NameReuben Wheeler * WILDER
Birth6 Jul 1757, Vermont
Death26 Sep 1841, Geneva, Ashtabula Co OH118
OccupationSoldier, farmer, schoolteacher118
ReligionBaptist (“old school”)118
FlagsMilitary
Marriage6 Feb 1783, Sterling MA118
SpouseEunice * BAILEY
Birth19 Jan 1761, Lancaster MA118
Death4 Apr 1847, Geneva Ohio118
Children
Birth1 Aug 1783, Sterling NY
Death30 Aug 1858, Dyer IN
Birth14 Jun 1788, Saltash (now Plymouth) VT118
Birth10 Sep 1796, Saltash (now Plymouth) VT118
Birth25 Dec 1802, Norwich, Genesee Co NY118
Death3 Feb 1879, Geneva Ohio118
Notes for Reuben Wheeler * WILDER
Fought in War of Independence, enlisting 25 Jun 1779 and again in 1780 and 1781. Served in 10th Regt Massachusetts Line, at Rutland VT, and in Rhode Island.
118In 1790 he was at Saltash (now Plymouth) VT as head of a family of four. They moved to Onandaga Co NY. Purchased land at Batavia NY in 1805. Moved ca 1812 to Ashtabula Co OH and lived near Kingsville.
118Listed among schoolteachers receiving payment at Geneva 1836. Applied for pension at Ashtabula Co 2 May 1818.
118Book of the Wilders shows birthdate of 6 Jul 1761 at Lancaster
118Notes for Eunice * BAILEY
Applied for pension in Ashtabula Co OH on 7 Mar 1846
118Also raised Mary Ann “May,” daughter of their son Lewis Wilder, after he moved with his other children to the frontier of Lewstown, Fulton Co IL after his wife Hannah died. May was two years old when she was left behind.
118