Jefferson Wheat

SMITH, VERNON, WHEAT

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/14/2004 at 09:48:42

Jefferson Wheat, South twp., farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. St. Charles; born in Madison county, Alabama, November 7, 1835; was raised there until he was eleven years of age; his parents then moved to Edinburgh, Indiana; he came to this county in _____ and has lived here ever since with the exception of three years, which time was spent in Benton county, Missouri; his father bought the claim and entered the farm on which he now lives; owns 280 acres of land; in 1857 he married Miss Sarah J. Smith, of Clarke county, Iowa; she died and left one son: Albert Warren; Mr. Wheat was in the late war, enlisted in Co. F, Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry; he was in all the battles participated in by the regiment, except Allatoona; he was married again to Miss Ruth B. Vernon in December, 1866; she is a native of Marion county, Iowa; they have no family.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 580