| 3. | Col. Col. Grattan Henry WHEELER  (1.Sarah1) was born on 25 Aug 1783 in Providence, Providence, RI; died on 11 Mar 1852 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; was buried in Wheeler Family Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY. Other Events and Attributes:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Col. married Fanny BAKER in 1808. Fanny (daughter of Samuel BAKER) was born on 22 Feb 1788 in South Kingstown, Washington, RI; died on 21 Mar 1813 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; was buried in Wheeler Family Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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- 16. James Brasson WHEELER was born in 1809.
- 17. Sarah WHEELER was born on 20 Dec 1809 in Steuben Co., NY; died in 1899; was buried in Grove Cemetery, Bath, Steuben, NY.
- 18. Silas WHEELER was born on 8 Sep 1811; died on 29 Oct 1855 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; was buried in Wheeler Family Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY.
- 19. Grattan H. WHEELER was born on 12 Mar 1813; died on 10 Apr 1901 in Steuben Co., NY; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Hammondsport, Steuben, NY.
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Col. married Eliza AULLS in 1814. Eliza (daughter of William AULLS, Jr. and Elizabeth DANIELS) was born on 7 Dec 1792 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA; died on 6 Sep 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1760 - 1827 (66 years)