Family History - Tracy B. Wheeler

1. Tracy B. Wheeler,¹ born June 1837 in New York, the son of Prentice Wheeler and Delia Spurr;^{1, 2, 3} died 21 December 1908 in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York.^{4, 5} Tracy married, ca. 1868, Mary F. Gazlay³ (born October 1840 in Chenango County, New York, the daughter of George C. Gazlay and Pamelia Dailey;^{1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12} Mary died 1917⁴). Tracy and Mary are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, New Berlin, Chenango County, New York.¹³

1. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Chenango County, New Berlin, Page No. 48, family of Tracy Wheeler (32) and Mary (28).
2. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Chenango County, New Berlin, Enumeration District 100, Page No. 20, family of Tracy Wheeler (43) and wife Mary (40).
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Chenango County, New Berlin, Enumeration District 68, Sheet No. 3, family of Tracy Wheeler (Jun 1837) and wife Mary (Oct 1840); married 32 years, no children.
4. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007, available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org,
5. Obituary, Brookfield Courier, Brookfield, Madison County, New York. Available at www.fultonhistory.com. Tracy B. Wheeler, 23 December 1908, died 21 December 1908 in New Berlin. The obituary gives the names of his parents and other Wheeler relatives, as well as his wife Mary Gazley.
6. Utica Daily Press, Utica, New York, available at www.fultonhistory.com. Notice of probate of the will of Harriet A. Town, 3 March 1891, Utica, New York. The notice is significant for the names of the individuals listed as Harriet’s next of kin. Although their relationships are not specified in the notice, they are identified as follows: William Gazlay (brother), Ann Baker (not yet identified), Harriet E. Kuhn (niece; daughter of Harriet’s sister Cordelia A. (nee Gazlay) Butterfield), George H. Butterfield (nephew; son of the same sister Cordelia), Mary Wheeler (niece; daughter of Harriet’s brother George C. Gazlay), Emma Matteson (niece; daughter of the same brother George), and three minors, all grandchildren of Harriet’s sister Betsy Ann (nee Gazlay) Angell: Lewis G. Angell, Chester T. Angell, and Bessie M. Angell.
7. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Chenango County, Town of New Berlin, page 144, family of George Gazlay (age 41, brick mason), Pamelia Gazlay (age 43), Wm A. Gazlay (age 15), Mary F. Gazlay (age 10), Emma A. Gazlay (age 7), and Abby Hill (age 20).
8. New York State Census, 1855, Chenango County, New Berlin, family of Geo. C. Gazlay (45, Otsego, mason, resided here 30 years); wife Pamela Gazlay (49, Otsego, resided here 23 years ); child Mary Gazlay (14, Chenango, resided here 14 years); child Emma Gazlay (12, Chenango, resided here 12 years).
9. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Chenango County, New Berlin, page 100, family of George Gazely (50), Pamelia (54), Mary F. (19), and Emma (17).
10. New York State Census, 1865, Chenango County, New Berlin, Page 681, family of Geo Gaslay (56, mason), wife Pamelia Gaslay (59, 2 children), child Mary Gaslay (24), and child Emma Gaslay (21).
11. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Chenango County, New Berlin, Enumeration District 81, Sheet No. 4B, Mary G. Wheeler (69, widow); no children.
12. Obituary, Brookfield Courier, Brookfield, Madison County, New York. Available at www.fultonhistory.com. George Gazlay, 29 February 1888. Died in the village of New Berlin Sunday morning 26 February, in his 80th year. This obituary provides a key family link, indicating that a sister, Mrs. John Town, and a brother Mr. Wm. Gazlay, of Utica, are the only surviving children of the once large family of Alexander Gazlay. It also names two daughters, Mrs. George Matteson and Mrs. T. B. Wheeler, and indicates that their mother, his wife, is still living.
13. Cemetery Record, Greenwood Cemetery, New Berlin, Chenango County, New York. Available at Rootsweb. In a cemetery lot owned by George C. Gazlay, the cemetery record shows the following individuals and their burial dates: Gazlay, E. N. (1845); Gazlay, William A. (1853); Gazlay, George G. (1888); Gazlay, Pamelia (1890); Wheeler, Tracy B. (1908); and Wheeler, Mary Gazlay (1917).