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CURRY, Martha 2 3 4 5 6
Twin to Milton.
Martha married Leonard Proctor WHEELER on 27 Dec 1838 in JoDaviess County, Illinois.1 (Leonard Proctor WHEELER was born about 1814 in Vermont, died on 10 Jan 1877 in Ellenboro, Grant County, Wisconsin 8 and was buried in Jan 1877 in Hillside Cemetery, Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin.) |
1 Jo Daviess County Clerk, Jo Daviess County, Illinois (Jo Daviess County, Illinois). Surety: 4. Leonard P. Wheeler and Martha Curry: License issued Dec 26, 1838, State of Illinois, Jo Daviess County. I do hereby certify that I duly solemnized the rites of matrimony between the written named L.P. Wheeler and Martha Curry on the 27th day of December A.D. 1838. Given under my hand and seal this 29th day of December A.D. 1838. Abel Proctin.
2 1850 US Census (Loran, Stephenson County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Leonard P. Wheeler (age 36, b. VT), wife Martha [Curry] (age 29, b. IN) and children Maria (age 10, b. IL), William (age 9, b. IL), Alford [sp?] (age 7, b. IL), Hiram (age 5, b. IL), George (age 3, b. IL) and Ira (age 1, b. IL), living in Loran, Illinois. Also in the household is George Wheeler (age 20, b. VT), probably Leonard's brother. Leonard and George Sr. are both listed as "farmers."
3 1860 US Census (Hickory Grove, Grant County, Wisconsin). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Leonard P. Wheeler (age 48, b. VT), wife Martha [Curry] (age 38, b. IN) and children Maria (age 20, b. IL), William (age 19, b. IL), Alfred (age 17, b. IL), Hiram (age 16, b. IL), James (age 6, b. WI), Fred (age 4, b. WI), Parker (age 2, b. WI) and Proctor (age 2, b. WI) [twins], living in Hickory Grove, Wisconsin. Leonard is listed as a "farmer." Martha's parents, Calvin and Jane Curry, are also living in Grant County at this time.
4 1880 US Census (District 345, Logan, Gage County, Nebraska). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Martha [Curry] Wheeler (age 58, b. IN), widow, and children James C. (age 25, b. WI), Fred D. (age 23, b. WI) and Parker (age 22. b. WI), living in Logan, Nebraska. Martha is listed as "keeping house," and indicates that her father was born in Ohio and her mother in Indiana. Her sons are all listed as "farmers."
5 1870 US Census (Fennimore, Grant County, Wisconsin). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists L.P. [Leonard] Wheeler (age 57, b. VT), wife Martha [Curry] (age 48, b. IN) and children James C. (age 16, b. WI), Fred D. (age 14, b. WI), Parker (age 12, b. WI), Proctor (age 12, b. WI) and Levi (age 9, b. WI), living in Fennimore, Wisconsin. Also in the household is son Hiram (age 26, b. IL) and his wife, Sarah (age 27, b. KY); and son Alfred (age 28, b. IL) and his wife Maggie (age 22, b. IN). Leonard and his adult sons are all listed as "farmers." Alfred is listed as a "mason stone and brick."
6 1900 US Census (District 121, Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Parker Wheeler (age 42, b. Apr 1858, WI), wife Serrildia (age 37, b. Jan 1863, IN) and children Stella (age 16, b. Oct 1883, NE), Eva (age 15, b. Nov 1884, NE), Leonard (age 11, b. Feb 1889, NE) and Edith (age 2, b. Jun 1897, NE), living in Wilber, Nebraska. Also in the household is Parker's mother, Martha [Curry] Wheeler (age 78, b. Jan 1822, IN). Parker is listed as a "day laborer," and indicates that his father was born in Vermont and his mother in Indiana. Sissicoha indicates that both her parents were born in Indiana. The couple indicate that they have been married for 17 years, and have had five children, four of whom are still living.
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Certificate of Death (Madison County Clerk, Edwardsville, Illinois), Record #4184, p. 297. Surety: 4. Name: Martha [Curry] Wheeler
Age: 81
Occupation: housewife
Date of Death: August 1, 1903
Marital Status: not shown
Place of Birth: Indiana
Place of Death: Venice, Illinois
Cause of Death: porelaces
Place of Burial: Lancaster, Wisconsin
Date of Burial: 4 Aug 1903
Physician: J.E. Lee, Venice, IL
8 Grant County Herald (Grant County, Wisconsin), Page 3, Col. 6. Surety: 4. DEATH NOTICE: In Ellenboro, January 10, 1877, L.P. Wheeler, aged 64 years.
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