Riley Burton Wheeler

1818 - 1890  (72 years)

• Name	Riley Burton Wheeler  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	1818	Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA   [2, 4, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1850	Moultrie, Illinois, USA   [4]
  Residence	1860	Sullivan, Moultrie, Illinois, USA   [8]
  Residence	1880	Bethany, Moultrie, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Burial	1890	Bethany, Moultrie, Illinois, USA   [5]
  Death	26 Nov 1890	Macon County, Illinois, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I16828	MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son James Montgomery
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	Hannah Terrissa Montgomery,   b. 10 Nov 1822, Rutherford, Gibson, Tennessee, USA d. 26 Dec 1900, Moultrie, Illinois, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1844	Macon County, Illinois, USA   [3, 6, 7, 9]
  Children	+ 1. Susan Jane Wheeler,   b. 1849, Illinois, USA d. 1888, Moultrie, Illinois, USA (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. William Robert Wheeler,   b. 12 Nov 1850, Macon County, Illinois, USA d. 4 Apr 1939, Bethany, Moultrie, Illinois, USA (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. James Allen Wheeler,   b. 1854, Illinois, USA d. 1895, Moultrie, Illinois, USA (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Lewis C Wheeler,   b. 1857, Moultrie, Illinois, USA d. 25 Mar 1863, Moultrie, Illinois, USA (Age 6 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1818 - Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 5 Dec 1844 - Macon County, Illinois, USA Residence - 1850 - Moultrie, Illinois, USA Residence - 1860 - Sullivan, Moultrie, Illinois, USA Residence - 1880 - Bethany, Moultrie, Illinois, USA Burial - 1890 - Bethany, Moultrie, Illinois, USA Death - 26 Nov 1890 - Macon County, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S398] Bryan, Mildred, Email from Mildred Bryan 2010 Feb 19, (Name: Location: Iowa; Date: 10 Feb 2010;;), Mildred discusses children on Robert Montgomery. [S2931] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Bethany, Moultrie,Illinois; Roll: 239; Family History Film: 1254239; Page: 441C; Enumeration District: 171; Image: 0137. Record for Riley B. Wheeler [S3934] Dodd, Jordan, Illinois Marriages to 1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;). Record for R. B. Wheeler http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=eamil&h=534891&indiv=try [S11] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Moultrie, Illinois; Roll: M432_122; Page: 400A; Image: 466. Record for R B Wheeler http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=19265443&indiv=try [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Riley Burton Wheeler http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=94791431&indiv=try [S4003] Ancestry.com, Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for R B Wheeler http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ArchILMarriageRecs&h=1044479&indiv=try [S1231] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp, Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;). Record for Hannah L. Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ILmarriages_ga&h=102418&indiv=try [S3938] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Sullivan, Moultrie, Illinois; Roll: M653_213; Page: 912; Image: 590; Family History Library Film: 803213. Record for Riley B Wheeler http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=37325320&indiv=try [S298] Brett, Charlotte M, Charlote Brett notes from Charlotte NC, (Name: Date: 8 Oct 1971;;), Notes found in Charlotte, NC, Library written by Charlotte Brett.