Brief Life History of John Leavenworth
When John Leavenworth Wheeler was born on 29 November 1841, in Shelby, Indiana, United States, his father, John Tilson Wheeler, was 40 and his mother, Rachel Worland, was 27. He married Ellen Elizabeth Farrell on 19 November 1878, in Shelby, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Addison Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Shelby Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States in 1900. He died on 1 March 1903, in Shelby, Indiana, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Waldron, Liberty Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States.
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- John Wheeler, "United States Census, 1900"
- John L Wheeler, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- John L Wheeler, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Shelby, Indiana, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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