Kate DUNNING

Notes:

According to Uncle John Wolfe, there were 10 or 12 Thomas graves of children in the cemetery at Indianola, Nebraska. He also says, Grandmother praticed abortion. When dying she asked Mother, "Do you think I will go to heaven? " This would be confirmed by the 1900 census where Kate said that she had 11 births, three living.

Ina Mae Wolfe remembers that when she was very young and the family went to Indianola for Grandma Kate Dunning Thomas's funeral, Ina broke out in a terrible rash. Grandpa Bob Thomas took her around the yard asking finding out exactly what
plants she had touched while she was out in the yard. It turned out that she had been bitten by bedbugs instead. Because of the rash, Ina was sent over to stay with Mary, the former foster child of Bob and Kate Thomas and so missed the
funeral.



"My first view of Indianola was the 25th of April '78 (1878). It was a very nice looking clean, little place-- a store, drug store, court house, a small little school house, a hotel, and a small dwelling house or two. A buffalo cow laarriated
out east of the town some little ways was a novel one to us at least.

While the size of the town was not so ________ as we had grown up in Nebraska and had seen the small places grow along with us and sure Indianola had grown. New settlers coming in the fall and the coming of the railroad made things go fast but
we must remember the school, church and Sunday school was already well laid out and the people and children as well was glad to have those things that they were well attended by those in or living near here, I sometimes think better then than
now. The added thought is to think of so many of the glad hands extended to the new comers here who have gone to the last home. While gone they are not forgotten. Now looking at the churches and nice homes and trees you have to stop and think,
has all this been done since you first saw Indianola." Kate Dunning Thomas

Kate married Robert Hanson THOMAS on 15 Mar 1883. Robert (son of Abel THOMAS and Harriet W. BLAIR) was born on 15 Apr 1851 in Galesburg, IL; died on 13 Jul 1931 in Indianola, NE; was buried on 15 Jul 1931 in Indianola, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jr. Robert H. THOMAS was born in Apr 1893 in Nebraska; was buried in Washington (state).
2. Lucy H. THOMAS was born in Feb 1890 in Nebraska; was buried in probably in Indianola.
3. Mary A. Duborks was born in Dec 1888 in Nebraska.
4. Alice Mae THOMAS was born on 6 Dec 1890 in Indianola, NE; died on 9 May 1975 in Billings, MT.

Notes:

Name: Cyrus DUNNING
?Reference Number: 802
?Sex: M
?Birth: 1779 in Connecticut 1
?Death: AFT 1854 in Nebraska 1
?Note:

From Pioneer History of Clarksfield [ this is in Huron County, Ohio], by Dr. F. E. Weeks 1908, Clarksfield, Ohio, 1987 copy retyped [pagination differs between the two versions] and indexed by Myron Allgood of Clarksfield,
pg 70
"Cyrus Dunning was born in Connecticut in 1779 and in 1819 was married to Sally Wheeler, a sister of Johnson and Jesse Wheeler. They came to Clarksfield in 1833 and settled on a farm north of Rowland's corners, next to the Wakeman line. After a few years the youngest daughter, Sarah, died of consumption followed, in a few months by the mother who died in 1841 and sister, Mary, who died March 3 1842. This left Mr. Dunning with two sons, Oliver, 18, and Cyrus, 9 years of age. After a few years Oliver married Lucretia Wheeler and they kept house for Mr. Dunning until about 1845, when he married a widow Smith , of Wayne County, Ohio, who had several children, among whom were Orville P. and Lemuel, the latter of whom married Mary Rogers and died in Clarksfield. After some years Mr. and Mrs. Dunning became too old to take care of themselves and she went to live with some of her children in Norwalk, while he lived with his children. In 1854 the old lady died and Mr. Dunning went to Nebraska, with his sons. Cyrus Jr. had married Lucy Wheeler. The father and sons died in Nebraska."

?Change Date: 31 AUG 2010



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Marriage 1 Sally WHEELER b: ABT 1785 in most likely Connecticut?Married: 1819 in Connecticut
Children1.Has No Children Mary DUNNING b: ABT 1819
2.Has Children Oliver W DUNNING b: BET. 1821 - 1822 in Connecticut
3.Has No Children Sarah DUNNING b: ABT 1823 in Connecticut
4.Has Children Cyrus DUNNING b: BET. 1830 - 1831 in Connecticut, USA

Marriage 2 Sally \ Lally (Unknown) SMITH b: BET. 1793 - 1794 in Vermont?Married: 1845 in Huron County, Ohio 2

Sources: 1.Type: Book
Author: Weeks, Dr. F. E.
Note:
Pioneer History of Clarksfield [Ohio]
Publication: originally self published 1908. Retyped, repaginated, and indexed version by Myron Allgood of Clarksfield 1987.
Note:
Photocopy given by Myron Allgood to Susan Hopkins
Text: Myron Allgood was a close friend of Dr. Weeks. and a local and family historian in his own right. Note, the Wakeman Public Library now has the original version of this work online and searchable. Pagination will be different.
Date: 31 AUG 2010
2.Type: Book
Author: Weeks, Dr. F. E.
Note:
Pioneer History of Clarksfield [Ohio]
Publication: originally self published 1908. Retyped, repaginated, and indexed version by Myron Allgood of Clarksfield 1987.
Note:
Photocopy given by Myron Allgood to Susan Hopkins
Text: Myron Allgood was a close friend of Dr. Weeks. and a local and family historian in his own right. Note, the Wakeman Public Library now has the original version of this work online and searchable. Pagination will be different.
Date: 31 AUG 2010
Page: pg 70, See Cyrus' notes.

Cyrus married Lucy Ursula WHEELER on 25 Sep 1856. Lucy (daughter of Jr. Asa WHEELER and Olive MINOR) was born on 10 Apr 1831 in Clarksfield, OH; died on 16 Apr 1915 in Indianola, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The research from Grandma Alice Mae Thomas Wolfe and Aunt Marjorie Wolfe Hansen says that Lucy's mother was from Ohio. However, in all of the census, Lucy gives her mother's birthplace as New York.

Her brothers, William Wallace and Lemuel (Lem lived near her in Richardson Co., Neb) gave their mother's birthplace as Ohio.


Another researcher along her brother Anson's line gives their mother's birthplace as Homer,Cortland,New York,USA 1785. This would make her considerably older than her husband Asa though.



Name: Lucy WHEELER
?Reference Number: 823
?Sex: F
?Birth: 10 APR 1831 in Ohio, likely Huron County, nr Wakeman or Clarksfield 1 2 3
?Death: 16 APR 1915 in found 1880 Indianola, Red Willow, Nebraska 4
?_FA4: BET. 1850 - 1851 A Miss Lucy W. Wheeler listed as a teacher in Clarksfield Twp schools, lv w her sister's fam in census. 5 6
?_FA5: 1854 Moves west, first to Missouri, then Nebraska. See children's b.p. 7
?_FA8: JUN 1880 A widow, res. Indianola, Red Willow, Nebraska w 4 older kids. 8
?Note:

- sister Lucretia's family is in Richardson co, Nebraska, as are brother and half sister Lemuel and Bettey Wheeler, unmarried and living together.

?Change Date: 3 MAR 2011




Father: Asa WHEELER b: ABT 28 SEP 1793 in Connecticut or Trumbull Co, OH
Mother: Olive MINOR b: ABT 1785 in Homer Twp, Cortland Co, NY

Marriage 1 Cyrus DUNNING b: BET. 1830 - 1831 in Connecticut, USA?Married: 25 SEP 1856 in Clarksfield, Huron County, Ohio 9 10
Children1.Has No Children Katie DUNNING b: BET. 1857 - 1858 in Missouri
2.Has No Children Richard DUNNING b: BET. 1859 - 1860 in Nebraska
3.Has No Children John DUNNING b: BET. 1860 - 1861 in Nebraska
4.Has No Children Nettie DUNNING b: BET. 1862 - 1863 in Nebraska

Sources: 1.Type: Census
Title: 1850 Census
Note:
Ohio, Huron County, Clarksfield Township
Note:
NARA Roll # 697, Ancestry.com
Date: 21 OCT 2009
Page: pg 359, Ancestry.com image 15 of 35, See her sister, Lucretia's 1850 fact for full citation. Lucy is living with Lucretia's family.
2.Title: Lewis, Rebecca: e-mail to Susan Hopkins 8 July 2006
Page: Lucy and Cyrus are her gg grandparents. In an attachment, she indicates, Lucy Ursula Wheeler, b. 10 April 1831 [consistent with 1850 census] Clarksfield, Ohio, d. 16 April 1916, Indianola, Nebraska
3.Type: Book
Author: Weeks, Dr. F. E.
Note:
Pioneer History of Clarksfield [Ohio]
Publication: originally self published 1908. Retyped, repaginated, and indexed version by Myron Allgood of Clarksfield 1987.
Note:
Photocopy given by Myron Allgood to Susan Hopkins
Text: Myron Allgood was a close friend of Dr. Weeks. and a local and family historian in his own right. Note, the Wakeman Public Library now has the original version of this work online and searchable. Pagination will be different.
Date: 31 AUG 2010
Page: p 37
4.Title: Lewis, Rebecca: e-mail to Susan Hopkins 8 July 2006
Page: See Lucy's birth citations for quote
5.Type: Census
Title: 1850 Census
Note:
Ohio, Huron County, Clarksfield
Date: 22 OCT 2009
Page: 359, Lucy is 19. See her sister's 1850 fact for full family citation.
6.Type: Book
Note:
Clarksfield Bee Articles Scrapbook
Publication: Weeks, Dr. F.E. (Bee editor & publisher
Note:
Ohio Genealogical Society
Title: Clarksfield [Huron County, Ohio] Scrapbook
Note:
Ohio Genealogical Society, Mansfield, Ohio
Text: Photocopies of articles clipped from Clarksfield Bee bi-weekly newspaper. These include historical articles and data written up by Dr. F. E. Weeks, ed., as well as letters from folks who had left the area and were sharing memories about "pioneer" days.
Date: 3 MAR 2011
Page: pg 59, Also 1853-4 - Miss L. Wheeler given; 1855-6 -Lucy Wheeler; 1856-7 Miss L. J. Wheeler
7.Type: Book
Author: Weeks, Dr. F. E.
Note:
Pioneer History of Clarksfield [Ohio]
Publication: originally self published 1908. Retyped, repaginated, and indexed version by Myron Allgood of Clarksfield 1987.
Note:
Photocopy given by Myron Allgood to Susan Hopkins
Text: Myron Allgood was a close friend of Dr. Weeks. and a local and family historian in his own right. Note, the Wakeman Public Library now has the original version of this work online and searchable. Pagination will be different.
Date: 31 AUG 2010
Page: pg 70, See Cyrus Dunning Sr's notes for full quote.
8.Type: Census
Title: 1880 Census Index online at FamilySearch.com
Note:
Electronic
Date: 17 DEC 2010
Page: 335C Indianola, Red Willow, Nebraska, Lucy Dunning, head, widowed, F, W, 49, b Oh, keepiong house, father born CT, mother NY, - Katie Dunning, dau, s, f,w, 22, born MO, teaching school, father b CT, mother OH, - Richard Dunning, son, s, male, w, 20, born NE, farming, father b CT, mother OH
9.Title: Lewis, Rebecca: e-mail to Susan Hopkins 8 July 2006
Page: Gives marriage date of Lucy and Cyrus as 25 Sept 1856
10.Type: Book
Author: Weeks, Dr. F. E.
Note:
Pioneer History of Clarksfield [Ohio]
Publication: originally self published 1908. Retyped, repaginated, and indexed version by Myron Allgood of Clarksfield 1987.
Note:
Photocopy given by Myron Allgood to Susan Hopkins
Text: Myron Allgood was a close friend of Dr. Weeks. and a local and family historian in his own right. Note, the Wakeman Public Library now has the original version of this work online and searchable. Pagination will be different.
Date: 31 AUG 2010
Page: pg 70, See Cyrus Dunning Sr's notes. Date range based on move by the family to Nebraska as max date, and that the couple is not married in the 1850 census.

married WHEELER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Suffix: , Jr.
?Reference Number: 824
?Sex: M
?Birth: BET. 1830 - 1831 in Connecticut, USA 1
?Death: BEF 1870 in likely Richardson Co, Nebraska 2 3
?_FA1: 1850 Census date. appears to be in Florence Twp, Erie Co, Ohio. Occ Laborer. 4
?_FA2: 1854 Goes to Nebraska w wife Lucy, brother Oliver's fam. & father. 5
?Change Date: 1 MAR 2011



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Father: Cyrus DUNNING b: 1779 in Connecticut
Mother: Sally WHEELER b: ABT 1785 in most likely Connecticut

Marriage 1 Lucy WHEELER b: 10 APR 1831 in Ohio, likely Huron County, nr Wakeman or Clarksfield?Married: 25 SEP 1856 in Clarksfield, Huron County, Ohio 6 7
Children1.Has No Children Katie DUNNING b: BET. 1857 - 1858 in Missouri
2.Has No Children Richard DUNNING b: BET. 1859 - 1860 in Nebraska
3.Has No Children John DUNNING b: BET. 1860 - 1861 in Nebraska
4.Has No Children Nettie DUNNING b: BET. 1862 - 1863 in Nebraska

Sources: 1.Type: Book
Author: Weeks, Dr. F. E.
Note:
Pioneer History of Clarksfield [Ohio]
Publication: originally self published 1908. Retyped, repaginated, and indexed version by Myron Allgood of Clarksfield 1987.
Note:
Photocopy given by Myron Allgood to Susan Hopkins
Text: Myron Allgood was a close friend of Dr. Weeks. and a local and family historian in his own right. Note, the Wakeman Public Library now has the original version of this work online and searchable. Pagination will be different.
Date: 31 AUG 2010
Page: p 70
2.Type: Book
Author: Weeks, Dr. F. E.
Note:
Pioneer History of Clarksfield [Ohio]
Publication: originally self published 1908. Retyped, repaginated, and indexed version by Myron Allgood of Clarksfield 1987.
Note:
Photocopy given by Myron Allgood to Susan Hopkins
Text: Myron Allgood was a close friend of Dr. Weeks. and a local and family historian in his own right. Note, the Wakeman Public Library now has the original version of this work online and searchable. Pagination will be different.
Date: 31 AUG 2010
Page: pg 70
3.Type: Census
Title: 1870 Census, Nebraska, Richardson County, Township 1
Date: 15 DEC 2010
4.Type: Census
Title: 1850 Census
Note:
Ohio, Erie County, Florence Twp
Note:
Electronic
Date: 12 OCT 2009
Page: pg 426 B Ancestry.com image 27 of 39, This Cyrus is the only other one in Ohio in Ancestry.com's 1850 online index. Erie County is not far from Huron, where his father and step mother are, along with brother Oliver., This Oliver is in the family of Nathaniel R. Davids[see note below], farmer. Oliver is 19, laborer, born Connecticut, as is Davids. [note, pg 64 1987 ed Pioneer History of Clarksfield, - Nathaniel R
5.Type: Book
Author: Weeks, Dr. F. E.
Note:
Pioneer History of Clarksfield [Ohio]
Publication: originally self published 1908. Retyped, repaginated, and indexed version by Myron Allgood of Clarksfield 1987.
Note:
Photocopy given by Myron Allgood to Susan Hopkins
Text: Myron Allgood was a close friend of Dr. Weeks. and a local and family historian in his own right. Note, the Wakeman Public Library now has the original version of this work online and searchable. Pagination will be different.
Date: 31 AUG 2010
Page: p 70, See Cyrus Sr's notes for full quote.
6.Title: Lewis, Rebecca: e-mail to Susan Hopkins 8 July 2006
Page: Gives marriage date of Lucy and Cyrus as 25 Sept 1856
7.Type: Book
Author: Weeks, Dr. F. E.
Note:
Pioneer History of Clarksfield [Ohio]
Publication: originally self published 1908. Retyped, repaginated, and indexed version by Myron Allgood of Clarksfield 1987.
Note:
Photocopy given by Myron Allgood to Susan Hopkins
Text: Myron Allgood was a close friend of Dr. Weeks. and a local and family historian in his own right. Note, the Wakeman Public Library now has the original version of this work online and searchable. Pagination will be different.
Date: 31 AUG 2010
Page: pg 70, See Cyrus Dunning Sr's notes. Date range based on move by the family to Nebraska as max date, and that the couple is not married in the 1850 census.

Asa married Olive MINOR on 30 Mar 1816. Olive was born on 3 May 1797 in Vienna, Trumbull Co., OH; died on 19 Dec 1836 in Clarksfield, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Asa Wheeler, Sr., lived in Connecticut at the time of the war of the Revolution. He was drafted into the army and was put to work as teamster and helped to draw pork to Danbury after the town had been burned by the British, a depot of supplies having been established there by the military authorities. He was only eighteen years old and did not relish army life, so he managed to slip away one morning at sun rise. He was a noted runner and it is related that he reached his home, seventy miles away, at sunset. The officers were never able to catch him again. He came to Trumbull county, Ohio, where his wife died. His son Asa was married to Olive Minor, a sister of Daniel Minor, at Vienna, Trumbull county. In 1818 they came to Clarksfield with one child, Lovina, and the old gentlemen came with them. They settled on a piece of land up the river from the home of Benjamin Stiles, near the bank of the river. He raised his house July 13, 1818. Mr. Wheeler set out an orchard there, which was one of the first orchards in the town, if not the very first. In a few years he and his brother-in-law, Joseph Bartholamew, bought out Levi Barnum, who had built the mill, afterwards known as the "Hayes" mill, on the east branch. The business did not pay well enough for them to meet their obligations and they were glad to sell out to Johnson Wheeler (not a relative.) Mr. Wheeler then lived in different places; indeed, some say that he lived in more different houses than any other man in town. He worked for Captain Husted for some time running the grist mill and lived in a log house near the residence of William Stiles. In 1840 he lived in Wakeman and run the mill there. At the time of his death he lived at the Hollow in the house now owned by Dr. C. H. Foss. His children were Sally Lovina, who married Wheeler Percy and who died in 1897; Bethia, the first white girl born in Clarksfield, whose birthday was Nov. 15, 1818. She died in 1836. Anson W., who married, first, Martha Easterly and second, Amanda (Johnson) Wilson, and who lives in Pennsylvania at present. Lucretia, who married Oliver Dunning and lives in Missouri. Mary Ann, who died in 1869. William W., who married Martha Prosser and who lives in California. Lucy, who married Cyrus Dunning and who lives in Nebraska. Lemuel, who is unmarried and lives in Nebraska. In 1836, Mrs. Wheeler died. He then married Sophia Hill, a sister of Ben Hill. She had a daughter, Betsy Wheeler, who is unmarried and lives with her brother Lemuel. Asa Wheeler died in 1875, eleven days after his wife, at the age of 81. Olive Wheeler?s mother came to live with her and the two old people, Asa Wheeler, Sr., and Mrs. Minor, concluded to get married. They afterward went to Daniel Minor?s to live. Asa Wheeler was living at "Hayesville" before 1826 and his wife is said to have taught the first school in that part of the township, the school being held in their house.

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From his FindAGrave page:

1)Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions
Clarksfield Methodist Cemetery, Clarksfield Township
Old Part 1841 - Row 1 North End
Wheeler, Asa Sr., d. 1887, Revolutionary War Veteran (no marker; Lot 1, Block 1)

2)The Official Roster of the soldiers of the American Revolution buried in the state of Ohio
WHEELER, ASA, SR., (Huron Co)
Bur Clarksfield Twp Fur infor Sally De Forest Chap

3) The Official Roster of the soldiers of the American Revolution buried in the state of Ohio
Volumn. II. Addenda
WHEELER, ASA, SR., (Huron Co)
Drafted as teamster. Came to Trumbull co; thence to Clarksfield 1818 whr he d. Children: Lemuel and Anson movd to Kansas; Asa Jr mar Olive Minor; Asa Sr., married mother of Olive Minor (2nd wf of soldr ?) other childr; William; Bethia; Lovina; Lucretia; Mary Ann; Lucy and Betsy; Ref Firelands Pioneer O S Vol 9 pg 52; Williams Hist p 277. Rept by Marjory Cherry

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Asa Wheeler, Sr., lived in Connecticut at the time of the war of the Revolution. He was drafted into the army and was put to work as teamster and helped to draw pork to Danbury after the town had been burned by the British, a depot of supplies having been established there by the military authorities. He was only eighteen years old and did not relish army life, so he managed to slip away one morning at sun rise. He was a noted runner and it is related that he reached his home, seventy miles away, at sunset. The officers were never able to catch him again. He came to Trumbull county, Ohio, where his wife died. His son Asa was married to Olive Minor, a sister of Daniel Minor, at Vienna, Trumbull county. In 1818 they came to Clarksfield with one child, Lovina, and the old gentlemen came with them. They settled on a piece of land up the river from the home of Benjamin Stiles, near the bank of the river. He raised his house July 13, 1818. Mr. Wheeler set out an orchard there, which was one of the first orchards in the town, if not the very first. In a few years he and his brother-in-law, Joseph Bartholamew, bought out Levi Barnum, who had built the mill, afterwards known as the "Hayes" mill, on the east branch. The business did not pay well enough for them to meet their obligations and they were glad to sell out to Johnson Wheeler (not a relative.) Mr. Wheeler then lived in different places; indeed, some say that he lived in more different houses than any other man in town. He worked for Captain Husted for some time running the grist mill and lived in a log house near the residence of William Stiles. In 1840 he lived in Wakeman and run the mill there. At the time of his death he lived at the Hollow in the house now owned by Dr. C. H. Foss. His children were Sally Lovina, who married Wheeler Percy and who died in 1897; Bethia, the first white girl born in Clarksfield, whose birthday was Nov. 15, 1818. She died in 1836. Anson W., who married, first, Martha Easterly and second, Amanda (Johnson) Wilson, and who lives in Pennsylvania at present. Lucretia, who married Oliver Dunning and lives in Missouri. Mary Ann, who died in 1869. William W., who married Martha Prosser and who lives in California. Lucy, who married Cyrus Dunning and who lives in Nebraska. Lemuel, who is unmarried and lives in Nebraska. In 1836, Mrs. Wheeler died. He then married Sophia Hill, a sister of Ben Hill. She had a daughter, Betsy Wheeler, who is unmarried and lives with her brother Lemuel. Asa Wheeler died in 1875, eleven days after his wife, at the age of 81. Olive Wheeler?s mother came to live with her and the two old people, Asa Wheeler, Sr., and Mrs. Minor, concluded to get married. They afterward went to Daniel Minor?s to live. Asa Wheeler was living at "Hayesville" before 1826 and his wife is said to have taught the first school in that part of the township, the school being held in their house.

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Clarksville, Ohio Pioneers
Posted 27 Jul 2008 by Jon Mathis

Asa Wheeler, Sr., lived in Connecticut at the time of the war of the Revolution. He was drafted into the army and was put to work as teamster and helped to draw pork to Danbury after the town had been burned by the British, a depot of supplies having been established there by the military authorities. He was only eighteen years old and did not relish army life, so he managed to slip away one morning at sun rise. He was a noted runner and it is related that he reached his home, seventy miles away, at sunset. The officers were never able to catch him again. He came to Trumbull county, Ohio, where his wife died. His son Asa was married to Olive Minor, a sister of Daniel Minor, at Vienna, Trumbull county. In 1818 they came to Clarksfield with one child, Lovina, and the old gentlemen came with them. They settled on a piece of land up the river from the home of Benjamin Stiles, near the bank of the river. He raised his house July 13, 1818. Mr. Wheeler set out an orchard there, which was one of the first orchards in the town, if not the very first. In a few years he and his brother-in-law, Joseph Bartholamew, bought out Levi Barnum, who had built the mill, afterwards known as the "Hayes" mill, on the east branch. The business did not pay well enough for them to meet their obligations and they were glad to sell out to Johnson Wheeler (not a relative.) Mr. Wheeler then lived in different places; indeed, some say that he lived in more different houses than any other man in town. He worked for Captain Husted for some time running the grist mill and lived in a log house near the residence of William Stiles. In 1840 he lived in Wakeman and run the mill there. At the time of his death he lived at the Hollow in the house now owned by Dr. C. H. Foss. His children were Sally Lovina, who married Wheeler Percy and who died in 1897; Bethia, the first white girl born in Clarksfield, whose birthday was Nov. 15, 1818. She died in 1836. Anson W., who married, first, Martha Easterly and second, Amanda (Johnson) Wilson, and who lives in Pennsylvania at present. Lucretia, who married Oliver Dunning and lives in Missouri. Mary Ann, who died in 1869. William W., who married Martha Prosser and who lives in California. Lucy, who married Cyrus Dunning and who lives in Nebraska. Lemuel, who is unmarried and lives in Nebraska. In 1836, Mrs. Wheeler died. He then married Sophia Hill, a sister of Ben Hill. She had a daughter, Betsy Wheeler, who is unmarried and lives with her brother Lemuel. Asa Wheeler died in 1875, eleven days after his wife, at the age of 81. Olive Wheeler?s mother came to live with her and the two old people, Asa Wheeler, Sr., and Mrs. Minor, concluded to get married. They afterward went to Daniel Minor?s to live. Asa Wheeler was living at "Hayesville" before 1826 and his wife is said to have taught the first school in that part of the township, the school being held in their house.

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Asa married Abigail TYLER on 6 Dec 1781 in Southbury, New Haven, CT. Abigail was born on 10 Nov 1762 in Southbury, CT; died in 1815 in Trumbull, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]