Brief Life History of John Ramey
When John Ramey Wheeler was born on 19 August 1820, in Kentucky, United States, his father, James Harrison Wheeler, was 20 and his mother, Elizabeth Ramey, was 18. He married Rachael LeMaster about 1840, in Lawrence, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 27 July 1896, in Blaine, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Lawrence, Kentucky, United States.
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- John R Wheeler, "United States Census, 1860"
- John R Wheeler, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- John Ramey Wheeler, "Find A Grave Index"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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