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Ellen Oldmixon <I>Sully</I> Wheeler

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Ellen Oldmixon Sully Wheeler

Birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
6 Aug 1896 (aged 80)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Reno Hill, Lot 917.
Memorial ID
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She was the daughter of Thomas Sully and Sarah Annis Sully.
On November 8, 1838 as Ellen Oldman [Oldmixon] Sully, she married John H. Wheeler at the First Unitarian Church at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
They were the parents of two children.

The Evening Times August 7, 1896
Washington, D.C., Page 4
Mrs. Colonel John H. Wheeler died yesterday afternoon at her residence, No. 28 Grant Place. She was eighty years of age and had led an eventful life. She was three years in Nicaragua, at the time General Walker captured that republic. Her husband was there as the American minister. Her father was an eminent artist; many of his pictures are hung in the Corcoran Art Gallery and in the Capitol. He was Thomas Sully, first of Charleston, South Carolina and finally of Philadelphia. Her first son, Sully, is a clerk in the Pension Office; the second son is a member of the Washington bar, Mr. Woodbury Wheeler.
She was the daughter of Thomas Sully and Sarah Annis Sully.
On November 8, 1838 as Ellen Oldman [Oldmixon] Sully, she married John H. Wheeler at the First Unitarian Church at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
They were the parents of two children.

The Evening Times August 7, 1896
Washington, D.C., Page 4
Mrs. Colonel John H. Wheeler died yesterday afternoon at her residence, No. 28 Grant Place. She was eighty years of age and had led an eventful life. She was three years in Nicaragua, at the time General Walker captured that republic. Her husband was there as the American minister. Her father was an eminent artist; many of his pictures are hung in the Corcoran Art Gallery and in the Capitol. He was Thomas Sully, first of Charleston, South Carolina and finally of Philadelphia. Her first son, Sully, is a clerk in the Pension Office; the second son is a member of the Washington bar, Mr. Woodbury Wheeler.


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  • Created by: SLGMSD
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56535471/ellen_oldmixon-wheeler: accessed ), memorial page for Ellen Oldmixon Sully Wheeler (22 Jan 1816–6 Aug 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56535471, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by SLGMSD (contributor 46825959).