Family History, Wheaton Chart 0510 Charles (Henry) Wheaton and Anna "Annie" Lydia Holt

1841 Not found 1851 High Street, Earith, Huntingdonshire 1852 Monroeville, Ohio, USA 1860 Norwalk Township, Huron County, Ohio, USA Living with them was Thomas GRIFFIN (23) born Ireland 1870 Norwalk Village, Huron Co, Ohio, USA 1880 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA 1900 Norwalk Township, Huron County, Ohio, USA. Living with them was daughter Mary and her husband Walter 1910 Norwalk Township, Huron County, Ohio, USA. Living with them was daughter Mary, her husband and children 1920 Old State Road, Norwalk Township, Huron Co, Ohio, USA (a mile north of East Main Street) . Old home of Daniel and Ann WHEATON (census information not found) 1921 Living with daughter, Mary BATTLES, at the time of his 60th wedding anniversary 1930 Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio, USA as a widower. Living with hims was daughter Mary, her husband and son Charles H WHEATON was known as one of the best judges and successful buyers of stock in Huron County. He had purchased cattle since he was fourteen years old and was thought to have bought more than any other buyer in the country. He was born in England and was eleven years when he accompanied his father to the United States, where he finished his education. He stayed at home with his parents until 1861, when he enlisted for three months’ service as a member of Captain Sawyer’s Independent company organized under the laws of the state of Ohio. When his period of service was finished, he returned home and with his brother, Dennis E WHEATON, took charge of his father’s meat business, which they carried on for many years until the block was destroyed by fire. The brothers then went to Cleveland, where they carried on the same kind of work for seventeen years, before Charles returned to his old home to take care of his father and his father’s estate. The fine brick house which the latter erected still stands upon the place and is in excellent condition. It is said that his life was one of continuous activity, and his success was brought about by his industry and energy. Charles did not belong to a political party, preferring to support men who were working for what he considered was “the public good”. His high rank among his contempories was attributed to his loyalty to America, his great material success and “his honorable manhood and true personal worth”. From “The Fireside Pioneer” Charles H WHEATON and his wife celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Thanksgiving day, Thursday, 25th November 1920, at their home on the Old State Road, Norwalk township. Many relatives attended the event to honour the man his friends considered “genial, wholesouled and very popular.” Charles had been born in England, but his wife, Anna "Annie" Lydia WHEATON, daughter of Agur Breach HOYT, was born in America. Living with them in their home was their daughter, Mary Walter E BATTLES, her husband and two children. Notable Wedding Celebrations SIXTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY A very happy and most unusual celebration was that on their 60th wedding anniversary held on Thanksgiving day, Thursday, November 15, 1920, at the comfortable home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H WHEATON, on the Old State road, Norwalk township, a mile north of East Main St. Many of their relatives gathered to do them honor and a most bountiful Thanksgiving dinner was served. Charles H WHEATON and Anna Lydia HOYT were married in Norwalk, November 25, 1860. He is the son of Daniel WHEATON and was born in England, February 5, 1840. He came to America with his father in 1850, settling first in Monroeville, but the next year in Norwalk, which in the main has since been his home. His father was one of Nowalk’s most prominent and wealthy citizens, and died in 1898. Charles H WHEATON served in the Civil war and is a member of the G. A. R. His business has always been buying and selling cattle and other stock, at which he became among the most expert and has been very successful. He is a genial, wholesouled man and very popular among his old friends. Mrs. WHEATON is the daughter at Agur Beach HOYT a former well known citizen of Norwalk, who died August 27, 1880, in his 78th year, having lived in the Firelands since 1829. She was born in March, 1834, and is now in her 87th year, and is quite feeble from the infirmities of age. Mr. and Mrs. WHEATON live in comfort in their cosy home, having with them their daughter Mary and family - Mr. and Mrs. Walter E BATTLES and two children, Elmer D BATTLES and Miss Mary M BATTLES. WHEATON, Charles Henry, whose death occured July 8, 1931, in his 92nd year, at his home "Bluntisham" on the Old State Road, was one of Norwalk’s oldest and most esteemed citizens. He was born Feb.5, 1840, at Earith, Huntingdonshire, England, and came to this country in 1851 with his parents, the late Daniel and Ann (Mehew) WHEATON. Most of his life was spent in Norwalk, where on November 29, 1869 he was married to Lydia Ann HOYT daughter of Agur Beach and Melinda (Hack) HOYT. Mrs WHEATON passed away Aug. 3, 1924. Mr WHEATON who was the last of a family of ten children, was survived by two daughters, Mrs Frederick W SMIES of Cleveland, and Mrs Walter E BATTLE of Norwalk. Another daughter, Mrs Ed LEE died in 1898. Mr WHEATON also left eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. He was a member of the old Norwalk Light Guards and in 1861 at the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in Co. B 8th Ohio Infantry and served his country gallantly until the close of the war. When a young man, Mr WHEATON opened the first meat market in Norwalk. 1870 Norwalk Township, Huron County, Ohio, USA 1880 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA 1900 Norwalk Township, Huron County, Ohio, USA Living with them was daughter Mary and her husband Walter 1910 Norwalk Township, Huron County, Ohio, USA Living with them was daughter Mary, her husband and children 1920 Not found 1921 Living with daughter, Mary BATTLES, at the time of her 60th wedding anniversary 1924 State Road, Norwalk, Huron Co, Ohio, USA Daughter of Agur HOYT and Malinda HACK WHEATON Mrs Lydia Anne (Hoyt), wife of Charles H WHEATON of Norwalk, passed away at her home on the Old State Road, August 3 1924, at the advanced age of 90 years. At the time of her death she was said to have been the oldest native of Norwalk. She was the daughter of Agur Beach and Melinda (Hack) HOYT who came from Danbury, Conn., to the Firelands in 1829. They settled in Norwalk in 1832 and it was in a log house on the northwest corner of E Main street and the Old State Rd. that Mrs. WHEATON was born March 8, 1834. She was survived by her husband and two daughters, Mrs F. W. SMIES of Cleveland and Mrs. Walter E. BATTLES of Norwalk. One daughter, Mrs Edgar A. LEE died many years ago. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Fred HARKNESS and burial was in Woodlawn 1860 6th June. Norwalk Township. Huron Co., Ohio, USA 1870 Norwalk Township, Huron County, Ohio, USA 1880 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA 1900 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA. Living with them was servant Augusta GENACH (21) born Ohio, USA 1910 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA 1920 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA 1924 Cleveland, Ohio, USA 1930 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA as a widow. Jennie is still living with her and is shown as Step-daughter 1934 3011 Coleridge Road, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. (Cleveland Necrology File 0333767 Reel#075) 1860 6th June Norwalk Village, Huron Co., Ohio, USA 1870 Norwalk Township, Huron County, Ohio, USA 1880 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA as Dora A 1880 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA 1900 Norwalk Township, Huron County, Ohio, USA. Living with Mary's parents Charles and Anna WHEATON 1910 Norwalk Township, Huron County, Ohio, USA. Living with Mary's parents Charles and Ann WHEATON 1920 Old State Road, Norwalk Township, Huron Co., Ohio, USA, the home of Charles Henry and Anna "Annie" Lydia HOYT WHEATON, the parents of Mary. 1924 Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio, USA 1930 Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio, USA. Living with Mary's father, Charles WHEATON

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