Benjamin W. WHEELER & Mary MCCARTER 

Husband: Benjamin W. WHEELER (1 2)
   Born: 04 JUN 1782 in Northumberland Co., PA (3 4)
Married: 02 APR 1805 in Marshall, Mason Co., KY (20 21 22)
   Died: 26 JUL 1840 in Pearl Twp., Pike Co., IL (5 6)
 Father: John B. WHEELER
 Mother: Mary Revel Or \Margaret RAMEY
Spouses: 
   Wife: Mary MCCARTER (7)
   Born: in VA/PA? (8)
   Died: 14 OCT 1840 in Pearl Twp., Pike Co., IL (9)
 Father: 
 Mother: 
Spouses:
Children
01  (F): Anna WHEELER
   Born: 08 APR 1802 in KY/PA? (10 11)
   Died: 11 MAR 1876 in Pearl, Pike Co., IL
Spouses: David HESS
02  (M): John WHEELER (12)
   Born: 16 SEP 1806 in Mason Co., KY (13 14)
   Died: 03 JUL 1895 in Bird Twp., Macoupin Co., IL (15)
Spouses: Mary "Polly" CAMERER
03  (M): Cyrus WHEELER
   Born: 11 NOV 1808 in Mason Co., KY
   Died: 11 APR 1884 in Pike Co., IL
Spouses: Elmyra LITTLE
04  (F): Eleanor D. WHEELER
   Born: 15 FEB 1811 in Mason Co., KY ?
   Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: William B. CAMERER; Silas HUMPHREY
05  (F): Lucinda WHEELER
   Born: 26 JUN 1813 in Mason Co., KY
   Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: 
06  (M): Nelson WHEELER
   Born: 07 SEP 1815 in Mason Co., KY
   Died: 04 JUL 1830 in Clermont Co., OH
Spouses: 
07  (M): Benjamin F. WHEELER
   Born: 28 MAR 1818 in Clermont Co., OH (16)
   Died: 12 MAY 1881 in Milton, Pike Co., IL (17)
Spouses: >>>; Almira (Elvira) CLEMONS
08  (F): Elizabeth WHEELER
   Born: 12 OCT 1820 in Clermont Co., OH
   Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: James G. JACKSON
09  (M): William WHEELER
   Born: 07 MAR 1823 in Clermont Co., OH
   Died: 12 JAN 1876 in Pike Co., IL (18)
Spouses: Matilda BATTERSHELL
10  (M): Henry WHEELER (19)
   Born: 11 JUL 1826 in Clermont Co., OH
   Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: 
11  (F): Mary WHEELER
   Born: 06 AUG 1830
   Died: NOV 1836 in Pike Co., IL?
Spouses:

Additional Information

Benjamin W. WHEELER:

Notes:
James Pyles, Rt. 2, Box 308, Maysville, KY 41056
Margaret Hanna, 9505 Silverlake, Gate 1, Oklahoma City, OK 73132
Pat Shoemaker, Phoenix, AZ
Dorothy Shannon, Enid, OK
Sherry Arlotta, Tempe, AZ
Mary Ellingson
Tom Wheeler, Cypress, CA
Beverly Martin, St. Louis, MO

James Pyles believes that Benjamin is a twin brother to Levi Wheeler although family histories have never passed this down. This researcher has three births dates for Benjamin...the year differs...1772, 1780 compared to 1782??? If 1782 correct, Benjamin would have only been 14 when Anna was supposedly born 4 Aug 1796. Anna had discrepancy on birth years also. 1802?? This means Benjamin would have been married #1 to ????? as he didn't marry Macy McCarter/McCarty until 1805 in Mason CO KY. Perhaps he was married in PA?

Mary Ellingson had Benjamin's birth year as 1770.
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Pike County IL Combined 1872 & 1912 Atlases
History of PEARL TOWNSHIP

This is a timbered Township with a small strip of unequaled prairie running through its centre. It is a fractional Township, bound on the East by the Illinois River, and portions of it is very rough. The first settlers in this Township were A. Perkins, J. R. Ottwell, Wm. Pruett, and John Otwell, in the year 1825. The first improvements were made in Sections 15 and 27. Thomas Lumley and Wm. B. Camerer were among the early settlers of this Township, and did much to improve it. The first child born was John Orwell; and the first death was Thomas Murry. The first parties married in this Township were Wm. Otwell and Miss Rachell Collins. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Osborn, who also preached the first sermon in the Township at the house of John Otwell, in 1829; he was of Baptist denomination. James McConnell was the first Justice of Peace. The first School House was built on Section 28, in 1831; and the first Church in 1867. Constantine Smith was the first Supervisor. The Louisiana branch of the St. Louis and Chicago R. R. has lately been completed through the Township.
(Benjamin Wheeler settled in Pearl Twp., Pike Co., IL bef 1840 and died there. The Camerer and Smith surnames are Wheeler connected.)

Footnotes

  1. Clermont CO OH 1823; Rush CO IN 1832; Pike Co., IL 1834.
  2. 1880 Pike County IL History.
  3. 1879 History of Macoupin Co., Illinois (Brink , McDonough & Co., Philadelphia - Reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc), p. 140.
    "Benjamin Wheeler, his ( John Wheeler's) father was born in Virginia, June 4th, 1782."
  4. The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 9, No. 2, p 55.
  5. 1879 History of Macoupin Co., Illinois (Brink , McDonough & Co., Philadelphia - Reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc), p. 140.
  6. Probate Estate Records, Pike Co., IL.
  7. 1879 History of Macoupin Co., Illinois (Brink , McDonough & Co., Philadelphia - Reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc), p. 140.
  8. Ibid., p. 140.
    "She was a native of Virginia."
  9. Ibid., p. 140.
  10. Possibly a daughter by lst Marriage of Benj. Wheeler? One Census b PA?
  11. From death age, tombstone inscription, age 73y/7m/7d.
  12. 1879 History of Macoupin Co., Illinois (Brink , McDonough & Co., Philadelphia - Reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc), p. 140.
  13. Ibid., p. 140.
    John Wheeler was born in Mason County, Kentucky, four mile from Maylick, September 16, 1806.
  14. 1840 Census of Macoupin Co., IL.
  15. Death Certificate, Macoupin Co., IL.
  16. History of Pike County, IL, p. 467.
  17. Letter from County Clerk of Pike Co., IL.
    "The only Benjamin Wheeler we have recorded died May 12, 1881 at the age of 63."
  18. Cemetery Inscriptions has death date 1876.
  19. Buried Cheyenne, Laramie CO WY ref Jenny Wheeler Landreth family sheet.
  20. Computer File Index.
    Wheeler, Benjamin Mary McCarter Type M Event Date 04 Apr 1805 Event Place Mason (KY) Batch 7428803.
  21. The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 9, No. 2, p. 55.
    Benjamin Wheeler, b. 1780; married Mary M. Carter 4-4-1805.
  22. Family Tree Maker CD002.
    KY marriages, Mason Co, KY (1789 to 1895) Wheeler, Benjamin McCarter, Mary
    Date 02-APR-1805.

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