Brief Life History of John Andrew Jackson
When John Andrew Jackson Wheeler was born in February 1836, in Cane Hill Township, Washington, Arkansas, United States, his father, John Alfred Wheeler, was 32 and his mother, Lucinda J Johnson, was 32. He married Elizabeth Hancock on 14 August 1856, in Washington, Arkansas, United States. He lived in Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 3, Collin, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 8 December 1910, in McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Princeton, Collin, Texas, United States.
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- J A Wheeler, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Andrew Jackson Wheeler, "Find A Grave Index"
- J A J Wheeler in entry for John Wesley Wheeler, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1837
Historical Boundaries 1837: Bois d'Arc, Fannin, Republic of Texas 1845: Bonham, Fannin, Texas, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
Name Meaning
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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