Amariah Kalloch Wheeler (1845-1924) was born in East Thomaston, Maine - renamed Rockland four years later. He was the fourth of five children born to Joseph S. Wheeler (1812-1896) and Martha Stover (1814-1899). His obituary published in the Rockland Courier-Gazette and Maine cemetery records show his birthdate as 26 June 1845, he died in Rockland on the 11th of April 1924.
Amariah's first wife was Julia F. Bartlett (1844-1899), she was born in August of 1844 in Camden, Maine. Her parents were James Nelson Bartlett (1815-1880) and Sarah Welch (1818-1894). Julia died of Scarlet Fever at the age of age forty-four on the 10th of May 1889 in Boston and was buried at Seaview Cemetery in Rockland.
Amariah and Julia moved the Wheeler family back to Massachusetts in 1882. The family had been living in Maine for about 120 years, since 1762 when Amariah's great-great grandfather John moved from Gloucester to Damariscove Island.
Fort Sumter was attacked in April 1861, two months after Amariah turned fifteen years old. Four years later as the war dragged on Amariah (now nineteen) and his older brother Henry (who was twenty-eight at the time) enlisted in the Union Army at Rockland. They served late in the war; neither saw combat or left Maine. Henry and Amariah enlisted in Company E, Coast Guard Infantry Regiment (Maine) on the 7th of January 1865. This was an Army anti-invasion force, literally "guarding the coast", not associated with the modern day Coast Guard. Lee surrendered three months after they enlisted, on April 9th 1865; they both mustered out when Company E was dissolved in July 1865.
On the 26th of April 1867 Amariah married Julia F. Bartlett (1844-1889); she was born in August 1844 in Camden, Maine to James (aka Nelson) Bartlett (1815-1880) and Sarah Welch (1818-1894).
Amariah and Julia had three children, all born in Rockland: Frederick Nelson Wheeler (1868-1949), Sarah F. "Sadie" (Wheeler) Smith (1870-1933), and Hattie (probably Harriet) Wheeler (1882-?).
Between 1820 and 1890 there was a world pandemic of Scarlet Fever - "Scarlatina", several severe epidemics hit the U.S., including Boston. Amariah's wife caught it; Julia (Bartlett) Wheeler died on the 10th of May 1889, seven years after the move to Boston from Maine. Her cause of death was listed as "scarlatina and heart failure". Julia was forty-four years old when she died, Amariah buried her back in Rockland, in the Wheeler plot at Seaview Cemetery.
Amariah's second wife was Betsy E. Frank (1858-1939), he and Betsy married on October 1st, 1890 in Boston. Betsy was approximately thirty-two years old, Amariah ten years older. The Marriage Registry shows her name as "Bessie" E. Frank, the census (and all other) data shows Betsy or Betsey. Her middle name was actually Isaac - all of her siblings (both male and female) carried their father's given name as a middle name. The registry shows this as his second marriage, her first. Betsy was the daughter of Isaac Meijer Frank (1822-1880) and Sophia Michael Krost (1825-1885).
Amariah's first wife was Julia F. Bartlett (1844-1899), she was born in August of 1844 in Camden, Maine. Her parents were James Nelson Bartlett (1815-1880) and Sarah Welch (1818-1894). Julia died of Scarlet Fever at the age of age forty-four on the 10th of May 1889 in Boston and was buried at Seaview Cemetery in Rockland.
Amariah and Julia moved the Wheeler family back to Massachusetts in 1882. The family had been living in Maine for about 120 years, since 1762 when Amariah's great-great grandfather John moved from Gloucester to Damariscove Island.
Fort Sumter was attacked in April 1861, two months after Amariah turned fifteen years old. Four years later as the war dragged on Amariah (now nineteen) and his older brother Henry (who was twenty-eight at the time) enlisted in the Union Army at Rockland. They served late in the war; neither saw combat or left Maine. Henry and Amariah enlisted in Company E, Coast Guard Infantry Regiment (Maine) on the 7th of January 1865. This was an Army anti-invasion force, literally "guarding the coast", not associated with the modern day Coast Guard. Lee surrendered three months after they enlisted, on April 9th 1865; they both mustered out when Company E was dissolved in July 1865.
On the 26th of April 1867 Amariah married Julia F. Bartlett (1844-1889); she was born in August 1844 in Camden, Maine to James (aka Nelson) Bartlett (1815-1880) and Sarah Welch (1818-1894).
Amariah and Julia had three children, all born in Rockland: Frederick Nelson Wheeler (1868-1949), Sarah F. "Sadie" (Wheeler) Smith (1870-1933), and Hattie (probably Harriet) Wheeler (1882-?).
Between 1820 and 1890 there was a world pandemic of Scarlet Fever - "Scarlatina", several severe epidemics hit the U.S., including Boston. Amariah's wife caught it; Julia (Bartlett) Wheeler died on the 10th of May 1889, seven years after the move to Boston from Maine. Her cause of death was listed as "scarlatina and heart failure". Julia was forty-four years old when she died, Amariah buried her back in Rockland, in the Wheeler plot at Seaview Cemetery.
Amariah's second wife was Betsy E. Frank (1858-1939), he and Betsy married on October 1st, 1890 in Boston. Betsy was approximately thirty-two years old, Amariah ten years older. The Marriage Registry shows her name as "Bessie" E. Frank, the census (and all other) data shows Betsy or Betsey. Her middle name was actually Isaac - all of her siblings (both male and female) carried their father's given name as a middle name. The registry shows this as his second marriage, her first. Betsy was the daughter of Isaac Meijer Frank (1822-1880) and Sophia Michael Krost (1825-1885).
Amariah Kalloch Wheeler (1845-1924) was born in East Thomaston, Maine - renamed Rockland four years later. He was the fourth of five children born to Joseph S. Wheeler (1812-1896) and Martha Stover (1814-1899). His obituary published in the Rockland Courier-Gazette and Maine cemetery records show his birthdate as 26 June 1845, he died in Rockland on the 11th of April 1924.
Amariah's first wife was Julia F. Bartlett (1844-1899), she was born in August of 1844 in Camden, Maine. Her parents were James Nelson Bartlett (1815-1880) and Sarah Welch (1818-1894). Julia died of Scarlet Fever at the age of age forty-four on the 10th of May 1889 in Boston and was buried at Seaview Cemetery in Rockland.
Amariah and Julia moved the Wheeler family back to Massachusetts in 1882. The family had been living in Maine for about 120 years, since 1762 when Amariah's great-great grandfather John moved from Gloucester to Damariscove Island.
Fort Sumter was attacked in April 1861, two months after Amariah turned fifteen years old. Four years later as the war dragged on Amariah (now nineteen) and his older brother Henry (who was twenty-eight at the time) enlisted in the Union Army at Rockland. They served late in the war; neither saw combat or left Maine. Henry and Amariah enlisted in Company E, Coast Guard Infantry Regiment (Maine) on the 7th of January 1865. This was an Army anti-invasion force, literally "guarding the coast", not associated with the modern day Coast Guard. Lee surrendered three months after they enlisted, on April 9th 1865; they both mustered out when Company E was dissolved in July 1865.
On the 26th of April 1867 Amariah married Julia F. Bartlett (1844-1889); she was born in August 1844 in Camden, Maine to James (aka Nelson) Bartlett (1815-1880) and Sarah Welch (1818-1894).
Amariah and Julia had three children, all born in Rockland: Frederick Nelson Wheeler (1868-1949), Sarah F. "Sadie" (Wheeler) Smith (1870-1933), and Hattie (probably Harriet) Wheeler (1882-?).
Between 1820 and 1890 there was a world pandemic of Scarlet Fever - "Scarlatina", several severe epidemics hit the U.S., including Boston. Amariah's wife caught it; Julia (Bartlett) Wheeler died on the 10th of May 1889, seven years after the move to Boston from Maine. Her cause of death was listed as "scarlatina and heart failure". Julia was forty-four years old when she died, Amariah buried her back in Rockland, in the Wheeler plot at Seaview Cemetery.
Amariah's second wife was Betsy E. Frank (1858-1939), he and Betsy married on October 1st, 1890 in Boston. Betsy was approximately thirty-two years old, Amariah ten years older. The Marriage Registry shows her name as "Bessie" E. Frank, the census (and all other) data shows Betsy or Betsey. Her middle name was actually Isaac - all of her siblings (both male and female) carried their father's given name as a middle name. The registry shows this as his second marriage, her first. Betsy was the daughter of Isaac Meijer Frank (1822-1880) and Sophia Michael Krost (1825-1885).
Amariah's first wife was Julia F. Bartlett (1844-1899), she was born in August of 1844 in Camden, Maine. Her parents were James Nelson Bartlett (1815-1880) and Sarah Welch (1818-1894). Julia died of Scarlet Fever at the age of age forty-four on the 10th of May 1889 in Boston and was buried at Seaview Cemetery in Rockland.
Amariah and Julia moved the Wheeler family back to Massachusetts in 1882. The family had been living in Maine for about 120 years, since 1762 when Amariah's great-great grandfather John moved from Gloucester to Damariscove Island.
Fort Sumter was attacked in April 1861, two months after Amariah turned fifteen years old. Four years later as the war dragged on Amariah (now nineteen) and his older brother Henry (who was twenty-eight at the time) enlisted in the Union Army at Rockland. They served late in the war; neither saw combat or left Maine. Henry and Amariah enlisted in Company E, Coast Guard Infantry Regiment (Maine) on the 7th of January 1865. This was an Army anti-invasion force, literally "guarding the coast", not associated with the modern day Coast Guard. Lee surrendered three months after they enlisted, on April 9th 1865; they both mustered out when Company E was dissolved in July 1865.
On the 26th of April 1867 Amariah married Julia F. Bartlett (1844-1889); she was born in August 1844 in Camden, Maine to James (aka Nelson) Bartlett (1815-1880) and Sarah Welch (1818-1894).
Amariah and Julia had three children, all born in Rockland: Frederick Nelson Wheeler (1868-1949), Sarah F. "Sadie" (Wheeler) Smith (1870-1933), and Hattie (probably Harriet) Wheeler (1882-?).
Between 1820 and 1890 there was a world pandemic of Scarlet Fever - "Scarlatina", several severe epidemics hit the U.S., including Boston. Amariah's wife caught it; Julia (Bartlett) Wheeler died on the 10th of May 1889, seven years after the move to Boston from Maine. Her cause of death was listed as "scarlatina and heart failure". Julia was forty-four years old when she died, Amariah buried her back in Rockland, in the Wheeler plot at Seaview Cemetery.
Amariah's second wife was Betsy E. Frank (1858-1939), he and Betsy married on October 1st, 1890 in Boston. Betsy was approximately thirty-two years old, Amariah ten years older. The Marriage Registry shows her name as "Bessie" E. Frank, the census (and all other) data shows Betsy or Betsey. Her middle name was actually Isaac - all of her siblings (both male and female) carried their father's given name as a middle name. The registry shows this as his second marriage, her first. Betsy was the daughter of Isaac Meijer Frank (1822-1880) and Sophia Michael Krost (1825-1885).
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