Freeman R. Alexander

Death: 10 Mar 1871, Morristown, Lamoille Co, VT

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFSS-8VR : accessed 28 Dec 2021), Freeman R. Alexander death; citing Vermont State Archives & Records Administration, Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier, Vermont; FHL film 540052.

Spouse: Elvira Baker

Felix Brewer

Birth: 17 Nov 1830

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31448522/felix-brewer : accessed 02 January 2022), gravestone photo for Felix Brewer (17 Nov 1830–18 Mar 1874), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31448522, Bradford Cemetery, Waynesville, Pulaski Co, MO.

Death: 18 Mar 1874

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31448522/felix-brewer : accessed 02 January 2022), gravestone photo for Felix Brewer (17 Nov 1830–18 Mar 1874), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31448522, Bradford Cemetery, Waynesville, Pulaski Co, MO.

Burial: Bradford Cemetery, Waynesville, Pulaski Co, MO

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31448522/felix-brewer : accessed 02 January 2022), gravestone photo for Felix Brewer (17 Nov 1830–18 Mar 1874), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31448522, Bradford Cemetery, Waynesville, Pulaski Co, MO.

Spouse: Rachel M. Wheelock
Marriage: 21 Oct 1861

• "Died in Barre," Montpelier Evening Argus (Montpelier, Vermont), 9 Apr 1921, p. 4, col. 4, online at Newspapers.com.

Frances Herder

Birth: 1844, Germany

• "Widow of Former Store Keeper Passes On," Advance-Journal (Camden, N.Y.) 17 May 1934, p. 3, col. 2, online at FultonHistory.com, accessed 27 Dec 2021.

Death: 12 May 1934, Vienna, Oneida Co, NY

• "Widow of Former Store Keeper Passes On," Advance-Journal (Camden, N.Y.) 17 May 1934, p. 3, col. 2, online at FultonHistory.com, accessed 27 Dec 2021.

Spouse: Thaddeus Wheelock
Marriage: 23 Dec 1900, New London, Oneida Co, NY

• "New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61632/ : accessed 9 July 2020), Frances (Herder) Brick - Thaddeus Wheelock (1900); citing New York State Marriage Index, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY.

Notes:

Her husband, Thaddeus Wheelock, owned a bible which passed into the possession of Frances R. (Herder) Wheelock when Thaddeus died. Frances Wheelock died in the home of her niece, Mrs. Frances (Wright) Marcellus, in 1934, leaving the bible in her possession. When Mrs. Frances (Wright) Marcullus died in 1953, the bible passed into the possession of her granddaughter, Julia (Marcellus) Wells, who owned it in 2021.¹

Sources:

1. "Widow of Former Store Keeper Passes On," Advance-Journal (Camden, N.Y.) 17 May 1934, p. 3, col. 2, online at FultonHistory.com, accessed 27 Dec 2021; also phone conversations with Julia (Marcellus) Wells, widow of Earl Wells, 27 Dec 2021.

Neil Johnson

Birth: 1884

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31413316/neil-johnson : accessed 22 December 2021), gravestone photo for Neil Johnson (1884–1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31413316, Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lakewood, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Kathy Sloan (contributor 46775251).

Death: 1960

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31413316/neil-johnson : accessed 22 December 2021), gravestone photo for Neil Johnson (1884–1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31413316, Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lakewood, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Kathy Sloan (contributor 46775251).

Burial: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lakewood, Chautauqua Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31413316/neil-johnson : accessed 22 December 2021), gravestone photo for Neil Johnson (1884–1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31413316, Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lakewood, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Kathy Sloan (contributor 46775251).

Spouse: Irene L. Swanson
Marriage: 27 Nov 1918, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, NY

• "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FFRM-TYT : accessed 22 Dec 2021), Nels Johnson - Irene Swanson, 27 Nov 1918, Chautauqua, New York; citing county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 1,004,675.

1. Mildred Irene Johnson, born 31 Aug 1919, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, NY

Abby Keach

Birth: about 1832, Killingly, Windham Co, CT

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 2 Jan 2022), Milford marriages, vol. 101 p. 205, Charles C. Wheelock - Abby Keach; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Spouse: Charles Carrol Wheelock
Marriage: 20 Mar 1856, Milford, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 2 Jan 2022), Milford marriages, vol. 101 p. 205, Charles C. Wheelock - Abby Keach; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Notes:

She was the daughter of Rufus and Lydia Keach, perr marriage record.

Tabitha Lowry

Birth: Jan 1866, TN

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60161969/tabitha-mimken-wheelock: accessed 28 October 2023), gravestone photo for Tabitha Gifford Mimken-Wheelock (1866–1953), Find a Grave Memorial ID 60161969, Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY, maintained by Phyllis Meyer (contributor 47083260).
• 1900 U.S. census, Hamburg, Erie County, New York, household of Henry and Bitha Mimken.

Death: 23 Oct 1953, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY

• Tabitha Wheelock death notice, The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), 24 Oct 1953, p. 3, col. 4; Newspapers.com, accessed 27 October 2023.

Burial: Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60161969/tabitha-mimken-wheelock: accessed 28 October 2023), gravestone photo for Tabitha Gifford Mimken-Wheelock (1866–1953), Find a Grave Memorial ID 60161969, Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY, maintained by Phyllis Meyer (contributor 47083260).

Spouse: Justus GIfford
Marriage: 28 Nov 1886, Warren Co, TN

• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-X52H : accessed 28 October 2023), Justus Gifford and Tabitha Lowry (1886); FHL 000571564.

Spouse: Henry Minken
Marriage: about 1897

• "Funeral of the Late Henry Minken," The Buffalo Times (Buffalo, New York), 11 Apr 1918, p. 12, col. 4; Newspapers.com, accessed 28 October 2023.
• 1900 U.S. census, Hamburg, Erie County, New York, household of Henry and Bitha Mimken.

Spouse: Hilton Haven Wheelock
Marriage: 25 Jul 1922, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY

• Married, Wheelock-Mimken, The Sun and the Erie County Independent (Hamburg, New York), 27 July 2922, p. 1, col 5, online at Newspapers.com.
• The Sun and the Erie County Indepedent (Hamburg, New York) 8 Oct 1925, p. 1, col 4, online at Newspapers.com; identifies maiden name of Tabitha Mimken.
• "New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61632/ : accessed 23 Dec 2021), Tabitha Minken (nee Lowry) and Hilton H. Wheelock, certificate 23693; citing New York State Marriage Index, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY.

Notes:

She was called Mrs. Tabitha Gifford Mimken in the announcement of marriage to Hilton H. Wheelock. Her maiden name was Lowry (per H. H. Wheelock obituary). In 1892 she was living in Hamburg with Henry Mimken, and two children: Della and Ella Gifford. Mary E. Gifford (Ella in the 1892 census) married James Wilson 19 May 1917 in Erie County, Pennsylvania. Mary was a resident of Hamburg, New York, at the time. She listed her parents as Judson Gifford and Bertha Lowry.¹

Sources:

1. "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFQ2-BGP : accessed 28 October 2023), James Wilson and Mary E. Gifford (1917); FHL 002209549.

Amanda Sturtevant

Birth: 20 Feb 1826, East Fairfield, Franklin Co, VT

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75607668/amanda-wheelock : accessed 31 December 2021), memorial page for gravestone photo for Amanda Wheelock (20 Feb 1826–19 May 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75607668, Forest Cemetery, Stevens Point, Portage Co, WI.
• "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL76-4TL : accessed 31 Dec 2021), Amanda Sturtevant Wheelock (1898); citing Death, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,311,649.

Death: 19 May 1898, Stevens Point, Portage Co, WI

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75607668/amanda-wheelock : accessed 31 December 2021), memorial page for gravestone photo for Amanda Wheelock (20 Feb 1826–19 May 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75607668, Forest Cemetery, Stevens Point, Portage Co, WI.
• "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL76-4TL : accessed 31 Dec 2021), Amanda Sturtevant Wheelock (1898); citing Death, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,311,649.

Burial: Forest Cemetery, Stevens Point, Portage Co, WI

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75607668/amanda-wheelock : accessed 31 December 2021), memorial page for gravestone photo for Amanda Wheelock (20 Feb 1826–19 May 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75607668, Forest Cemetery, Stevens Point, Portage Co, WI.

Spouse: Calvin Wheelock
Marriage: Dec 1859, Stevens Point, Portage Co, WI

• O. C. Wheelock obituary, The Gazette (Stevens Point, Wisconsin) 10 Apr 1894, p. 1, col. 5; at Newspapers.com.

Notes:

She was the daughterof Jonathan and Susan Sturtevent, per death record.

Irene L. Swanson

Birth: 1898

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31413315/irene-l-johnson : accessed 22 December 2021), gravestone photo for Irene L. Swanson Johnson (1898–1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31413315, Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lakewood, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Kathy Sloan (contributor 46775251).

Death: 1955

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31413315/irene-l-johnson : accessed 22 December 2021), gravestone photo for Irene L. Swanson Johnson (1898–1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31413315, Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lakewood, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Kathy Sloan (contributor 46775251).

Burial: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lakewood, Chautauqua Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31413315/irene-l-johnson : accessed 22 December 2021), gravestone photo for Irene L. Swanson Johnson (1898–1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31413315, Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lakewood, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Kathy Sloan (contributor 46775251).

Spouse: Neil Johnson
Marriage: 27 Nov 1918, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, NY

• "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FFRM-TYT : accessed 22 Dec 2021), Nels Johnson - Irene Swanson, 27 Nov 1918, Chautauqua, New York; citing county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 1,004,675.

1. Mildred Irene Johnson, born 31 Aug 1919, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, NY

Jacob Taft

Spouse: Abby Ann Wheelock
Marriage: 10 Jan 1849, Uxbridge, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 23 Dec 2021), Uxbridge marriages, vol. 38, p. 392, Jacob Taft - Mary [sic] A. Wheelock; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
• "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/ : accessed 23 Dec 2021), Jacob Taft - Abby A. Wheelock, Uxbridge Births, Marriages, and Deaths, image 918 of 2479; Uxbridge Town Clerk's office, Uxbridge, MA.

Levi Winslow Wheelock

Birth: 11 Jan 1878, Morristown, Lamoille Co, VT

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFWR-1VV : accessed 29 Dec 2021), L. W. Wheelock birth; citing Vermont State Archives & Records Administration, Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier, Vermont; FHL film 540158; Says 11 Jan 1878.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:74L1-J56Z : accessed 29 Dec 2021), Levi Winslow Wheelock, 1917-1918; Says 4 Jan 1878.

Death: 1942

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136756681/levi-wheelock : accessed 29 December 2021), gravestone photo for Levi Wheelock (1876–1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 136756681, Mountain View Cemetery, Morristown, Lamoille Co, VT.

Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Morristown, Lamoille Co, VT

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136756681/levi-wheelock : accessed 29 December 2021), gravestone photo for Levi Wheelock (1876–1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 136756681, Mountain View Cemetery, Morristown, Lamoille Co, VT.

Father: Winslow Wheelock
Mother: Elvira Baker

Notes:

Research Notes:

There are discrepancies regarding his birth date. The Vermont state records indicate a birth date of 11 Jan 1878. His World War I draft registration card gives a birth date of 4 Jan 1878. The 1900 census says Jan 1878. But his gravestone says 1876.

Lorenzo Wheelock

Birth: about 1854

• "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQP-JQ8B : accessed 28 Dec 2021), Lorenzo Wheelock death; citing Morristown, Lamoille CO, Vermont, town clerk; FHL microfilm 005487940.

Death: 4 Sep 1899, Morristown, Lamoille Co, VT

• "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQP-JQ8B : accessed 28 Dec 2021), Lorenzo Wheelock death; citing Morristown, Lamoille CO, Vermont, town clerk; FHL microfilm 005487940.

Father: Winslow Wheelock
Mother: Betsey Smith