Charles august wheaton biography

Charles wheaton biography

American politician

Charles August Wheaton

In office
1867 – 1868 (?)
BornJuly 1, 1809
Amenia, New York[1]
DiedMarch 14, 1882
Northfield, Minnesota
Political partyDemocratic Party of New YorkRepublican Party of Minnesota
Spouse(s)Ellen Douglas Birdseye (March 13, 1816 – December 17, 1858); Martha Elizabeth (Archibald) Wagener (August 19, 1826 - March 29, 1912)
Children17
ResidenceNorthfield, Minnesota
OccupationBusiness Owner

Charles Augustus Wheaton (1809–1882) was a businessman and major figure in the central New York state abolitionist movement and Underground Railroad, as well as other progressive causes.

He was one of the founders of the First Congregational Church in Syracuse, which took an abolitionist stand, and was part of the Vigilance Committee that formed in 1850 to resist the Fugitive Slave Law.

In 1860 he moved to Northfield, Minnesota, where he was one of t

Charles Augustus Wheaton

American politician

Charles August Wheaton

In office
1867 – 1868 (?)
BornJuly 1, 1809
Amenia, New York[1]
DiedMarch 14, 1882
Northfield, Minnesota
Political partyDemocratic Party of New YorkRepublican Party of Minnesota
Spouse(s)Ellen Douglas Birdseye (March 13, 1816 – December 17, 1858); Martha Elizabeth (Archibald) Wagener (August 19, 1826 - March 29, 1912)
Children17
ResidenceNorthfield, Minnesota
OccupationBusiness Owner

Charles Augustus Wheaton (1809–1882) was a businessman and major figure in the central New York state abolitionist movement and Underground Railroad, as well as other progressive causes. He was one of the founders of the First Congregational Church in Syracuse, which took an abolitionist stand, and was part of the Vigilance Committee that formed in 1850 to resist the Fugitive Slave Law.

In 1860 he moved to Northfield, Minnesota, where he was one of two men who donated the land to found the Carleton College campus. There he served with the Minnesota

Charles WHEATON (1806-1885) & Marcia COLEMAN

Descendants of Charles WHEATON

Updated May 2018

 

Generation No. 1

1. Charles1 WHEATON1 was born 1806 in Pennsylvania, USA1, and died 1885 in Iowa, USA1,2. Burial: 1885, Wheaton Cemetery, NE of Toledo, Tama County, Iowa, USA. He married Marcia COLEMAN3 Bef. 1850 in Illinois?, USA3. She was born August 23, 1821 in Ohio, USA3, and died 1896 in Iowa, USA3,4.

Occupation: 1860, 1880 Farmer

Addresses

1850        Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA (census page 419)  Living with Marcia’s parents

1860       Fairfield, Jackson, Iowa, USA

1870        Carroll Twp, Tama County, Iowa, USA (Census page 221)

1880       Carroll, Tama, Iowa, USA

Notes for Marcia COLEMAN:

Addresses

1850        Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA (census page 419) Living with Marcia’s parents

1860       Fairfield, Jackson, Iowa, USA

1870        Carroll Twp, Tama County, Iowa, USA (Censis page 221)

1880       Carroll, Tama, Iowa, USA

1885        Howard Twp, Tama County, Iowa

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