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Charles Augustus Wheaton
b.1809
d.1882
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m. 24 Jun 1834
  1. Cornelia Wheaton1835 - 1878
  2. Edward Wheaton1837 - 1905
  3. Homer B Wheaton1838 - 1839
  4. Ellen L Wheaton1838 - 1915
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Name Charles Augustus Wheaton
Gender Male
Birth? 1809
Marriage 24 Jun 1834 Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United Statesto Ellen Douglas Birdseye
Death? 1882
Reference Number Q5075254 (Wikidata)


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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.

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