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Genesee County History
New York History
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History at Rays Place
Linkpendium Genesee County
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Wheeler, G. Harrison, was born in Batavia, N. Y., March 14, 1842. His father, George C. Wheeler, was a native
of Rehoboth, Mass., and came to Genesee county in 1824 with his parents, Col. Simon and Rachael Wheeler, settling
in the town of Oakfield. George C. Wheeler married Hannah S., daughter of George Benson; he died in 1895 in his
seventy-ninth year. G. Harrison Wheeler was educated in the common schools. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. K, 12th
N. Y. Volunteers, and served during the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, receiving an honorable discharge
at the close of the war. In 1866 Mr. Wheeler married Lavinia, daughter of John Fischel. In 1866 he purchased the
Cook farm of ninety-eight acres. He has served as highway commissioner for two terms and as commander of Upton
Post, G. A. R.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1899
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