When David Wheeler was born on 12 December 1813, in Springfield Monthly Meeting, Guilford, North Carolina, United States, his father, John Wheeler, was 26 and his mother, Phebe Stephens, was 21. He married Ruth Carter Anderson in 1856, in Springfield, Guilford, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1880 and High Point Township, Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1861.
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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.
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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.
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