Mehitable P. Wheeler
Mehitable P. Wheeler (maiden name: Perley) was born around 1808 in Salem, Massachusetts, to John and Mehitable Perley. She married Asa Wheeler on April 30, 1842, and they had at least two children: Louisa, born around 1843; and Francis, born around 1849. They lived in Salem, and her husband worked as a butcher. Her husband died on June 1, 1854. Afterward, she was reportedly “dependent upon [her step-son Richard] for support.” He “paid the rent of the tenement occupied by his mother and other bills for necessaries,” and he “sent his mother money many times.” Her step-son served in the Union army, and he died in June 1864. She applied for a mother’s pension soon afterward and eventually received $17 per month. She died of “congestion of [the] lungs” in Salem on November 22, 1873.
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(3729)Wheeler, Mehitable P. ~ Perley, Mehitable18081873-11-22
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 11

  • (10533) [recipient] ~ Richard P. Wheeler to Mehitable P. Wheeler, 17 January 1862
  • (10530) [recipient] ~ Richard P. Wheeler to Mehitable P. Wheeler, 4 June 1862
  • (10538) [recipient] ~ Richard P. Wheeler to Mehitable P. Wheeler, 22 August 1862
  • (10540) [recipient] ~ Richard P. Wheeler to Mehitable P. Wheeler, 27 December 1862
  • (10544) [recipient] ~ George M. Whipple to Mehitable P. Wheeler, 3 June 1864
  • (15417) [recipient] ~ James Marshall to Mehitable P. Wheeler, 4 June 1864
  • (10547) [recipient] ~ Charles A. R. Dimon to Mehitable P. Wheeler, 4 June 1864
  • (10546) [recipient] ~ Andrew J. Holbrook to Mehitable P. Wheeler, 6 June 1864
  • (10549) [recipient] ~ George M. Whipple to Mehitable P. Wheeler, 3 August 1864
  • (10550) [recipient] ~ Charles A. R. Dimon to Mehitable P. Wheeler, 13 August 1864
  • (10552) [recipient] ~ Stephen P. Webb to Mehitable P. Wheeler, 6 October 1864

People - Records: 3

  • (3729) Wheeler, Mehitable P. is the [step-parent of] (3728) Wheeler, Richard P.
  • (3729) Wheeler, Mehitable P. is the [parent-in-law of] (5537) Hardy, Truman Alvah
  • (3730) Wheeler, Louisa R. is the [child of] (3729) Wheeler, Mehitable P.

Places - Records: 1

  • (271) [birth, death] ~ Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts

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SOURCES

1850 United States Federal Census, available from Ancestry.com; Mother’s Pension Records of Mehitable P. Wheeler, available from Fold3.com; Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, available from Ancestry.com