When Rebecca B Wheeler was born on 20 February 1816, in Prunty, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States, her father, Reverend Charles Wheeler, was 31 and her mother, Charity Anna Nelson, was 25. She married Col. William Johnson on 19 February 1856. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Simpson District, Harrison, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 24 January 1897, in Bridgeport, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison, West Virginia, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
English: occupational name for a wheelwright, a maker of wheels (primarily for carts and other vehicles, but also other kinds of wheels, for use in spinning or other manufacturing processes), from Middle English wheler, whegheler, a derivative of Old English hweogol, hweowol, hwēol ‘wheel’.
History: A founder of Salisbury, NH, in 1634 was John Wheeler.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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