Charles Augustus Wheaton
| Charles August Wheaton | |
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| Minnesota House of Representatives | |
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In office 1867 – 1868 (?) |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | July 1, 1809 Amenia, New York |
| Died | March 14, 1882 Northfield, Minnesota |
| Political party | Republican Party of Minnesota |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen Douglas Birdseye (March 13, 1816 – December 17, 1858); Martha Elizabeth (Archibald) Wagener (August 19, 1826 - March 29, 1912) |
| Children | 17 |
| Residence | Northfield, Minnesota |
| Occupation | Business Owner |
| Religion | Christian |
Charles Augustus Wheaton (1809–1882) was a businessman and major figure in the central New York state abolitionist movement and Underground Railroad, as well as other progressive causes. He was one of the founders of the First Congregational Church in Syracuse, which took an abolitionist stand, and was part of the Vigilance Committee that formed in 1850 to resist the Fugitive Slave Law.
In 1860 he moved to Northfield, Minnesota, where he was one of two men who donated the land to found the Carleton College campus. There he served with the Minnesota legislature. The father of a total of 17 children, he had an active family life. He later became the editor of two local newspapers.
Charles Augustus Wheaton was born on 1 July 1809 in Amenia, New York, the son of Augustus Wheaton, a farmer and drover, and his wife. He had two brothers. The parents purchased a 410 acres (1.7 km2) farm in the town of Pompey in Onondaga County in 1807. They migrated there from Dutchess County with their family in 1810. They had followed three of the elder Wheaton's sisters: Lydia, Sylvia and Loraine, who had already moved to Pompey with their families, part of a westward migration of many in the state in the years after the American Revolutionary War. Charles attended the Pompey Academy, a well-regarded boys' school.
Charles Wheaton’s eldest brother Orlin J. became a farmer and drover like their father. Their brother Horace served as a Representative from New York in the US Congress and later became the fourth mayor of the city of Syracuse. He also became a partner with Charles in his future hardware business in Syracuse.
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