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Ellen Belinda <I>Wheeler</I> Harral

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Ellen Belinda Wheeler Harral

Birth
Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
16 Jan 1929 (aged 80)
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.1751917, Longitude: -73.2219059
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Ellen B. Wheeler Harral was one of 16 women from Fairfield, CT, who in 1894 founded the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was born in Watertown, Litchfield Co., CT, the daughter of Nathaniel Wheeler and Huldah R. Bradley. Her great grandparents were Aner Bradley of New Haven, CT, and Ann Guernsey. Aner Bradley served in the 2nd Company Governor’s Foot Guards that responded to the Lexington Alarm in April 21, 1775. After his service at the Battle of Ticonderoga in May 1775, he was commissioned a 1st Lt. and was wounded in the Danbury Alarm of April 27, 1777.

In December 1875 Ellen B. Wheeler became the second wife of widower Edward Wright Harral, an influential businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist who was head of Fairfield Rubber Company. The Harrals had one daughter Mary Wheeler Harral. They lived in Bridgeport in the family mansion known as the Harral-Wheeler House, which stood on Golden Hill, with views of Long Island Sound. Designed by prominent architect Alexander Jackson Davis, the house no longer stands, but a room and its furnishings are held in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. The fine Gothic revival mansion had been built by Ellen Wheeler Harral’s father-in-law Henry Kollock Harral in 1847, but later acquired by her father Nathaniel Wheeler. It was her home for more than 50 years.

In 1913 Mrs. Harral and her brothers, heirs to the estate of their father, presented to the city of Bridgeport the Nathaniel Wheeler Fountain. Designed by sculptor Gutzon Borglum (later famous for his Mt. Rushmore monument), the fountain is at the intersection of Park and Fairfield Avenues and John Street, opposite St. John Episcopal Church. Wheeler, an organizer of the Wheeler and Wilson Manufacturing Co., was a pioneer in the development and use of the sewing machine. The fountain was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and was restored in 2010.

Contributor: Jeanne Stevens (47795852)
Ellen B. Wheeler Harral was one of 16 women from Fairfield, CT, who in 1894 founded the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was born in Watertown, Litchfield Co., CT, the daughter of Nathaniel Wheeler and Huldah R. Bradley. Her great grandparents were Aner Bradley of New Haven, CT, and Ann Guernsey. Aner Bradley served in the 2nd Company Governor’s Foot Guards that responded to the Lexington Alarm in April 21, 1775. After his service at the Battle of Ticonderoga in May 1775, he was commissioned a 1st Lt. and was wounded in the Danbury Alarm of April 27, 1777.

In December 1875 Ellen B. Wheeler became the second wife of widower Edward Wright Harral, an influential businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist who was head of Fairfield Rubber Company. The Harrals had one daughter Mary Wheeler Harral. They lived in Bridgeport in the family mansion known as the Harral-Wheeler House, which stood on Golden Hill, with views of Long Island Sound. Designed by prominent architect Alexander Jackson Davis, the house no longer stands, but a room and its furnishings are held in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. The fine Gothic revival mansion had been built by Ellen Wheeler Harral’s father-in-law Henry Kollock Harral in 1847, but later acquired by her father Nathaniel Wheeler. It was her home for more than 50 years.

In 1913 Mrs. Harral and her brothers, heirs to the estate of their father, presented to the city of Bridgeport the Nathaniel Wheeler Fountain. Designed by sculptor Gutzon Borglum (later famous for his Mt. Rushmore monument), the fountain is at the intersection of Park and Fairfield Avenues and John Street, opposite St. John Episcopal Church. Wheeler, an organizer of the Wheeler and Wilson Manufacturing Co., was a pioneer in the development and use of the sewing machine. The fountain was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and was restored in 2010.

Contributor: Jeanne Stevens (47795852)


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  • Created by: Leah Marie
  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57276999/ellen_belinda-harral: accessed ), memorial page for Ellen Belinda Wheeler Harral (19 Jun 1848–16 Jan 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57276999, citing Mountain Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Leah Marie (contributor 47058106).