Person:Augustus Wheat (3)

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Augustus Walter Wheat
b.Abt 1821
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Facts and Events
Name Augustus Walter Wheat
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1821 RIN: MH:IF2046
Marriage RIN: MH:FF377
to Mary Gray Danforth
Occupation? 1860 Campbellton, Campbell Co, GAAttorney at Law RIN: MH:IF2072
Death? RIN: MH:IF2047

Wheat Street Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA

This church has served a congregation since the late 1800s. Auburn Avenue was originally called Wheat Street in honor of Augustus W. Wheat, one of Atlanta's early merchants. The name was changed in 1893


Civil War Service?

April 15 1850 Large fire in Atlanta destroys Augustus Wheat's warehouses, store, and livery stable in the area of Auburn Ave. This precipated the formation of the Atlanta Fire Department

1850 DeKalb County Census Index (the final year Atlanta was included in the DeKalb County census) Basil Wheat Augustus Wheat

1860 > GEORGIA > CAMPBELL > CAMPBELLTON P O

Series: M653 Roll: 113 Page: 341


Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

WHEAT AUGUSTUS W 39 M W GA CAMPBELL CAMPBELLTON P O 1860


Occupation Atty at Law Property 12000, Personal 7000 Mary G 35 Frances M 14 attended school within the year Henry C J 13 attended school within the year John C 11 attended school within the year Artemissa 6 Harry W 2

1900 > MISSOURI > CAPE GIRARDEAU > SHAWNEE TWP

Series: T623 Roll: 845 Page: 241


Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

WHEAT AUGUSTUS 72 M W AL MO CAPE GIRARDEAU SHAWNEE TWP 1900 Listed as Father-in Law in household of Arthur Perry

RIN: MH:I995

References
  1.   http://ourgeorgiahistory.com/year/1850. Georgia History Timeline.