Person:Hezekiah Wheat (3)

According to a WorldConnect database, Hezekiah Wheat married Myrtle Minnie Mauck, daughter of Charles Morris Mauck and Margaret E. Riley. She first married George Meade Davidson, and after (divorcing?) Hezekiah, married Charles Sherman. She can be found in the 1910 census with Charles in Sherman Co., Kansas.

 In the 1880 census for Laramie City, Albany Co., Wyoming, Joseph Wheat is 24 born Illinois (parents IL) locomotive fireman; and 'Kiah' Wheat is 17 born IL (parents same) 'works in R.R. shop'. They are living in the household of George Byrne 40, born Ireland, blacksmith RR -- possibly a boarding house, as there are 10 railroad workers listed there. {p. 22d}
 In the 1900 census for Goodland, ward 2, Sherman Co., Kansas, H. K. Wheat is 39, born Aug 1863 in Illinois [parents birthplace blank], married 5 years, 'R.R. brakeman'; with wife Myrtle 30, born Jan 1870 in Iowa (father Ohio, mother Iowa), with 0 of 0 children living; and adopted daughter Ethell Davis, 1, born Oct 1898 in Nebraska (father Massachusetts, mother Nebraska).  {ed 88, sh 3b, p. 46}
 In the 1910 census for Goodland, ward 3, Sherman Co., Kansas, Harry K. Wheat is 47, born Illinois (father US, mother Kentucky), single, brakeman RR; boarding with the John Nelson family. {ed 189, sh 13a, p.193}
 In the 1920 census for Limon, precinct 3,  Lincoln Co., Colorado, there is a H. K. Wheat, age 57 from Illinois (parents Kentucky), 'r.r. brakeman', lodging with Joseph Toole 24 from Illinois. {ed 176, sh 3b, p 159}
 In the 1930 census for Lincoln Co., Colorado, there is a listing for Hezekiah K. Wheat, born 1863 Illinois.