Husband Norman "Bing" MILLER (details suppressed for this person)
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Father: William Frederich SCHNEIDER (1890-1964)
Mother: Louise WISHBOLDT (1892-1958) 1
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1 M Norman MILLER (details suppressed for this person)
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Husband Jacob Adams WHEELER
Born: 10 Sep 1853 2
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Died: 28 Sep 1933 - Barnardsville, North Carolina 3
Buried: 29 Sep 1933 - North Fork, North Carolina 2
Father: Thomas Ray WHEELER (Abt 1826-Bef 1910)
Mother: Clarissa\Clarenda RIDDLE (1825-Abt 1880) 4 5
Marriage: 2 May 1913 - North Carolina 3
Other Spouse: Nancy Sophronia PATTERSON (Abt 1840-1911) - Dec 1869 6
Noted events in his life were:
• Milit-Beg 7, 6 Aug 1898
1st. Regiment Co. D N.C. Volunteers, Spanish-American War
FIRST REGIMENT
WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED AGAINST THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN, AND A CALL WAS MADE
FOR VOLUNTEERS BY THE PRESIDENT,
NORTH CAROLINA WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO RESPOND, AND HER FIRST OFFERING WAS
THE FIRST REGIMENT.
COLONEL JOSEPH F. ARMFIELD, OF STATESVILLE, N.C. WHO HAD COMMANDED THE
FOURTH REGIMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA
STATE GUARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WAS COMMISSIONED COLONEL OF THE FIRST
REGIMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA
VOLUNTEERS, AND MEN WHO HAD SERVED UNDER HIM IN THE STATE GUARD FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS, NOBLY RESPONDED
TO THE CALL AND WILLINGLY LINKED THEIR FATE WITH HIS IN THE NEW FIRST.
THE REGIMENT WENT IN CAMP AT RALEIGH, N.C., THE CAMP BEING FORMALLY NAMED
CAMP BRYAN GRIMES, IN HONOR OF
COL. BRYAN GRIMES, WHO COMMANDED THE FOURTH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT
DURING THE CIVIL WAR, AND WAS
MUSTERED INTO THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE 2ND DAY OF MAY,
1898.
ON MAY 18, 1898, TELEGRAPHIC ORDERS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT
TO PROCEED TO TAMPA,
FLORIDA, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THESE ORDERS, AT NOON, SUNDAY, MAY 22,
1898. AT COLUMBIA,
S.C. AN ORDER COUNTERMANDING THE PREVIOUS ONE RECEIVED AT RALEIGH, N. C.
WAS RECEIVED, AND
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ORDER, THE REGIMENT WAS DIVERTED TO JACKSONVILLE,
FLORIDA.
ABOUT SEVEN MILES SOUTH OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, AT FIVE FORTY FIVE ON THE
MORNING OF THE 23RD OF MAY,
1898, THE THIRD SECTION OF THE TRAIN, IN COMMAND OF MAJOR GEORGE W.
BUTLER, COLLIDED WITH A FREIGHT
TRAIN, AND THE RESULT WAS ONE KILLED AND SEVEN INJURED. W. M. BARBEE OF
COMPANY K, WAS CRUSHED
BETWEEN THE CARS AND INSTANTLY KILLED. OF THE SEVEN MEN INJURED, ONLY ONE
WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
ARRIVING AT JACKSONVILLE, ON MAY 23, 1898, TENTS WERE PITCHED ABOUT TWO
MILES FROM THE CITY.
THIS WAS THE SECOND REGIMENT TO ENCAMP AT JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, THE
SECOND ILLINOIS
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY HAVING ARRIVED ONE DAY EARLIER.
ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT, EAGER TO PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR REAL
SERVICE IN THE
FIELD AGAINST THE ENEMY, DEVOTED THEIR WHOLE TIME AND ATTENTION TO THE
DAILY DRILLS AND
OTHER INSTRUCTIONS, AND IT IS DUE THE CREDIT OF COLONEL ARMFIELD AND HIS
STAFF OF EFFICIENT
OFFICERS THAT THE REGIMENT ATTAINED SUCH A HIGH STANDARD OF MERIT AMONG
THE VOLUNTEER
ORGANIZATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.
IN AUGUST, 1898, ORDERS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT FOR THE
REGIMENT TO HOLD
ITSELF IN READINESS TO PROCEED TO THE ISLAND OF PORTO RICO, UNDER COMMAND
OF MAJOR GENERAL
WADE, BUT THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH WERE GOING ON AT WASHINGTON
BETWEEN M. G. CAMBON, FRENCH
AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, ON BEHALF OF SPAIN, AND THE SECRETARY OF
STATE, WHICH
RESULTED IN THE SIGNING OF THE PEACE PROTOCOL, AND A CESSATION OF
HOSILITIES OF THE ARMY
AND NAVY, CAUSED THE REGIMENT TO REMAIN WITH THE SEVENTH ARMY CORPS.
NOTHING OF SPECIAL MENTION OCCURED TO THE REGIMENT AS AN ORGANIZATION
UNTIL ORDERS
WERE RECEIVED FOR THE MUSTERING OUT OF SERVICE OF THE REGIMENT, WHICH
WAS EARLY IN SEPTEMBER,
1898
PREPARATIONS WERE MADE FOR MUSTER OUT, AND WHEN EVERYTHING WAS READY FOR
THE MUSTERING OFFICER,
ANOTHER ORDER WAS RECEIVED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT, RETAINING THE
REGIMENT IN THE SERVICE.
ON OCTOBER 24, 1898, THE REGIMENT BROKE CAMP AND LEFT JACKSONVILLE,
FLORIDA FOR THEIR NEW
CAMP, NEAR SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WHERE THEY WERE ENCAMPED WITH THE OTHER
REGIMENTS OF THE
SEVENTH ARMY CORPS, ON THUNDERBOLT ROAD, ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILES FROM
THE CITY.
ON THE MORINGIN OF DECEMBER 7, 1898, THE REGIMENT BROKE CAMP AT SAVANNAH
AND THAT
MORNING BOARDED THE TRANSPORT ROUMANIA AND SAILED NEXT DAY FOR HAVANA,
CUBA,
ARRIVING ON THE EVENING OF THE 11TH AND WENT INTO CAMP COLUMBIA, AT
BUENA VISTA
STATION, ON THE MARIANO RAILROAD, SEVEN MILES FROM HAVANA.
BEING THE FIRST AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO ARRIVE AT HAVANA,THEY RECEIVED A
WELCOME THAT WILL BE
EVER REMEMBERED BY THOSE THAT WITNESSED IT. PEN CANNOT DESCRIBE THE
INTENSE GLADNESS,
ALMOST BORDERING ON FRENZY, DISPLAYED BY THE CUBAN PEOPLE AT THE SIGHT
OF THEIR LIBERATORS.
DURING THE STAY OF THE REGIMENT ON CUBAN SOIL THE USUAL DRILLS WERE
CONTINUED AND THE
SAME RIGID DISCIPLINE WAS ENFORCED. THE CONDUCT OF THE MEMBERS WAS BEYOND
REPROACH,
AND THEIR GENTLEMANLY DEPORTMENT GREATLY IMPRESSED THE NATIVES, WHO HAD
BEEN SO
ACCUSTOMED TO CRUELTY AND ROWDYISM. ORDERS WERE GIVEN ABOUT THE 18TH OF
MARCH
TO RETURN TO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WHERE THE REGIMENT WOULD BE MUSTERED OUT,
AND THEY
ARRIVED THERE ON THE 28TH OF THE SAME MONTH, AND WERE MUSTERED OUT APRIL
22, 1899.
• Milit-End 3, 22 Apr 1899 - Savannah, GA
• Occupation, ran a mill in North Fork;, 1920 - Northfork, North Carolina
The room smelled of dried corn, old wood, the mossy millrace,
falling water. The inside was dim, and what light did come to the two
little windows and the door fell in beams through an atmosphere thick
with the dust of ground corn. The miller stepped from behind the
grindstones. He brushed his hands together and more dust flew. When he
came into the light of the door, Ada could see that his hair and eyebrows
and eyelashes and the hair of his arms were frosted pale grey with corn
dust.
from: "Cold Mountain" a novel by Charles Frazier, pg.. 32
• 1870Census 6, 19 Jun 1870 - Jacks Creek Township, North Carolina
Wheeler, Jacob, 20, farmer, b. NC, md. Dec 1869
Nancey S., 23, b. NC
• Alt. Birth 3, Alt. Birth, 9 Apr 1854 - North Carolina
• Alt. Birth 6, Alt. Birth, 1852
• Alt. Birth 6, Alt. Birth, 1850
Wife Prejettie "Jettie" MILLER
AKA: WHEELER
Born: 19 Aug 1889 - Burnsville, North Carolina
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Children
1 M Horace WHEELER
Born: 25 Dec 1914 - Barnardsville, North Carolina
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2 F Myrtle Pauline WHEELER (details suppressed for this person)
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3 M Franklin Leonard WHEELER (details suppressed for this person)
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Death Notes (Husband)
From Death Certificate: cause of death, stroke; father's name, Thomas
Wheeler; mother's maiden name, Clerinda Wheeler; birthplace, Yancey Co.,
NC; burial place, North Fork; undertaker, A.J. Ingle, Democrat, NC;
informant, Jim Wheeler, Weaversville, NC; place of death, Barnardsville,
Ivy Township, Buncombe County, NC.
Registration District No. 11-5131, Certificate No. 20.
Notes (Marriage)
Married by Rev. J.M. Burlson
Death Notes for Child: Horace WHEELER
Husband Unknown MILLER (details suppressed for this person)
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Wife Prejettie "Jettie" MILLER
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Born: 19 Aug 1889 - Burnsville, North Carolina
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Other Spouse: Jacob Adams WHEELER (1853-1933) - 2 May 1913 - North Carolina 3
Husband MILLS (details suppressed for this person)
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Husband Emory James MILLS (details suppressed for this person)
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Wife Sarah Louella RAY 9
Born: 8 Nov 1875 - Barnardsville, North Carolina 9
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Father: James Allen RAY (1849-1914)
Mother: Nancey Malinda BURLESON ( -1944)
General Notes (Wife)
The Migration to Oregon of Dr. James A. Ray As Told By Luella Ray Mills.
In May 1866, Dr. James A. Ray with wife and six children left North
Carolina for Oregon. There were four families in the migration. My
father furnished and equipped a covered wagon for a cousin, David
McMahan, his wife and six children, namely; Perry, Cambell, Sissy,
Brandon, Willy, and Tommy. Also another cousin Ervin Ray was furnished
with a team of mules and a covered wagon. Both of these families drove
on to Knoxville, Tenn. ahead of us, and were camped near the city limits
when we arrived. The other family, Jim McKinney, wife, and several
children, planned to go all the way to Portland, Oregon by train. Papa
was to confer with them all, so that is why we met in the depot at
Knoxville. Then came the tragedy. Little Bobby was on the bench near a
roll of bedding. Mr. McZKinney moved his gun back and forth in a roll of
bedding and it fired, hitting Bobbie through the hips. I was close by
and saw him throw up his hands and jump from the seat. The room was soon
covered with his blood. I can see it all as if it happened yesterday.
The police came but papa explained it was an accident. Bobbie was taken
to the hospital and was under the care of a doctor, seeming to be doing
well. Papa stayed in Knoxville with him, but to save expense we went
west. Ervin Ray decided not to go further west, and so it was arranged
for mama and us to travel with the McMahan's, so we did as far as Kansas
City. Little Bobbie did of blood-poisoning. Papa buried him, then
came on to us near the crossing of the Ohio River. We were in Kansas
City July 4, 1886, we left the wagons there and came on to Portland on
the Union Pacific Train. We stayed a few days in Portlnd with our
cousins the Coats Family. Then rented a small house, in walking distance
of the school, for one month while Papa looked for a homestead. On
October 12, he filed on Oak Ranch Homestead. Then we boarded a boat for
St. Helens. The boat had only one Stateroom for all of us. We were on
the floor and on hooks, I think. We left St. Helens with one horse and
a cart. We spent one night four miles out with 20 miles yet to go, with
mama driving we took turns riding. When we reached the Hazlet place I
was too tired to eat. But the next day on to Oak Ranch, our future home.
It was October, 1886. from: 'The Migration to Oregon of Dr. James A. Ray'
As Told By Luella Ray Mills.
Husband Robert MINOR (details suppressed for this person)
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Wife Doris WHEELER
Born: 1903 - North Carolina
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Father: Christopher Columbus WHEELER (1877-1958)
Mother: Cura Leotta RAY (1880-1955)
Other Spouse: Fleming HOUSE
Noted events in her life were:
• Alt. Birth 10, Alt. Birth, 21 Jun 1905 - North Carolina
• New Tag
The SSDI has: Doris Minor 21 June 1905-April, 1985, last residence San
Francisco, CA, issued in CT.
Husband Robert MINOR (details suppressed for this person)
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Wife Elza MISCH 11
Born: 1892 - MI 11
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Father: Charles MISCH (Abt 1850- )
Mother: Caroline HAFER (1841- ) 11
Husband Otto MISCH 11
Born: 1881 - MI 11
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Father: Charles MISCH (Abt 1850- )
Mother: Caroline HAFER (1841- ) 11
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Husband Pierre-Paul PERRAULT
Born: 1674 - Montreal, Canada
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Born: 1670 - Quebec, Canada
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1 F Marie-Josephe PERRAULT (details suppressed for this person)
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Spouse: Louis NAULT (1702- )