 was promoted to second lieutenant. On 21 Aug 1864 he was captured in Memphis, TN, and taken to Cahaba, Alabama. After two months of captivity, he was exchanged, and again entered active duty. On 18 Apr 1865, he was made Captain of the Seventh Battery; and on 20 July 1865, at the age of 33, he was mustered out of service, in Milwaukee.
At the close of the war, Arthur Buck Wheelock built railroads in the west for two years (1866 - Feb 1868); after which, he moved to the Dakota Territory. THere He homesteaded land in Lincoln County, where the town of Hudson, SD is now located. Arthur Wheelock, who donated the land for the town site, named it Eden; but because the place was often confused with nearby Egan, the name changed to Hudson.
For twenty years Arthur Wheelock farmed his land in Hudson. Deeply interested in matters affecting the development of the commonwealth, he service as a representative to the territorial legislature (1870 to 1872), and was a county commissioner for two years.
In 1888 he moved to Sioux Falls, SD, where he served as the chief of police, and later as a city justice.
Sources:
1) "History of Royalton, VT", by Evelyn M. Wood Lovejoy, Free Press Printing Company, Burlington, VT, 1911.
2) "History of Dakota Territory", George W. Kingsbury, Volume IV, pages 76-79, published 1915; transcribed by Maurice Kreuger, and display at www.RootsWeb.com, Jan 2001.
3) Biography of Judge Arthur Buck Wheelock, displayed at www.RootsWeb.com, at the Sioux Valley Genealogical Society Website, under Biographies, taken from History of Minnehaha County, South Dakota", by Dana R. Bailey, 1899. See http://www.rootsweb.com/~sdsvgs/
_Albert Henry WHEELOCK _+
| (1805 - 1875)
_William Henry Harrison WHEELOCK _|
| (1837 - 1908) m 1860 |
| |_Lucina CLARK __________+
| (1816 - 1894)
|
|--Clara Mabelle WHEELOCK
| (1875 - 1953)
| ________________________
| |
|_Caroline Juliana DORST __________|
(1843 - 1922) m 1860 |
|________________________
_Joseph Drury WHEELOCK _+
| (1770 - 1858) m 1791
_John R. WHEELOCK ___|
| (1811 - ....) |
| |_Abigail BARRETT _______+
| (1774 - 1846) m 1791
|
|--Verona Ann WHEELOCK
| (1843 - 1844)
| ________________________
| |
|_Louisa _____ _______|
(1817 - 1847) |
|________________________
Verona Wheelock's headstone in Tyson Cemetery, Plymouth, VT identifies her as the daughter of John Wheelock, gives death date of 28 Feb 1844, and lists her age as 16 months.
_Paul WHEELOCK ______+
| (1715 - 1776)
_Seth WHEELOCK ______|
| (1752 - 1806) m 1784|
| |_Abigail CHAPIN _____+
| (1721 - 1800)
|
|--Wales WHEELOCK
| (1788 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth WELD _____|
(1760 - ....) m 1784|
|_____________________
Mormon Archives: submitted by Theresa Snow Hill; Waite, Wheelock Family of Calais, Vermont, pp. 18-19