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Col. Col. Grattan Henry WHEELER

Col. Col. Grattan Henry WHEELER

Male 1783 - 1852  (68 years)

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  • Name Col. Grattan Henry WHEELER 
    Prefix Col. 
    Birth 25 Aug 1783  Providence, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Note
    • Col. Grattan H. Wheeler, the son of Capt. Silas Wheeler, was an extensive farmer and lumberman He was always interested and largely identified with public affairs, also a successful politician. Besides filling with energy and public spirit various town offices, he represented his district in theAssembly from 1823 to 1827, and mainly through his efforts in the Legislature the property qualification of town officers was materially modified. He afterwards held the office of State Senator, and while discharging its duties, was elected Representative in Congress in which capacity he served from 1831 to 1835. Col. Wheeler was a useful and benevolent citizen. A tone time he owned 3000 or 4000 acres of land. He died on the farm on which his father settled, about 1851. His children by his first marriage were Sallie, Silas, and Grattan H. and by his second marriage, Fannie, Eliza, Ruth, Adelia, William, and Addison.
    Note
    • Silas Wheeler and his son, Grattan went from Rhode Island to Wheeler, where they settled in 1799. The father and son lived together and their land holdings ran upwards of 4000 acres. Grattan was a successful politician. In addition to filling town offices, he represented his district in the Assembly, in the State Senate, and as a congressman from 1831-1832. Silas Wheeler was a soldier in the Revolutionary War as well as in the War of 1812. He served with Benedict Arnold in the assault on Quebec. He was taken prisoner four times, the last by a British privateer. At that time he was jailed in Kinsale, Ireland, where he was sentenced to be hung. He escaped with the help of the Irish statesman Henry Grattan, for whom his son was named.
    Note 4 Mar 1831  NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • From the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
      A Representative from New York; born near Providence, R.I., August 25, 1783; attended public and preparatory schools; moved to New York with his parents, who settled in Steuben County about 1800; agriculturist and lumberman near Wheeler, N.Y.; member of the State assembly in 1822, 1824, and 1826; served in the State senate 1826-1830; elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-third Congress; resumed former pursuits; presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840; died in Wheeler, Steuben County, N.Y., March 11, 1852; interment in a private cemetery on the Wheeler homestead.
    Death 11 Mar 1852  Wheeler, Steuben, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Burial Wheeler Family Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5
    Person ID I1464  MM
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2023 

    Father Captain Captain Silas WHEELER,   b. 7 Mar 1752, Concord, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1828, Wheeler, Steuben, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Sarah GARDNER,   b. 23 Nov 1760   d. 21 Sep 1827, Wheeler, Steuben, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Family ID F1431  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Fanny BAKER,   b. 22 Feb 1788, South Kingstown, Washington, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1813, Wheeler, Steuben, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Marriage 1808  [1
    Children 
     1. James Brasson WHEELER,   b. 1809
     2. Sarah WHEELER,   b. 20 Dec 1809, Steuben Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1899 (Age 89 years)
     3. Silas WHEELER,   b. 8 Sep 1811   d. 29 Oct 1855, Wheeler, Steuben, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     4. Grattan H. WHEELER,   b. 12 Mar 1813   d. 10 Apr 1901, Steuben Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F1507  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2023 

    Family 2 Eliza AULLS,   b. 7 Dec 1792, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1867 (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 1814  [1
    Family ID F631  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Aug 1783 - Providence, Providence, RI Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNote - 4 Mar 1831 - NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Mar 1852 - Wheeler, Steuben, NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Wheeler Family Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S49] Bryan, Leslie Aulls, Aulls Genealogy, (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1974), 49.

    2. [S656] Biogrograpical Directory of Congress, (Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 2005), 656.

    3. [S51] Clayton, Prof. W. Woodford, History of Steuben Co., NY, (Lewis, Peck & Company, Philadelphia, 1879), 51.

    4. [S47] GenWeb, Steuben Co., NY, 47.

    5. [S156] Grimes, Laurene Matthews, Steuben Farmer's Advocate, 156.