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Rev John Wheelock “Wheel” Allen

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Rev John Wheelock “Wheel” Allen

Birth
Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
24 Sep 1885 (aged 71)
North Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Graduated Bowdoin College, Maine 1834
Graduated Andover Theological Seminary, ordained a Presbyterian minister 27 December 1838
Pastor at Homer Michigan 1838-1839
Minister at Trenton NJ 1839-1841
Pastor at Wayland MA Congregational Church 1841-1849; his father William gave the installation sermon at the Evangelical Trinitarian Church on 29 December 1841
Minister Marquette County WI 1850-1853
Pastor at Sheboygan Falls WI 1853-1857
Minister at Chesterfield, MA 15 May 1859-11 May 1862
Chaplain 174th NY Volunteers 1862-1863
Resided Woodstock CT 1863-1866
Pastor at Brandon WI 1866-1868
Resided Ripon WI 1868-1871
Resided North Woodstock CT 1872-1885
Attended Centennial of Battle of Bennington, VT in 1877 (His grandfather Rev Thomas Allen "Fighting Parson" participated in the battle)

Married Ellen Miranda Rice 1839 (died 1855)
Married Sarah M Briggs in Woodstock CT shortly before moving to Chesterfield, MA

Children with Ellen:
Ellen Wheelock (1840-1841)
William (1842-1842)
Marie Malleville (1845-1904)
John Wheelock Jr (1847-1937)
Charles Rice (1849-1849)
Harriet Sophia (1854-1856)
Note: Ellen's burial place is unknown & not linked through this memorial

Children with Sarah
William Henry (abt 1860- )
Herbert Chandler (1860-1861)
Constance Eugenia (1861-1946)
Chandler Briggs (1870-1953)
Graduated Bowdoin College, Maine 1834
Graduated Andover Theological Seminary, ordained a Presbyterian minister 27 December 1838
Pastor at Homer Michigan 1838-1839
Minister at Trenton NJ 1839-1841
Pastor at Wayland MA Congregational Church 1841-1849; his father William gave the installation sermon at the Evangelical Trinitarian Church on 29 December 1841
Minister Marquette County WI 1850-1853
Pastor at Sheboygan Falls WI 1853-1857
Minister at Chesterfield, MA 15 May 1859-11 May 1862
Chaplain 174th NY Volunteers 1862-1863
Resided Woodstock CT 1863-1866
Pastor at Brandon WI 1866-1868
Resided Ripon WI 1868-1871
Resided North Woodstock CT 1872-1885
Attended Centennial of Battle of Bennington, VT in 1877 (His grandfather Rev Thomas Allen "Fighting Parson" participated in the battle)

Married Ellen Miranda Rice 1839 (died 1855)
Married Sarah M Briggs in Woodstock CT shortly before moving to Chesterfield, MA

Children with Ellen:
Ellen Wheelock (1840-1841)
William (1842-1842)
Marie Malleville (1845-1904)
John Wheelock Jr (1847-1937)
Charles Rice (1849-1849)
Harriet Sophia (1854-1856)
Note: Ellen's burial place is unknown & not linked through this memorial

Children with Sarah
William Henry (abt 1860- )
Herbert Chandler (1860-1861)
Constance Eugenia (1861-1946)
Chandler Briggs (1870-1953)

Inscription

John Wheelock Allen/Born/Nov 17 1813/Died/Sept 24 1885/"Forever with the Lord"

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  • Created by: P.K. Magruder
  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80912864/john_wheelock-allen: accessed ), memorial page for Rev John Wheelock “Wheel” Allen (17 Nov 1813–24 Sep 1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80912864, citing Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by P.K. Magruder (contributor 47017377).