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Name: William Reynolds Wheat ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8}
Sex: M
Birth: 28 Sep 1816 in Painted Post, Steuben County, New York ⁷
Death: 14 Mar 1849 in near Portland, Jay County, Indiana ^{2 7 9 10}
Burial: Morehous Graveyard, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana.
Person Id: P63
Tree Id: 617441

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Parents

Father:

Rev. Thomas Wheat: Birth: 21 Jul 1789 in St John's Parish, Prince George's, Maryland. Death: 30 Mar 1860 in Trask P.O., Grant County, Indiana

Mother:

Hannah Bonham Patterson: Birth: 6 Feb 1790 in Fairfax, Fairfax County, Virginia. Death: 1 FEB 1848 in near Brice, Jay County, Indiana

Family
Marriage:

Married: Mary Mason on 23 Jan 1840 at Jay County, Indiana.^{6 7 11}
Mary Mason: Birth: 9 NOV 1825 in Campbell County, Kentucky. Death: 31 Oct 1888 in Jay County, Indiana

Children:

Isabel Jane Wheat: Birth: 1 Feb 1843 in Jay County, Indiana. Death: 30 Jul 1917 in Redkey, Jay County, Indiana, United States
John Mason Wheat: Birth: 21 Jan 1847 in Wayne Township, Jay County, Indiana. Death: 10 Jul 1927 in Bear Creek Township, Jay County, Indiana
William Reynolds Wheat: Birth: 6 Aug 1849 in Jay County, Indiana. Death: 6 Jul 1925 in Portland, Jay, Indiana, USA

Sources

1.	Title: Ancestry Family Trees Page: Ancestry Family Trees Source: S-2072250493 Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
2.	Title: History of Jay County, Indiana Page: 125 Source: S-2072249540 Author: Milton T. Jay, M.D., ed. Publication: Historical Publishing Co., Indianapolis. Vol. II, 1922
3.	Title: Genealogy of the Patterson, Wheat, and Hearn Families Page: 56, 103, 109, 112, 115, 261 Source: S-2072249960 Author: Rowena Emmeline Hearn Randle Publication: G.O. Ballinger Co., Printers and Binders
4.	Title: Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
5.	Title: Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 Page: Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1926 - 1927; Roll: 08 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
6.	Title: Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
7.	Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Page: Birth year: 1816; Birth city: Painted Post; Birth state: NY Source: S-1546696168 Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
8.	Title: Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 Page: Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1925; Roll: 09 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
9.	Title: Partial List of Tombstone Inscriptions from Cemeteries Located in Jay County, Indiana Page: Morehouse Cemetery, 75 Source: S-2072249669 Author: Mrs. J. Howard Wilkens, ed. Publication: Portland, Indiana: Mississinewa Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, no date
10.	Title: Genealogy of the Patterson, Wheat, and Hearn Families Page: 103 Source: S-2072249960 Author: Rowena Emmeline Hearn Randle Publication: G.O. Ballinger Co., Printers and Binders
11.	Title: Indiana State Library Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850 Source: S-2072249685

Notes

Note: 1816 BIRTH: Gravestone states "Wm. Wheat D. March 14, 1849 aged 32y 5mo. 16d." State of birth confirmed by death certificate of his son John Mason Wheat, Book No. H-8, Page No. 158 in Jay, Indiana. 1849 DEATH: According to Randle, Genealogy of the Patterson, Wheat, and Hearn Families, 1926. p103, William Reynolds Wheat died of pneumonia ten days after the death of his brother, Thomas Taggart Wheat. See also pp. 109, 112, 115, 261. See also Jay, History of Jay County, Indiana, 1922. p125.
1849 BURIAL: The Morehous graveyard faces the the road on the old Silas Morehous farm in Jay County. His gravestone says "Wm. Wheat D. March 14, 1849 aged 32y 5mo. 16d." Buried near "Susan Ann 1809-1876 B. in Stuben Co. NY", "Wilber 1810-1871", "Thomas W.", "Mary Patterson D. Sept 2, 1858 aged 64y 8m" and "Hannah wife of Jacob Atkins". Hannah is Wm. Reynolds Wheat Sr.'s sister. He is buried near his mother, Hannah Bonham Patterson Wheat, in the Morehous Graveyard, on the old Silas Morehous Farm. Section 20, Township 25 N, Range 15E, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana. "Wheat, Hannah, wife of Thomas died Feb 1 1848 in the 58th yr of her age." Cited in Mrs. J. Howard Wilkens, ed., Partial List of Tombstone Inscriptions from Cemeteries Located in Jay County, Indiana, (Portland, Indiana: Mississinewa Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, no date), 75, "Wheat, William, died Mch 14, 1849 aged 32 yr 5 mo 16 d."
SOURCE: Randle, Genealogy of the Patterson, Wheat, and Hearn Families, 1926. pp56, 103, 109, 112, 115, 261. Library of Congress Call Number CS71.P317 1926.
See profile of son William Reynolds Wheat, Jr., in "William R. Wheat," Biographical Memoirs of Jay County, Indiana. 1901. p451.

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