Ebenezer Wheeler & Joanna Miller

Ebernezer/ Stephen/ Ephraim/Joseph/Joseph, Thomas

Ebenezer Wheeler 1782 – 1862 | his parents
& 1803 Joanna Miller 1785 – 1855 | her parents
of Bergen Co NJ and Clark Co OH


my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!


info from the files of Carol Gunther
e-mail from Carol Gunter. . .”Our information comes from a ledger book on a partial genealogy of the Wheeler Family collected from records made by Ebenezer Wheeler and from other reliable sources, written by Samuel Miller Wheeler,
which was Carol Gunter’s Great-grandfather.
He states that “This writing met with many unexpected difficulties and acknowledged it to be quite imperfect, but hopes that someone in the future may find it a fruitful source of research and this very humble beginning may be a nucleus to something more extensive and reliable in the future”.

15 Sept 1782 – Ebenezer Wheeler was born in Bergen Co NJ the 4th son and 5th child of Stephen Wheeler (son of Ephraim) and wife Rhoda Spinning of Elizabethtown NJ.
19 Dec 1785 – Joanna Miller was born.
20 Sept 1803 – Ebenezer Wheeler and Joanna Miller were married in Cincinnati OH
23 Aug 1855 – Joanna Miller died
9 Feb 1862 – Ebenezer Wheeler died Clark Co OH

Children of Ebenezer Wheeler and Joanna Miller:
1. Moses M Wheeler 18 Jul 1804 – 6 Apr 1867
married 28 Jan 1830 Phebe Baker 17 May1807 – 22 Aug 1844
a. Cornelia M Wheeler 31 Oct 1830 – 2 Sep 1846 dy
b. Mary N Wheeler 3 Mar 1834 –
married Joseph Archer
c. Melyn B Wheeler 13 Feb 1836 – 18 Nov 1899
married 25 Nov 1858 Elizabeth Richardson d. 20 Apr 1888
married 2nd ca 1846 Maria Dewitt
d. Ivanna Wheeler 16 Oct 1848 –
married 24 July 1890 Frances Ann Whetstone

2. Stephen Milton Wheeler 12 Mar 1806 – 16 Feb 1861
married 30 Sept 1840 Charity Crain d 1841
married 2nd Mary Thompson 1816 – 6 April 1895
a. Elizabeth Wheeler
married Joseph Miller
b. Franklin Wheeler
c. Ella Wheeler
married Jacob Mellinger
d. Catharine Wheeler

3. Harriet Wheeler 22 Mar 1808 – 30 Sep 1814 dy

4. Elizabeth D Wheeler 24 Jun 1810 – 16 May 1864
married 7 Dec 1828 Isaac Kershner
a. Stephen W Kershner

5. Daniel Wheeler 9 Apr 1812 – 14 Jun 1833 dsp

6. Isaac Wheeler 11 Mar 1814 – 12 Mar 1814 dy

7. Jacob M Wheeler 19 Mar 1815 – 21 Feb 1887 Wapakoneta Auglaize Co OH
married 5 Sept 1839 Mary M Smith 24 July 1820 –
a. Mary Catharine Wheeler 21 Feb 1841 –
married 15 Feb 1856 Philip Kiser George
married 2nd 11 Mar 1866 George Sands
b. Stephen Wheeler 23 Jun 1843 – 27 Jul 1844 dy
c. Ebenezer Wheeler 27 May 1845 – 16 Feb 1850 OH dy
d. Joseph H Wheeler 28 Jan 1848 –
married 7 Mar 1869 Savilla E Baker
e. John C Wheeler 28 Mar 1850 –
married 22 Feb 1871 Rebecca Hardesty
f. Sarah Jane Wheeler 4 Oct 1852 –
married 28 Sept 1869 Thomas Raney
g. Elizabeth D Wheeler 10 Sep 1854 –
married Frank Van Norden
married 2nd Joseph Gigley
married 3rd 15 Nov 1875 Jacob Gabriel Moyer

8. John Wheeler 5 Jan 1818 – 12 Aug 1858
married 21 Oct 1841 Catherine Inlow 15 June 1821 – 11 April 1871

9. Samuel Miller Wheeler 29 Feb 1820 Indiana – 20 Apr 1900
married 26 April 1842 Esther Morgan 5 Oct 1821 Clark Co OH – 14 May 1899
daughter of Jacob Morgan and Sarah Newkirk
a. Jennie Sarah Wheeler 22 Feb 1843 Springfield Clark Co OH – 11 Apr 1910
married Harry Heasley 9 Oct 1840 – 12 Apr 1911
son of John and Mary Heasley
1. Harry Heasley 30 Jul 1875 Americus KS – 27 Jul 1952 Americus KS
b. Emily Elizabeth Wheeler 31 Aug 1845 – 12 Aug 1849 dy
c. Elnora Jane Wheeler 16 Apr 1848 Springfield OH – 1916 Reading KS
married Americus KS 6 May 1874 Arthur Winslow Plumb
31 Dec 1846 Marysville, Union OH – 25 Sep 1912 Reading KS
son of David Plumb and Hannah Bierce
1. Jeanette Plumb 12 May 1875 – 10 Mar 1893 Reading KS
2. Luella Plumb 17 Sep 1877 –
3. Howard Wheeler Plumb 29 Jun 1880 –
married Laura Plumb
a. Howard Kirkwood Plumb 14 July 1915 –
4. Chester Arthur Plumb 4 Jun 1886 Reading KS –
married 14 May 1919 Nellie Wingfield
a. Arthur Plumb
b. Pauline Plumb
d. twin female 28 June 1851 – 28 June 1851 stillborn
e. twin female unnamed 28 June 1851 – 17 July 1851 19 days
f. William Howard Wheeler 17 Nov 1852 – 6 Oct 1926
married Valley Center KS 30 Nov 1893 Luella E Taylor 30 Jul 1854 –
g. Ebenezer Edwin Wheeler 27 Jan 1855 Springfield OH –
married 19 Jan 1882 Minnie Edith Sykes 1867
1. Wilbur Wheeler 25 Dec 1882 –
2. George Edwin Wheeler 9 Aug 1886 Emporia KS –
3. Lester Samuel Wheeler 26 Aug 1899 – died Stoneham CO
married Denver CO 16 May 1928 Lesitte Emmergene Fales
a. Grace Harriet Wheeler
b. Lewis Edwin Wheeler
c. Howard Alison Wheeler
h. Samuel Charlie Wheeler 18 Jan 1859 Springfield OH – 5 Nov 1929 Lawton OK
married 24 Feb 1886 Clara Melissa Abraham 19 Jun 1865 – 29 Mar 1932 Lawton OK
1. Roy Alansin Wheeler 5 Dec 1886 Fremont tnsp, Lyon Co KS -15 Oct 1974 Lawton OK
married 31 Jan 1913 Harriet Adele Doty 1887 – 29 Mar 1961 Lawton OK
a. Jane Clare Wheeler 11 Aug 1913 – 29 Dec 1994 Lawton OK
married Lawton OK June 1938 George Lowell Page died 7 May 1978 Lawton OK
i. Nancy Page
ii. Geri Page
iii. David George Page 1939 – 31 Mar 1942 Lawton OK
b. Robert Wheeler
married Clara Wheeler
2. Charles Ward Wheeler 13 June 1889 – 1903 Lawton OK
3. Earl S Wheeler 1903 – 3 Aug 1925 Lawton OK plane crash
married 6 July 1924 Marjorie Belle Osborn
i. Allison Eugene Wheeler 5 Sep 1860 – 8 Aug 1936 Americus KS
married KS 18 Dec 1888 Ella Rebecca Loy 17 Jul 1868 KS – 12 Apr 1903 Americus KS
j. Esther Eloise Wheeler 4 Sep 1864 Wapakoneta Auglaize Co OH – 6 Dec 1924 Americus
married Americus KS 23 Feb 1887 John William Ernst
3 Aug 1857 Sparland, Marshall Co IL – 21 Dec 1912 Americus KS
son of Joseph Ernst and Christiana Fosbender
1. twin – Leland Ernst 5 Dec 1889 Americus KS – 5 Dec 1889 still born
2. twin – Lucille Ernst 5 Dec 1889 Americus KS – 5 Dec 1889 still born
3. Ione Elsie Ernst 26 May 1891 Americus KS – 12 July 1936 Topeka KS
married Topeka KS 18 June 1913 LaMont Donald DeCamp
9 Mar 1869 Pittsburgh PA – 16 Dec 1938 Topeka KS
son of George DeCamp and Nancy Rambo
a. LaMont Donald DeCamp 18 July 1914 Allen KS – died Pearland TX

married Junction City KS 8 Feb 1941 Virginia Marie Conway
i. Virginia Lee [Jini] DeCamp 1945 –
ii. Judith Ann DeCamp 1948 –
iii. Donna Kay DeCamp 1950 –
b. Cleo Eloise DeCamp 27 April 1916 Allen KS – 1984 LaVita CO
married Topeka KS 2 Nov 1941 Richard Dean Moorhead died 1974 LaVita CO
i. Nancy Eloise Moorhead 1944 –
ii. Linda Sue Moorhead 1946 –
married Michael L Zuflachp M.D.
4. Glenn Edward Ernst 25 Jan 1898 Americus KS – 6 March 1968 Topeka KS
married 6 Aug 1921 Lelia Marie Stay 24 Aug 1892 Clifton KS – 3 July 1975 Topeka KS
5. Karl Wheeler Ernst 8 Jan 1908 Americus KS – 29 May 1983 Salina KS
married Newton KS 1 Jan 1931 Evelyn Lee Sommerville
8 April 1910 Newton KS – 8 Nov 2002 Manhattan KS [buried Salina KS]
dau of Jasper Sommerville and Viola Beach
a. JoAnn Ernst 2 Nov 1931 Topeka KS – 20 July 2002 Jefferson City MO

married Topeka KS 22 June 1952 Charles Richard Stevenson 1923 Waterville KS –
i. Jay Craig Stevenson 1953 Chanute KS –
ii. Dana Marie Stevenson 1956 Chanute KS –
iii. Don Michael Stevenson 1958 Chanute KS –
iv. DeeAnn Stevenson 1961 Phoenix AZ –
married Jefferson City MO 30 Mar 1981 Fred Lawrence Zehendner 1924 –
b. Carol Lee Ernst 1935 Topeka KS –
married June 1958 Sterling Washington [Dub] Gunter 1934 –
i. Connie Lynn Gunter 1960 Manhattan KS –
ii. Sterling Washington [Corky] Gunter 1965 Manhattan KS –
iii. Douglas Karl Gunter 1968 Manhattan KS –
k. Marietta Eugenie Wheeler 24 Sep 1866 Wapakoneta OH – 1 May 1944 Tokepa KS dsp
She was part owner of College Hill Dry Goods Store in Topeka, Kansas

10. Joseph Newton Wheeler 1 Mar 1823 – 19 Aug 1831 dy

11. Rhoda Ann Wheeler 30 Dec 1824 – 8 Jul 1903
married 15 Oct 1844 Perry Stewart 6 June 1818 – 1906
i. Hattie Stewart Oct 1845 –
married James Hatfield
ii. Julia Stewart Jul 1847 –
married J W Elder
iii. D Wilmont Stewart Dec 1848 –
married Amanda McClintock
iv. John T Stewart Aug 1850 –
married Anna Keifer
v. Minnie Stewart Jul 1852 –
married Samuel Kerr
vi. Charles Stewart Aug 1856 –
married Marjorie Harlough
vii. Jane Stewart Jul 1859 –
married George Nicholson
viii. Perry M Stewart Jul 1866 –
ix. E. Wheeler Stewart Aug 1868 –
married 26 Oct 1893 Nettie J Shobe

12. Ebenezer S Wheeler 6 Oct 1829 – 11 Apr 1841 dy

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