Augusta Olivia Wheeler1 was born April 01, 1879 in Leasburg, Crawford County, Missouri1, and died October 13, 1976 in Craig, Colorado1. She married Clayton Whiteman on September 19, 1907 in Denver, Colorado
"Olivia Augusta Wheeler wife of Clayton Whiteman
Olivia daughter of George and Elisabeth Ann Bennett Wheeler
born April 1, 1879 Leasburg, Missouri
married September 19, 1907
Olivia was the ninth child in a family of ten children. She spent most of her adult life in Colorado and was always dedicated to writing and education. During her later years she spent a great deal of time knitting and writing poetry...
She was affectionately called Granny by her children and friends, however she usually signed her name "Olive" or "Ollie."
Olivia was a brunette, having very dark brown eyes and an olive complexion. Her almost black hair, never became very gray. She was the tallest of the five Wheeler girls being five feet-five inches in height. She was a very good horse-woman and rode a great deal in her early years." (1)
She was divorced from her husband, Clayton sometime after this genealogy was written.
"Warren Wheeler and family were the first to arrive in Hayden. He had the present Zehner ranch, and it has been in the family ever since.
In 1901 Warren's sisters, Olive and Florence Wheeler, arrived by stagecoachand their descendants are living in Hayden as of this date. Olive began at once to teach primary grades... Olive was married in the fall of 1907 to Clayton Whiteman...
Olive Whiteman wrote many poems and a book of her writings has been published." (2)
"Iron Ridge School and Community...
Other families came later and among them were... Wheeler,... Bennett" (3)
1) Arlene Whiteman
2) Article by Lowell W. Whiteman; Hayden & West Routt County p. 3131) Arlene Whiteman
3) Breuer, James Ira; Crawford County and Cuba, Mossouri (Ramfre Press, Cape Girardeau 1972) p. 182
More About Augusta Olivia Wheeler:
Fact 2: Buried in Hayden, Colorado.1
More About Augusta Olivia Wheeler and Clayton Whiteman:
Marriage: September 19, 1907, Denver, Colorado.1
Children of Augusta Olivia Wheeler and Clayton Whiteman are: i.+Lowell Wheeler Whiteman, b. February 07, 1918, Hayden, Routt County, Colorado1, d. May 12, 2001, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona1.
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