Col. Col. Grattan Henry WHEELER

1783 - 1852  (68 years)

• Birth	25 Aug 1783	Providence, Providence, RI   [1, 2]
  Note	Col. Grattan H. Wheeler, the son of Capt. Silas Wheeler, was an extensive farmer and lumberman He was always interested and largely identified with public affairs, also a successful politician. Besides filling with energy and public spirit various town offices, he represented his district in theAssembly from 1823 to 1827, and mainly through his efforts in the Legislature the property qualification of town officers was materially modified. He afterwards held the office of State Senator, and while discharging its duties, was elected Representative in Congress in which capacity he served from 1831 to 1835. Col. Wheeler was a useful and benevolent citizen. A tone time he owned 3000 or 4000 acres of land. He died on the farm on which his father settled, about 1851. His children by his first marriage were Sallie, Silas, and Grattan H. and by his second marriage, Fannie, Eliza, Ruth, Adelia, William, and Addison.
  Note	Silas Wheeler and his son, Grattan went from Rhode Island to Wheeler, where they settled in 1799. The father and son lived together and their land holdings ran upwards of 4000 acres. Grattan was a successful politician. In addition to filling town offices, he represented his district in the Assembly, in the State Senate, and as a congressman from 1831-1832. Silas Wheeler was a soldier in the Revolutionary War as well as in the War of 1812. He served with Benedict Arnold in the assault on Quebec. He was taken prisoner four times, the last by a British privateer. At that time he was jailed in Kinsale, Ireland, where he was sentenced to be hung. He escaped with the help of the Irish statesman Henry Grattan, for whom his son was named.
  Note	4 Mar 1831	NY   [2]
  	From the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress A Representative from New York; born near Providence, R.I., August 25, 1783; attended public and preparatory schools; moved to New York with his parents, who settled in Steuben County about 1800; agriculturist and lumberman near Wheeler, N.Y.; member of the State assembly in 1822, 1824, and 1826; served in the State senate 1826-1830; elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-third Congress; resumed former pursuits; presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840; died in Wheeler, Steuben County, N.Y., March 11, 1852; interment in a private cemetery on the Wheeler homestead.
  Death	11 Mar 1852	Wheeler, Steuben, NY   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Wheeler Family Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY   [1, 2, 4, 5]
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  Father	Captain Captain Silas WHEELER,   b. 7 Mar 1752, Concord, Middlesex, MA d. 25 Nov 1828, Wheeler, Steuben, NY (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Sarah GARDNER,   b. 23 Nov 1760   d. 21 Sep 1827, Wheeler, Steuben, NY (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F1431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Fanny BAKER,   b. 22 Feb 1788, South Kingstown, Washington, RI d. 21 Mar 1813, Wheeler, Steuben, NY (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	1808  [1]
  Children	1. James Brasson WHEELER,   b. 1809   2. Sarah WHEELER,   b. 20 Dec 1809, Steuben Co., NY d. 1899 (Age 89 years)   3. Silas WHEELER,   b. 8 Sep 1811   d. 29 Oct 1855, Wheeler, Steuben, NY (Age 44 years)   4. Grattan H. WHEELER,   b. 12 Mar 1813   d. 10 Apr 1901, Steuben Co., NY (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F1507	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Eliza AULLS,   b. 7 Dec 1792, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA d. 6 Sep 1867 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1814  [1]
  Family ID	F631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Aug 1783 - Providence, Providence, RI Note - 4 Mar 1831 - NY Death - 11 Mar 1852 - Wheeler, Steuben, NY Burial - - Wheeler Family Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Bryan, Leslie Aulls, Aulls Genealogy, (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1974), 49. [S656] Biogrograpical Directory of Congress, (Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 2005), 656. [S51] Clayton, Prof. W. Woodford, History of Steuben Co., NY, (Lewis, Peck & Company, Philadelphia, 1879), 51. [S47] GenWeb, Steuben Co., NY, 47. [S156] Grimes, Laurene Matthews, Steuben Farmer's Advocate, 156.