JOHN A. WHEATLEY was born in Hardwick, Vermont, on October 26, 1816, and married Charlotte E. Skinner in Vermont. After the children were born, the family moved to Wisconsin and cleared two farms of 900 acres. John A. Wheatley named Montpelier, Wisconsin, after the capital of his native state and later served as postmaster of Ellisville, Wisconsin. He moved to Iowa in the 1880's and settled at Marne near his family. John A. Wheatley died here in 1891 or 1892 and Charlotte passed away in 1904. John and Charlotte Wheatley had four sons, all of whom settled in Cass county, Iowa.

Transcribed from "The First Century, A History of Marne, Iowa 1875 - 1975", published in 1975, Marne, Iowa: The Marne Centennial Historical Committee, pg. 42. Transcribed (2015) by Cheryl Siebrass and contributed September, 2019.

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