Source: The US Biological Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Wisconsin Volume (1877) transcribed by Vicki Bryan
The subject of this biography, a native of Hinesburgh, Chittenden County, Vermont, was born February 12, 1835, and is the son of John and Lucrecia (Washburn) Wheelock, and traces his descent in a direct line from Ralph Wheelock, who immigrated from England to America in the year 1637, and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts. Peter Wheelock, one of the intermediate links of the chain of lineage, was one of the first settlers of Vermont, and drew his baggage thither on a hand-sled. Since then the family has become numerous and influential, and some of its members distinguished. They have been noted as devout and exemplary members of the church of the Pilgrim Fathers, to which many of them still adhere, having carried branches of it from the granite hills of New England which have taken root and flourished in the more genial soil of the western prairies.
Our subject received a fair academic education at the literary institutions of Hinesburgh, Jericho and Morrisville, Vermont, but, like many another New England youth, was dependent upon his own efforts for support while pursuing his studies. This he did by working on a farm a few months in the summer and teaching a district school (boarding around) during the winter months. At the age of fifteen he taught his first school at Elmore, Vermont, and the year following taught in Walden in the same State, where he had a school of sixty pupils, some of them quite large, and many pursuing the study of the higher mathematics.
At the age of seventeen years he left his native State and settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he obtained a situation in the establishment of Elisha Preston and Co., No. 6 Longwharf, wholesale dealers in West Indian goods, where he remained some three years, becoming not only an apt and accomplished business man, but earning for himself an enviable reputation as an honest, upright and efficient employee...
In 1854 our subject followed the tide of immigration to the West, and settled in Janesville, Wisconsin, where for a short time he clerked in the store of an elder brother, who had preceded him to the Badger State, and in 1855 he became the sole proprietor of the establishment, and has carried on the business with a faithfulness and skill which has found its reward in ample success. He has accumulated a liberal competence and possesses a comfortable and happy home, and cherishes for himself and his family all the feelings and moral associations that belong to that blessed word.
On the l0th of July 1853, he was married to Miss Martha A. Trott, a charming and accomplished young lady of Boston. The union proved happy and they have grown up leaning upon each other, like the olive and the vine, bearing each other's burdens, and thus fulfilling the law of love. They have a family of four boys, named in the order of their birth: Charles Edward, George Henry, Arthur Washburn and Frank Wadsworth. The eldest is a graduate of the Janesville high school, and intends pursuing the business of merchandising; the others are now attending school.
In religious faith and connection Mr. Wheelock adheres to the church of his fathers, and is an active member of the Congregational Church of Janesville, contributing liberally of his means toward the support of the gospel ministry and all the charitable and benevolent institutions of Christianity. He is a deacon of the church, and has been trustee and superintendent of the Sunday-school, a zealous member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and an office-bearer in that most worthy order, the Sons of Temperance. In every relation of life his bearing and conversation are blameless and exemplary. While he is unswerving in his loyalty to the church of his choice, he is, nevertheless, charitable to all denominations of Christians.
While his character is marked by a manly frankness and honesty on the one hand, it is not less distinguished on the other by modesty and delicacy. In his gifts for religion or charity he lets not his left hand know his right hand's doings; but his deeds are seen in the fruit which they bring to perfection. His manners are quiet, dignified and courteous; his heart is always warm, though he is rarely demonstrative. He is noted as a peacemaker, his word being generally an end of all controversy, and he is esteemed as one of the best and most useful citizens of Janesville.
The subject of this biography, a native of Hinesburgh, Chittenden County, Vermont, was born February 12, 1835, and is the son of John and Lucrecia (Washburn) Wheelock, and traces his descent in a direct line from Ralph Wheelock, who immigrated from England to America in the year 1637, and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts. Peter Wheelock, one of the intermediate links of the chain of lineage, was one of the first settlers of Vermont, and drew his baggage thither on a hand-sled. Since then the family has become numerous and influential, and some of its members distinguished. They have been noted as devout and exemplary members of the church of the Pilgrim Fathers, to which many of them still adhere, having carried branches of it from the granite hills of New England which have taken root and flourished in the more genial soil of the western prairies.
Our subject received a fair academic education at the literary institutions of Hinesburgh, Jericho and Morrisville, Vermont, but, like many another New England youth, was dependent upon his own efforts for support while pursuing his studies. This he did by working on a farm a few months in the summer and teaching a district school (boarding around) during the winter months. At the age of fifteen he taught his first school at Elmore, Vermont, and the year following taught in Walden in the same State, where he had a school of sixty pupils, some of them quite large, and many pursuing the study of the higher mathematics.
At the age of seventeen years he left his native State and settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he obtained a situation in the establishment of Elisha Preston and Co., No. 6 Longwharf, wholesale dealers in West Indian goods, where he remained some three years, becoming not only an apt and accomplished business man, but earning for himself an enviable reputation as an honest, upright and efficient employee...
In 1854 our subject followed the tide of immigration to the West, and settled in Janesville, Wisconsin, where for a short time he clerked in the store of an elder brother, who had preceded him to the Badger State, and in 1855 he became the sole proprietor of the establishment, and has carried on the business with a faithfulness and skill which has found its reward in ample success. He has accumulated a liberal competence and possesses a comfortable and happy home, and cherishes for himself and his family all the feelings and moral associations that belong to that blessed word.
On the l0th of July 1853, he was married to Miss Martha A. Trott, a charming and accomplished young lady of Boston. The union proved happy and they have grown up leaning upon each other, like the olive and the vine, bearing each other's burdens, and thus fulfilling the law of love. They have a family of four boys, named in the order of their birth: Charles Edward, George Henry, Arthur Washburn and Frank Wadsworth. The eldest is a graduate of the Janesville high school, and intends pursuing the business of merchandising; the others are now attending school.
In religious faith and connection Mr. Wheelock adheres to the church of his fathers, and is an active member of the Congregational Church of Janesville, contributing liberally of his means toward the support of the gospel ministry and all the charitable and benevolent institutions of Christianity. He is a deacon of the church, and has been trustee and superintendent of the Sunday-school, a zealous member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and an office-bearer in that most worthy order, the Sons of Temperance. In every relation of life his bearing and conversation are blameless and exemplary. While he is unswerving in his loyalty to the church of his choice, he is, nevertheless, charitable to all denominations of Christians.
While his character is marked by a manly frankness and honesty on the one hand, it is not less distinguished on the other by modesty and delicacy. In his gifts for religion or charity he lets not his left hand know his right hand's doings; but his deeds are seen in the fruit which they bring to perfection. His manners are quiet, dignified and courteous; his heart is always warm, though he is rarely demonstrative. He is noted as a peacemaker, his word being generally an end of all controversy, and he is esteemed as one of the best and most useful citizens of Janesville.
Source: The US Biological Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Wisconsin Volume (1877) transcribed by Vicki Bryan
The subject of this biography, a native of Hinesburgh, Chittenden County, Vermont, was born February 12, 1835, and is the son of John and Lucrecia (Washburn) Wheelock, and traces his descent in a direct line from Ralph Wheelock, who immigrated from England to America in the year 1637, and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts. Peter Wheelock, one of the intermediate links of the chain of lineage, was one of the first settlers of Vermont, and drew his baggage thither on a hand-sled. Since then the family has become numerous and influential, and some of its members distinguished. They have been noted as devout and exemplary members of the church of the Pilgrim Fathers, to which many of them still adhere, having carried branches of it from the granite hills of New England which have taken root and flourished in the more genial soil of the western prairies.
Our subject received a fair academic education at the literary institutions of Hinesburgh, Jericho and Morrisville, Vermont, but, like many another New England youth, was dependent upon his own efforts for support while pursuing his studies. This he did by working on a farm a few months in the summer and teaching a district school (boarding around) during the winter months. At the age of fifteen he taught his first school at Elmore, Vermont, and the year following taught in Walden in the same State, where he had a school of sixty pupils, some of them quite large, and many pursuing the study of the higher mathematics.
At the age of seventeen years he left his native State and settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he obtained a situation in the establishment of Elisha Preston and Co., No. 6 Longwharf, wholesale dealers in West Indian goods, where he remained some three years, becoming not only an apt and accomplished business man, but earning for himself an enviable reputation as an honest, upright and efficient employee...
In 1854 our subject followed the tide of immigration to the West, and settled in Janesville, Wisconsin, where for a short time he clerked in the store of an elder brother, who had preceded him to the Badger State, and in 1855 he became the sole proprietor of the establishment, and has carried on the business with a faithfulness and skill which has found its reward in ample success. He has accumulated a liberal competence and possesses a comfortable and happy home, and cherishes for himself and his family all the feelings and moral associations that belong to that blessed word.
On the l0th of July 1853, he was married to Miss Martha A. Trott, a charming and accomplished young lady of Boston. The union proved happy and they have grown up leaning upon each other, like the olive and the vine, bearing each other's burdens, and thus fulfilling the law of love. They have a family of four boys, named in the order of their birth: Charles Edward, George Henry, Arthur Washburn and Frank Wadsworth. The eldest is a graduate of the Janesville high school, and intends pursuing the business of merchandising; the others are now attending school.
In religious faith and connection Mr. Wheelock adheres to the church of his fathers, and is an active member of the Congregational Church of Janesville, contributing liberally of his means toward the support of the gospel ministry and all the charitable and benevolent institutions of Christianity. He is a deacon of the church, and has been trustee and superintendent of the Sunday-school, a zealous member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and an office-bearer in that most worthy order, the Sons of Temperance. In every relation of life his bearing and conversation are blameless and exemplary. While he is unswerving in his loyalty to the church of his choice, he is, nevertheless, charitable to all denominations of Christians.
While his character is marked by a manly frankness and honesty on the one hand, it is not less distinguished on the other by modesty and delicacy. In his gifts for religion or charity he lets not his left hand know his right hand's doings; but his deeds are seen in the fruit which they bring to perfection. His manners are quiet, dignified and courteous; his heart is always warm, though he is rarely demonstrative. He is noted as a peacemaker, his word being generally an end of all controversy, and he is esteemed as one of the best and most useful citizens of Janesville.
The subject of this biography, a native of Hinesburgh, Chittenden County, Vermont, was born February 12, 1835, and is the son of John and Lucrecia (Washburn) Wheelock, and traces his descent in a direct line from Ralph Wheelock, who immigrated from England to America in the year 1637, and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts. Peter Wheelock, one of the intermediate links of the chain of lineage, was one of the first settlers of Vermont, and drew his baggage thither on a hand-sled. Since then the family has become numerous and influential, and some of its members distinguished. They have been noted as devout and exemplary members of the church of the Pilgrim Fathers, to which many of them still adhere, having carried branches of it from the granite hills of New England which have taken root and flourished in the more genial soil of the western prairies.
Our subject received a fair academic education at the literary institutions of Hinesburgh, Jericho and Morrisville, Vermont, but, like many another New England youth, was dependent upon his own efforts for support while pursuing his studies. This he did by working on a farm a few months in the summer and teaching a district school (boarding around) during the winter months. At the age of fifteen he taught his first school at Elmore, Vermont, and the year following taught in Walden in the same State, where he had a school of sixty pupils, some of them quite large, and many pursuing the study of the higher mathematics.
At the age of seventeen years he left his native State and settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he obtained a situation in the establishment of Elisha Preston and Co., No. 6 Longwharf, wholesale dealers in West Indian goods, where he remained some three years, becoming not only an apt and accomplished business man, but earning for himself an enviable reputation as an honest, upright and efficient employee...
In 1854 our subject followed the tide of immigration to the West, and settled in Janesville, Wisconsin, where for a short time he clerked in the store of an elder brother, who had preceded him to the Badger State, and in 1855 he became the sole proprietor of the establishment, and has carried on the business with a faithfulness and skill which has found its reward in ample success. He has accumulated a liberal competence and possesses a comfortable and happy home, and cherishes for himself and his family all the feelings and moral associations that belong to that blessed word.
On the l0th of July 1853, he was married to Miss Martha A. Trott, a charming and accomplished young lady of Boston. The union proved happy and they have grown up leaning upon each other, like the olive and the vine, bearing each other's burdens, and thus fulfilling the law of love. They have a family of four boys, named in the order of their birth: Charles Edward, George Henry, Arthur Washburn and Frank Wadsworth. The eldest is a graduate of the Janesville high school, and intends pursuing the business of merchandising; the others are now attending school.
In religious faith and connection Mr. Wheelock adheres to the church of his fathers, and is an active member of the Congregational Church of Janesville, contributing liberally of his means toward the support of the gospel ministry and all the charitable and benevolent institutions of Christianity. He is a deacon of the church, and has been trustee and superintendent of the Sunday-school, a zealous member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and an office-bearer in that most worthy order, the Sons of Temperance. In every relation of life his bearing and conversation are blameless and exemplary. While he is unswerving in his loyalty to the church of his choice, he is, nevertheless, charitable to all denominations of Christians.
While his character is marked by a manly frankness and honesty on the one hand, it is not less distinguished on the other by modesty and delicacy. In his gifts for religion or charity he lets not his left hand know his right hand's doings; but his deeds are seen in the fruit which they bring to perfection. His manners are quiet, dignified and courteous; his heart is always warm, though he is rarely demonstrative. He is noted as a peacemaker, his word being generally an end of all controversy, and he is esteemed as one of the best and most useful citizens of Janesville.
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