When Sidney Wheat was born on 27 December 1809, in Orleans, Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States, his father, Benjamin F Wheat, was 28 and his mother, Luany Sprague, was 25. He married Rebecca Waggener on 21 November 1832. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in New York, United States in 1870. He died on 2 January 1882, in Phelps, Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Phelps, Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States.