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Simeon Reed Wheeler
1817 - 1898 (80 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Simeon Reed Wheeler was born on 28 Dec 1817 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; died on 26 Apr 1898 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in East Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Notes:
Reared by his uncle Major Seth Lee. Simeon held many offices in the county and town. He was a Republican in politics and Protestant in religious faith, with liberal and enlarged views. "A true representative of an American gentleman." He lived on the old homestead until his death in 1898.
- Simeon R., son of Benjamin D. and Deborah (Reed) Wheeler, was born in East Bloomfield, Ontario county, New York, December 28, 1817, he died in April, 1898. He acquired his education in the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, and has always been one of the leading agriculturists of the town, being the possessor of two hundred and fifty-three acres of land, which is under a high state of cultivation, yielding good returns for labor expended. He was a Whig in politics until the formation of the Republican party, when he transferred his allegiance to that organization, with which he has since been connected. He served as commissioner of highways for six years, assessor seventeen years, justice of the peace three years, superintendent of county poor twenty-one years, and in 1882, when the office of postmaster at South Bloomfield, was organized, was appointed thereto and has since retained the same, his service being noted for efficiency and prompt attention to all details. He has been for sixty years an active worker in the Universalist church of Baptist Hill, and for many years served in the capacity of trustee. He is a member of the Monumental Lodge, Good Templars, of Bristol. The Simeon R. Wheeler farm is now (1910) (1911) owned by Thomas Welch, of East Bloomfield. Mr. Wheeler married (first) April 2, 1839, Betsey Bently, born in Richmond, 1819, daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Dubois) Bently, of Saratoga county, New York, the former of whom died January 10, 1863, and his wife, April 12, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler had one daughter, Gertrude, who married in 1858, Theron P. Buell, born August 10, 1834, died May 28, 1889; Mrs. Buell died May 30, 1859. Mrs. Betsey (Bently) Wheeler died May 9, 1878. Mr. Wheeler married (second) November 5, 1879. Clara (Daily) Hinman.
(Ontario County History)Simeon married Betsey Bentley about 1840. Betsey was born in 1819; died on 8 May 1878 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in East Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Gertrude M. Wheeler
was born on 21 Aug 1840 in New York; died on 30 May 1859 in South Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in East Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York.
- Simeon R., son of Benjamin D. and Deborah (Reed) Wheeler, was born in East Bloomfield, Ontario county, New York, December 28, 1817, he died in April, 1898. He acquired his education in the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, and has always been one of the leading agriculturists of the town, being the possessor of two hundred and fifty-three acres of land, which is under a high state of cultivation, yielding good returns for labor expended. He was a Whig in politics until the formation of the Republican party, when he transferred his allegiance to that organization, with which he has since been connected. He served as commissioner of highways for six years, assessor seventeen years, justice of the peace three years, superintendent of county poor twenty-one years, and in 1882, when the office of postmaster at South Bloomfield, was organized, was appointed thereto and has since retained the same, his service being noted for efficiency and prompt attention to all details. He has been for sixty years an active worker in the Universalist church of Baptist Hill, and for many years served in the capacity of trustee. He is a member of the Monumental Lodge, Good Templars, of Bristol. The Simeon R. Wheeler farm is now (1910) (1911) owned by Thomas Welch, of East Bloomfield. Mr. Wheeler married (first) April 2, 1839, Betsey Bently, born in Richmond, 1819, daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Dubois) Bently, of Saratoga county, New York, the former of whom died January 10, 1863, and his wife, April 12, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler had one daughter, Gertrude, who married in 1858, Theron P. Buell, born August 10, 1834, died May 28, 1889; Mrs. Buell died May 30, 1859. Mrs. Betsey (Bently) Wheeler died May 9, 1878. Mr. Wheeler married (second) November 5, 1879. Clara (Daily) Hinman.
Generation: 2
2. Gertrude M. Wheeler (1.Simeon1) was born on 21 Aug 1840 in New York; died on 30 May 1859 in South Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in East Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Gertrude married Theron P. Buell about 1858. Theron was born on 10 Aug 1834 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; died on 28 May 1889 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]