Axel Gabrielson

Partner: Margaret McCloud

1. Axel Melvin Gabrielson, born 21 Nov 1925

Solon Mowry Gilbert

Birth: 26 May 1876, Barre, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX8Z-M65 : accessed 13 May 2024), Solon Mowrey Gilbert (1876); Barre births, vol 279, p. 259, from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL 1428169, image 279 of 876.
• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 13 May 2024), Solon Mowrey Gilber birth (1876), Barre births, vol 279, p. 259; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 13 May 2024), Melinda G. Wheelock and Solon M. Gilbert (1899), Worcester marriages, vol 490, p. 466; 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 5 Feb 2023), Auburn, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1844-1909, p. 25, image 110 of 175; Auburn town clerk, Auburn, Massachusetts.

Death: 13 May 1961, San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3H7-BHC : accessed 14 May 2024), Solon M Gilbert death certificate (1961); FHL 2116744, image 1868 of 3512.

Burial: San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48838750/solon_m-gilbert: accessed May 14, 2024), gravestone photo for Solon M. Gilbert (1877–1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48838750, San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX.

Father: William Gilbert
Mother: Rosa M. Goss

Spouse: Malinda Gertrude Wheelock
Marriage: 14 Dec 1899, Worcester, 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 13 May 2024), Melinda G. Wheelock and Solon M. Gilbert (1899), Worcester marriages, vol 490, p. 466; 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 5 Feb 2023), Auburn, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1844-1909, p. 25, image 110 of 175; Auburn town clerk, Auburn, Massachusetts.

1. Walter Richard Gilbert, born 18 Sep 1905, Worcester, Worcester Co, MA

Spouse: Fleeta Quisenberry
Marriage: before 31 Dec 1918

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7QXF-HN6Z : accessed 13 May 2024), card for Solon Mowry Gilbert, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; NARA, Washington, D.C., Records of the Selective Service System (WWI), 1917-1918, publication M1509; FHL 1503738, image 2659 of 5937.

Notes:

By the time Solon signed up for the World War I draft (1917-1918), he had married Fleeta Quisenberry, apparently without divorcing his first wife, Malinda, who, in 1920, had filed a petition for desertion in Worcester, Massachusetts.¹

In 1930 Solon was living in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife, Fleeta R. Gilbert, and his father-in-law, Robert H. Quisenberry.

He died 13 May 1961 in San Antonio, survived by his wife, Mrs. Fleeta R. Gilbert, his son Walter R. Gilbert, and several brothers.²

Sources:

1. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7QXF-HN6Z : accessed 13 May 2024), card for Solon Mowry Gilbert, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; NARA, Washington, D.C., Records of the Selective Service System (WWI), 1917-1918, publication M1509; FHL 1503738, image 2659 of 5937; see also Probate Court Proceedings, Worcester Telegram (Worcester, Massachusetts), 26 Apr 1920, p. 20, col. 7; GenealogyBank.com, accessed 13 May 2024.
2. "Solon M. Gilbert," Express and News (San Antonio, Texas), 14 May 1961, p. 27, col. 1; NewspaperArchive.com, accessed 14 May 2024.

Lucinda Powers

Spouse: George Ripley Wheelock
Marriage: 1837, Milam, TX

• Records of Mary Ann (Smith) Laurence, grand-daughter of Annette Wheelock (1856 - 1942), Nov 2009.

Sarah Theresa Smith

Partner: George Washington Patten

1. William Samuel Patten

Notes:

Patten, Malcom Clark, Patten Genealogy, Powell and Taylor Publishing Company, 1990, p. 134

George Staples

Spouse: Eliza Ann Wheelock
Marriage: 24 May 1829, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA

• Mendon Vital Records, researched by Kristy (Staples) Hammon, Aug 2002.

Clarissa Thayer

Birth: 15 Mar 1795, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," online database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 16 Dec 2019), vol. 249, p. 364, Spencer death record; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; Age 77y, 1m, 16d at death, born in Leicester.

Death: 1 May 1872, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," online database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 16 Dec 2019), vol. 249, p. 364, Spencer death record; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 February 2020), headstone photo for Clarissa Thayer Wheelock, Find A Grave Memorial no. 123693476, citing Greenville Baptist Cemetery, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA, maintained by contributor 48325067.

Burial: Greenville Baptist Cemetery, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 February 2020), headstone photo for Clarissa Thayer Wheelock, Find A Grave Memorial no. 123693476, citing Greenville Baptist Cemetery, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA, maintained by contributor 48325067.

Father: Elijah Thayer
Mother: Huldah Towne

Spouse: Martin Wheelock
Marriage: 14 Apr 1824, Leicester, Worcester, MA

• Leicester Vital Records

1. Julia A. Wheelock, born 18 Feb 1827
2. Roxanna Wheelock, born 22 Mar 1829, Spencer, Worcester, MA

Annie Wheelock

Birth: 26 Sep 1799, Brimfield, Hampden Co, MA

• Private Records of Michal Handy, a descendant of Lois Lovisa Wheelock and Walter Muir, November 1999.
• "Massachusetts, Town and VItal Records, 1620-1988", online at www.ancestry.com, retrieved Aug 2016.

Father: Henry Wheelock
Mother: Phoebe Dickinson

Spouse: Lorin Ferry
Marriage: 9 Jul 1826, Johnson, VT

• "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908", online at www.ancestry.com, retrieved Sep 2016.

Notes:

The 27 Sep 1863 death record of Annie (Wheelock) Ferry's son Salem Ferry identifies her name as Annice.¹

Sources:

1. Research of Greg Wheelock, Sep 2016.

Jesse Wheelock

Birth: 15 Oct 1784, Northborough, Worcester, MA

• Headstone Record, Christ Church Cemetery, Fort Kent, ME; photograph kindly supplied by Ken Roy, Aug 2009, www.royandboucher.com.

Baptism: 19 Dec 1784, Northborough, Worcester Co, MA

• Northborough Vital Records, Jesse, s. Jesse Wheelock and ____.

Death: 28 Jun 1873

• Headstone record, kindly supplied by Roger Lincoln, July 2003.

Burial: Christ's Church Cemetery, Fort Kent, ME

• Headstone record, kindly supplied by Roger Lincoln, July 2003.

Father: Jesse Wheelock
Mother: Abigail Lovitt

Spouse: Sophronia Baker
Marriage: 1840, Madawaska, Aroostook Co, ME

• FamilySearch Ancestral File v4.19, www.familysearch.org, Dec 2001, submitted by Neal A. Williams, of Greenville, ME.

1. Walter Wheelock, born 18 Dec 1840, Hancock Plantation, Aroostook Co, ME
2. Jessie Wheelock, born 18 Dec 1840, Hancock Plantation, Aroostook Co, ME
3. Jessie Powers Wheelock, born 3 Jul 1842, Hancock Plantation, Aroostook Co, ME
4. John Baker Wheelock, born 29 May 1846, Chatanuge, New Brunswick
5. Jessie John Baker Wheelock, born 2 May 1848, Hancock Plantation, Aroostook Co, ME
6. Martha Louise Gage Wheelock, born 19 Aug 1849, St. John, Aroostook Co, ME
7. Sophronia Abigil Wheelock, born 23 Nov 1853, St. John, Aroostook Co, ME

Notes:

Jesse was the son of Jesse Wheelock, Sr. and Abigail Lovitt. He descends from Rev. Ralph Wheelock, his Puritan immigrant ancestor, who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637, as follows: Jesse/Jesse/Obadiah/Obadiah/Benjamin/Ralph. His father, Jesse, Sr., was born in Mendon, MA, and moved with his family, probably as a child, to Shrewsbury, MA. Sometime later he moved to neighboring Northborough, where the births of two children are recorded, including Jesse, Jr. Deeds show that he sold land in Northborough in 1786, and moved to Union Township, Lincoln Co, Maine before 1800, where he is enumerated in the 1800 Census. Jesse, Jr. must have been a teenager at the time, and no doubt spent his early years in this part of Maine.

In 1830 Jesse, Jr. moved to the South Bank of the St. John River (now Aroostook County). A survey of the lots in that region, taken in 1831, indicate that Jesse Wheelock and Walter Powers began cutting trees on their lot in Aug 1830, and built a log house where they lived that winter. [1] The 1830 Census enumerates Jesse Wheelock as the only member of the household, age 40-50 years. [2] He appears in the 1834 New Brunswick Census living alone in his household, on ungranted land on the right bank of the St. John; no livestock, no seeds sown last spring, no crops raised. [6] The 1840 Census enumerates him, age 50-60 years, with three others, a male, age 15-20, a female, age 15-20, and a female, age 20-30. [3] The 1850 Census shows Jesse, age 66, born in Mass, living with his wife, Sophronia, age 32, born in Maine, and two children, Jesse B., age 3, and Martha, age 1. [4]

A border dispute between Maine and New Brunswick raged over much of the Madawaska region, where Jesse Wheelock, along with many other French and English settlers lived. In March, 1831 the Maine Legislature passed an act incorporating the town of Masardis, in the county of Penobscot, in an attempt to gain control of the region. In accordance with this act a writ was issued to Walter Powers, calling a meeting of the Madawaska inhabitants on 30 Aug 1831. In this meeting, Jesse Wheelock was chosen Town Clerk. The lieutenant-governor, unhappy with these actions, hastened to Madawaska with a body of soldiers, and arrested Jesse Wheelock and three others. The prisoners were taken to Fredericton, N.B., were tried by the Superior Court, and sentenced to pay a fine of fifty pounds and serve three months in prison. Through actions of the US Federal Government in Washington, the sentences were cut short, and none of the four served the full term. The border dispute was finally settled in 1842, with the Webster-Ashburton Treaty between the United States and Great Britain. [5]

Jesse died at Hancock Plantation, Aroostook County, Maine. It is presumed the nearby locations of Wheelock, Wheelock Island, and Wheelock Mills derive their names from him, or his family. His ornate headstone, located in Christ's Church Cemetery, Fort Kent, ME, reads as follows:

Jesse Wheelock - born in Northborough, Mass. - Oct. 15, 1784 - Died June 28, 1873 - Sophronia His Wife - Born in Mosco, Maine - May 20, 1816 - Died July 23, 1858

LDS records supposedly indicate that Jesse was married once prior to his marriage to Sophronia Baker. This would certainly explain his advanced age at the time of his second marriage. These records show that he married Phoebe Golden, b. abt 1788, probably in Northborough, MA, with whom he had two children. Phoebe died sometime after the birth of the second child. If this were true, it would explain the two children that appear in his household in the 1840 Census. These children, age 15 to 20, were too old the be the children of Sophronia. [8]

(Written by Roderick B. Sullivan, Jr., Dec 2001)

Sources

[1] "State of the Madawaska and Aroostook Settlements in 1831: Report of John G. Dean and Edward Kavanagh to Samuel E. Smith, Governor of the State of Maine", W.O. Raymond, ed., Collections of the New Brunswick Historical Society (St.John, N.B.) number 9 (1914), pp.344-386.

[2] 1830 Federal Census, Penobscot County, ME, Reel M19-51, Madawaska Settlement, St. John River, pg 375. (Note: The Madawaska region of Penobscot County later became Aroostok County.)

[3] 1840 Federal Census, Aroostok County, ME, Reel M704-136, Madawaska North of the St. John River, pg 53.

[4] 1850 Federal Census, Aroostook County, Hancock Plantation, Reel M432-248, pg 126a.

[5] "A History of Maine's Largest County From its Earliest Beginning Up Through the Bloodless Aroostook War", by Clarence A. Day, Extension Service Editor, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, Published by Northern Maine Regional Planning Commission, 1989. Available online at http://www.nmdc.org/day/aroos.html (see Chapter 7).

[6] Provincial Archives of the Province of New Brunswick, 1834 Census, in RS24, Records of the Legislative Assembly, Microfilm number F10422.

[7] Much of the information here was obtained from "The Upper St. John River Valley Northern Aroostook County, Maine and Madawaska County, New Brunswick: A history of the communities and people", at http://www.upperstjohn.com, Jan 2002.

[8] Notes and research of Roger Lincoln, of Houlton, Maine, 2003.

Miranda Wheelock

Father: James Wheelock
Mother: Lucy Barker

Spouse: Zenas King
Marriage: 27 Jul 1842, Ogdensburgh, NY

• Records of David Battey, great-great grandson of Wealthy (Wheelock) (Munger) Pierce, Feb 2003.
• "8,000 more vital records of eastern New York State, 1804-1850", Fred Q. Bowman, 1 June 1991, pg 134; online at books.google.com, retrieved June 2018.

Notes:

Zenas King was the founder of the King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company (later the King Bridge Company) which operated out of Cleveland, Ohio. The company, founded in 1858, built bridges all over the country, many of which are still standing today.

Robert Taft Wheelock

Birth: 13 Mar 1803, Bloomfield, NY

• "The Wheelock Family in America, 1637-1969", Walter T. Wheelock, Uxbridge, MA, Privately Published, 1969

Death: 29 Sep 1848

• "The Wheelock Family in America, 1637-1969", Walter T. Wheelock, Uxbridge, MA, Privately Published, 1969

Burial: Pray Cemetery, Superior, MI

• "Pray Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions", original source unknown, http://members.tripod.com/~deemamafred/cempray.html, Jan 2001

Father: Royal Wheelock
Mother: Lydia Taft

Spouse: Mary J. Murray
Marriage: 10 Oct 1833, Washtenaw Co, MI

• "Washtenaw County, MI, Marriage Records", http://members.tripod.com/~deemamafred/washmarw3.html, Jan 2001, original source not specified.

Samuel Wheelock

Birth: 21 Jun 1797

• Vital Records of Vermont, Microfilm Collection, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.

Death: 1878

• "Gazetteer of Lamoille and Orleans Counties, VT.; 1883-1884, pgs 66-69, compiled and published by Hamilton Child; May 1887; transcribed by Tom Dunn, http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/LamoilleCambridge.html
• Headstone Record, Mountain View Cemetery, Cambridge, Lamoille Co, VT, documented at www.FindAGrave.com, Memorial number 42798262, created by Barb Destromp, 7 Oct 2009.

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

• Headstone Record, Mountain View Cemetery, Cambridge, Lamoille Co, VT, documented at www.FindAGrave.com, Memorial number 42798262, created by Barb Destromp, 7 Oct 2009.

Spouse: Polly Adams
Marriage: 6 Jan 1820, Waterville, Lamoille Co, VT

• Vital Records of Vermont, Microfilm Collection, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.

1. Willard Wheelock, born 16 Nov 1820, Waterville, Lamoille Co, VT
2. Edwin Wheelock, born 17 Nov 1822, Waterville, Lamoille Co, VT
3. Lucinda Adams Wheelock, born 2 Jul 1824, Waterville, VT
4. William Clark Wheelock, born 18 Jul 1826, Waterville, VT
5. Samuel Columbus Wheelock, born 31 May 1828, Waterville, Lamoille Co, VT
6. Martha Maria Wheelock, born 3 Apr 1830, Waterville, VT
7. Timothy Adams Wheelock, born 18 Jun 1832, Waterville, Lamoille Co, VT
8. Columbia Wheelock, born 20 Aug 1834, Waterville, Lamoille Co, VT

Spouse: Jerusha _____
Marriage: DATE UNKNOWN

• 1850 Federal Census, Colchester, Essex Co, VT.

1. Eleanor M. Wheelock, born about 1842, VT
2. Emeline Wheelock, born about 1844, VT

Notes:

Samuel Wheelock was an early settler of Eden, VT. The first record of him there is a deed dated 13 Jan 1818 in which he appears as a grantee [1]. He is enumerated there in the 1820 Census, next to Martin Wheelock, with one other female adult living in the household, presumably his new wife, Polly Adams. He is enumerated in the 1830 Census living in Waterville with an adult female, four young boys, and two young girls. This tabulation agrees with the recorded births of his children in Waterville. In 1840 he is enumerated in Essex, Chittendon, VT with an adult female, six boys, and three girls. In 1850, he is enumerated in Colchester, Chittenden, VT, next to Willard Wheelock. He is listed as a house builder, age 50, born in NH, living with Jerusha Wheelock, age 47, son Timothy Wheelock, age 17, and daughters Columbia A. Wheelock, age 16, Eleanor Wheelock, age 8, and Emeline Wheelock, age 6. He is enumerated in the 1870 Census living in Burlington, VT, with his wife Jerusha.

The IGI shows the birth of Columbia Wheelock, 20 Aug 1834 in Waterville, presumed to be the daughter of Samuel and Polly (Adams) Wheelock.

The ancestry of Samuel Wheelock is not known for certain, but it is very likely he is either the sibling of, or closely related to brothers Daniel, Martin, and Walter, who settled Eden, VT in the same time frame. The following facts add weight to the argument: (1) Samuel appears next to Martin in the 1820 Census, (2) his Waterville record of birth (21 Jun 1797) fits well with the chronology of births in the family of Stephen and Lucretia (Newton) Wheelock, and (3) his place of birth (NH) indicated in the 1850 census is consistent with the location of the family at that time.

He died 1878 in Cambridge, per the Gazetteer of Lamoille and Orleans counties [2].

Sources

[1] Eden, VT, Deeds, 1802-1908, LDS Film Number 28166, Bk 2, pg 351.

[2] "Gazetteer of Lamoille and Orleans Counties, VT.; 1883-1884, pgs 66-69, compiled and published by Hamilton Child; May 1887; transcribed by Tom Dunn, http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/LamoilleCambridge.html

[3] Federal Census Records

Anna White

Spouse: Almon E. Wheelock
Marriage: 14 Oct 1877

• Vermont Vital Records 1871-1908, Microfilm Collection, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.

1. Frank Everett Wheelock, born 24 Dec 1877, Fairfield, Franklin Co, VT

Notes:

Anna's name is sometimes given as Myra in the Vermont VRs; and is given as Almira by other sources.

Ray Porter White

Spouse: Inez Marian Noble
Marriage: 7 Oct 1902

• Records of Janet Noble (White) Gibbens, a descendant of Edward Allen Noble and Nancy Philena Wheelock, July 2001.