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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Texas War of 1812 Veterans-- Part 18: Col. Eleazor Louis Ripley Wheelock

From the Texas State Historical Association.

They spelled Eleazor as Eleazar.

He was the son of Col. Eleazor Wheelock, Jr., a Revolutionary War veteran.  At the age of 13, his family moved to Ohio.  After the deaths of his parents, he entered the U.S. Army and served first in the Ohio militia and later as an ensign in the New York 21st Regiment.

He saw active duty in the War of 1812.

After the war, he settled in Illinois and in 1818 married Mary Prickett.  Their four sons and daughter were all born in Illinois.

--Brock-Perry

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