The information below has been culled from the writings of Merle Wheaton.
Samuel Wheaton and his wife Fansilla (Fannie) had a few acres of land, a house and a barn at the head of Kirkwood Creek at Prattsburg, Steuben, NY. He made his living by rough carpentry such as building barns. He and his boys hand-shaved shingles during the winter and in autumn they threshed for other farmers with a sweep-horse power-threshing machine.
Samuel and his wife Fansilla raised her two youngest brothers, Richard (Dick) and Daniel. The Wheatons grew cabbage, cucumbers and peppers which they stored in barrels for winter. Samuel Wheaton owned the first mowing machine on Lent Hill. His wife Fannie had the first sewing machine in the area and nicknamed it the "weed". They made all of their clothes at home.
"Samuel J. Wheaton died Monday at 2 o'clock, after a brief illness of grip, at the home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Estella Wheaton, on the George Wheaton farm on Lent Hill. The deceased was 78 years of age. The funeral will be held Wednesday at the Lent Hill church." (Published in the Naples News on 16 February 1899)
Samuel Wheaton and his wife Fansilla (Fannie) had a few acres of land, a house and a barn at the head of Kirkwood Creek at Prattsburg, Steuben, NY. He made his living by rough carpentry such as building barns. He and his boys hand-shaved shingles during the winter and in autumn they threshed for other farmers with a sweep-horse power-threshing machine.
Samuel and his wife Fansilla raised her two youngest brothers, Richard (Dick) and Daniel. The Wheatons grew cabbage, cucumbers and peppers which they stored in barrels for winter. Samuel Wheaton owned the first mowing machine on Lent Hill. His wife Fannie had the first sewing machine in the area and nicknamed it the "weed". They made all of their clothes at home.
"Samuel J. Wheaton died Monday at 2 o'clock, after a brief illness of grip, at the home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Estella Wheaton, on the George Wheaton farm on Lent Hill. The deceased was 78 years of age. The funeral will be held Wednesday at the Lent Hill church." (Published in the Naples News on 16 February 1899)
The information below has been culled from the writings of Merle Wheaton.
Samuel Wheaton and his wife Fansilla (Fannie) had a few acres of land, a house and a barn at the head of Kirkwood Creek at Prattsburg, Steuben, NY. He made his living by rough carpentry such as building barns. He and his boys hand-shaved shingles during the winter and in autumn they threshed for other farmers with a sweep-horse power-threshing machine.
Samuel and his wife Fansilla raised her two youngest brothers, Richard (Dick) and Daniel. The Wheatons grew cabbage, cucumbers and peppers which they stored in barrels for winter. Samuel Wheaton owned the first mowing machine on Lent Hill. His wife Fannie had the first sewing machine in the area and nicknamed it the "weed". They made all of their clothes at home.
"Samuel J. Wheaton died Monday at 2 o'clock, after a brief illness of grip, at the home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Estella Wheaton, on the George Wheaton farm on Lent Hill. The deceased was 78 years of age. The funeral will be held Wednesday at the Lent Hill church." (Published in the Naples News on 16 February 1899)
Samuel Wheaton and his wife Fansilla (Fannie) had a few acres of land, a house and a barn at the head of Kirkwood Creek at Prattsburg, Steuben, NY. He made his living by rough carpentry such as building barns. He and his boys hand-shaved shingles during the winter and in autumn they threshed for other farmers with a sweep-horse power-threshing machine.
Samuel and his wife Fansilla raised her two youngest brothers, Richard (Dick) and Daniel. The Wheatons grew cabbage, cucumbers and peppers which they stored in barrels for winter. Samuel Wheaton owned the first mowing machine on Lent Hill. His wife Fannie had the first sewing machine in the area and nicknamed it the "weed". They made all of their clothes at home.
"Samuel J. Wheaton died Monday at 2 o'clock, after a brief illness of grip, at the home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Estella Wheaton, on the George Wheaton farm on Lent Hill. The deceased was 78 years of age. The funeral will be held Wednesday at the Lent Hill church." (Published in the Naples News on 16 February 1899)
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