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Personal
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Information
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Born |
October 25, 1846 -
Murray, Georgia
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Married |
Elizabeth Head - June
24, 1875 in Eastland, Texas
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Death |
July 30, 1913 - Hale,
Texas
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Burial |
Irick Cemetery, Floyd,
Texas
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Parents
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Alfred M. Wheat and
Amanda C. L. Eastland
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Siblings
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Eliza, M.J., Alfred,
M.P., Drucilla, John Franklin,
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Children
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Ammie Rella, Alice May, Ezra Herman
"Jack", Mary M., Wesley, Charles A., Lucy C., Nellie Ida, Lillie
L., Jewel Garland "Bug"
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Photographs |
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Wesley
C. Wheat and Elizabeth Head
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by Jana Denton Trent
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Documents |
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1880
Defective, Dependent and Deliquent Census Schedule
Eastland
County, Texas
---Wesley
was totally blind by the age of 20 and was self-supporting at the
time of this census. His blindness was caused by "sore
eyes".
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1880
Agricultural Census Schedule
Eastland
County, Texas
---Wesley
owned 160 acres, 7 of which were tilled, 4 of permanent pasture, and 149
of woodland. The farm was valued at $300.00, farm implements at
$50.00, and livestock at $200.00. In 1879 he paid $25.00 for farm
labor. Estimated value of all farm production in 1879 was
$100.00. The family owned 4 horses, 1 mule, 2 working oxen, 6 milk
cows, 10 "other" livestock. In 1879, 6 calves were
born. They produced 20 pounds of butter. They had 10 hogs. They
had 10 chickens which produced 10 dozen eggs in 1879. All 7 tilled
acres were in Indian corn, which resulted in 20 bushels.
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