Sarah Clifton Wheeler 1819 - 1861 | her parents
& 1837 James Hunter Southall 1806 - 1862 | his parents
of Columbus MS

 
Sarah Clifton Wheeler Southall 1819-1861

Married at Mulberry Grove June 1837, 
  The family story is that both died from injuries suffered in a carriage accident near their home in Columbus, MS;
  she July 1861, he Dec 12 1862. Dr. Godwin Cotten Moore went down to
Mississippi on the train and brought back Julia, Blanie, Annie, Josie and Branchie (a boy) to Mulberry
Grove, his plantation near Murfreesboro.  Branchie died in 1866 but the girls grew up and married at
 Mulberry Grove.
1. Julia Munro Southall 20 March 1838 NC - 15 Jan 1928 Jackson, NC dsp
2. John Daniel Southall 30 July 1840 AL - 26 June 1852
3. Emily Bland [Blanie] Southall 19 July 1843 MS - 28 Nov 1878
     married 12 Oct 1865 Julian Godwin Moore 1840 - 1929
      a. Clifton C Moore 14 Jan 1868 - 12 April 1880
4. Sarah Clifton Southall 5 July 1846 MS - 14 Aug 1851
5. James [Jimmy] Hunter Southall 24 Nov 1848 MS - lived Wisconsin -  26 July 1939 Hennepin MN
      James Southall's friends ["He was always the most brilliant conversationalist in the company....He was a delightful companion,
       ... one of the best read men in the city....No man in St. Paul had more friends than Southall....He is of a most sanguine temperament
        able, and a most engaging man. He takes a most active part in public matters....His eyes are clear and sparkling. ... and that
        beautiful tenor voice of his......He is a man of strong physique, of that peculiar build that carries with it a suggestion of power
         without massiveness."]
      In 1888 James and Kate Southall built the first home on Bourne. The western slope of Bourne Ave. was named Southall Hill. "the best toboggan run in St. Anthony Park"
      In 1889 James Southall was instrumental in the establishment of St Matthews Episcopal Parish and construction of the new church building.
                                       DEATH CERTIFICATE ID# 1939-MN-021299
     married 26 Oct 1874 Catherine Ringwalt [Kate] Rumney 27 May 1853 -1 Jan 1903
            James, Kate and their children entertained frequently and their parties always included music.  All the family were excellent singers -
                       especially the youngest son Walter who was in demand as a soloist.
       a. William Rumney Southall 26 July 1875 - 4 Mar 1876
       b. Catherine Clifton [Kate] Southall 9 Jan 1879 - 
                 large girl with dark hair and eyes
            married Alan Porter Abbott
       c. Frederick Driggs Southall 30 July 1885 -
                  tall and slender with dark hair and brown eyes
       d. Walter Ruan Southall 24 May 1887 -  1959 age 72
                 dark hair and brown eyes -- tallest at six feet four inches -- in demand as a soloist...
     joined the Army and moved out west where he rode with General Pershing to go after a Mexican bandit named Pancho Villa.
      Dad left the service and eventually went into real estate in California.   e-mail from Walter R Southall Jr. 
             married and divorced in the 1920's  no issue known
             married ca 1947 Avonne Arnault ca 1924 -
              i. daughter ca 1953 -
             ii. Walter Ruan Southall Jr 1956 -
6. Annie Rebecca Southall 29 Sept 1851 MS-
     married 10 Dec 1874 Walter Joseph Biggs 29 Sept 1850 - 4 Dec 1905
     a. Cader Biggs 18 Oct 1875 - 16 Sept 1876
     b. James Southall Biggs 18 Oct 1875 - 4 Aug 1876
     c.  Loula Myrick Biggs 3 Mar 1877 - 23 Aug 1879
     d.  Lucy Clifton Biggs 9 Feb 1880 - 
           married 30 Apr 1907 Lewis Ward Langhorne
     e. Julia Southall Biggs 4 Jan 1883 - 5 Jan 1883
     f.  Walter Joseph Biggs 4 Jan 1883 - 7 Jan 1883
       g. Walter Joseph Biggs 4 June 1886 -
              Artist
7. Frances Josephine [Josi] Southall 14 Aug 1853 MS - 25 Jan 1893 Jackson, NC
      married 5 June 1877 William Cornelius [Neil] Bowen 9 Nov 1849 - 23 Sept 1911
                    both buried at Church of the Savior, Jackson, NC
     a.  Harriet Emily Bowen 29 March 1878 - 28 Oct 1962

     b.  Julia Southall Bowen 16 Oct 1880 - ca 1934
            married 4 June 1908  Calvert Gooseley Peebles 1871 - Jun 1934 age 63
                The Peebles family lived at Jackson until they underwent severe financial reverses during the Depression.  
                 Mrs. Peebles moved the family to Chapel Hill and opened a boarding house for students.  Mr. Peebles
                  remained in Jackson practicing law.  He died of pneumonia following an automobile accident. 
                   Mrs. Peebles suffered a stroke upon hearing the news and died shortly afterwards.
         i. Calvert  (Cal) Gooseley Peebles, Jr
                married Billie Buie of Clarkton, NC. 
                They lived in South Carolina.   They had no children.
                      He died of a heart attack as a relatively young man. 
        ii. John Blodgett Peebles 23 May 1916 -
                       drowned near Chapel Hill while a student at UNC.
            iii. Julia Bowen Peebles 28 June 1918 - 14 Jan 2006
                         Attended UNC three years.  Moved to New York after death of both parents.
                  Received undergraduate and master's degrees from CUNNY.  She had completed all of the requirements for
                   a doctorate in comparative literature except the dissertation when the advent of World War II made it
               impossible for her to obtain German language materials and she abandoned the project.  She taught English at
                 Garland Junior College in Boston for many years.  "Julia died on Saturday January 14th. She and her younger
                  daughter Harriet have been living together at Brunswick Cove Nursing Home in Winnebow, NC near Wilmington. 
                      For several years Julia has been unable to communicate with other people.
                           It appears to us that Harriet has done a wonderful job looking after her mother."
                 married 1 Aug 1948 Grant Western Seibert div.
                             a librarian.  
                           1. Julia Peebles Seibert 21 Sept 1951 -
                                married 29 July 1989 Eugene Hathaway 17 Jan 1960 -
                                  a. Amber Emily H 29 May 1990 -
                                  b. Katie Marie H  25 Feb 1993 -
                                  c. Adam Eugene H 29 Jan 1997 -
                           2. Harriet Bowen Seibert 20 Sept 1953 - 
                   Julia and her husband divorced when the girls were small.  After her retirement, Julia and her daughters moved to Long Beach, NC. 
                    Her aunt Bland Bowen lived with her during Cousin Bland's latter years.  Acting on her aunt's behalf, Julia donated the Southall-Bowen
                       and Britton-Moore papers to the Southern Historical Collection at UNC.  She also gave the splendid blue-and-white Canton china now on display
                     in the dining room of the Wheeler House.  This belonged originally to Samuel Blodgett of Philadelphia and was brought to North Carolina
                           by his granddaughter Ellen Britton Moore (Mrs. Dr. Cornelius Moore). 
         iv. Henry Randolph Peebles - a much younger child.
                        Born at Hendersonville, NC while his mother was recuperating from TB. 
                        His plane was shot down in the Pacific during World War II and his body never recovered.
     c.  Ellen Britton Bowen 30 July 1883 - 25 Oct 1951
     d.  Josephine Bowen 25 Feb 1886 -
            married Israel Harding Hughes
                     the chaplain at St. Mary's College in Raleigh
             i. Israel Harding Hughes Jr. of Durham
                      1.  Jo Lynn Hughes [Smith]
     e.  Bland Clifton Bowen 11 Jan 1889 - 20 Aug 1979
8. Joseph Branch Southall 22 Feb 1856 MS - Sept 1866 Mulberry Grove

3 great Aunt

Henrietta Wheeler 1821 - 1852 | her parents
& 1846 Rev. John Benjamin Baldwin 1822 - 1894 | his parents
of 

1. James Gordon Baldwin 6 July 1847 - 19 July 1900
     married 23 Mar 1874 Lucy Antionette Cabiness 23 Aug 1852 - Mar 1884
     a. Lola Clifton Baldwin 4 Mar 1875 - 29 Nov 1891
     b. James Anderson Baldwin 26 Jan 1877 - 20 Aug 1892
     c. Henrietta Worthington Baldwin 21 Aug 1878 -
     d. Frances Baldwin 11 Jan 1880 -
     e. Antionette Gordon Baldwin 4 Mar 1882 -
     f. Annie Wright Baldwin 12 Jan 1884 -
2. John Wheeler Baldwin 7 Dec 1849 - 27 May 1869
3. Henrietta Wheeler Baldwin 18 May 1852
     married 6 Nov 1872 William Higgins Worthington 6 Dec 1834 - 28 Feb 1890
     a. Aimee Baldwin Worthington 10 Aug 1873 -
     b. Isaac Clifton Worthington 17 Nov 1875 -
          married 15 Sept 1897 Addie Kamper 

3 great Aunt

Amy Miles Wheeler 1827 - 19xx  | her parents
& 1853 Rev. John Benjamin Baldwin 1822 - 1894  | his parents
of 

Amy Miles Wheeler Balwin
and youngest child

1. Sarah Clifton Baldwin 22 Aug 1854 - 19 July 1855
2. Aimee Baldwin 29 Oct 1856 - 12 Oct 1857
3. William T Baldwin 6 Feb 1858 -
4. Annie Bradfort Baldwin 5 March 1859 - 23 Nov 1903
     married 21 Apr 1890 Thomas Jefferson Davis 23 Nov 1843 -
     a. Aimee E Davis 21 Feb 1892 - 
     b. Elizabeth Worthington Davis 18 July 1893 -
     c. Thomas Jefferson Davis 6 Nov 1895 -
     d. Adine Davis 24 Jan 1897 -
     e. Henrietta Davis 5 Aug 1901 -
5. Julia Moore Baldwin 8 Jan 1861 -
     married 27 May 1888 William Barton Evans 21 Feb 1851 -
      a. Vane Evans 10 Jan 1889 - 1 June 1891
      b. Aimee Marshall Evans 13 June 1891 -
      c. Mary Wheeler Evans 14 Jan 1893 -
      d. William H Evans 11 Nov 1895 -
      e. Daisy Clifton Evans 5 May 1898 -
      f. Annie Adine Evans 4 Sept 1900 -
6. Aimee Adine Baldwin 25 Dec 1863
     married 27 Oct 1886 Alfred Alston Brown 21 Dec 1855 -
      a. Aimee Clifton Brown 4 Nov 1887 -
      b. Little Berry Brown 18 June 1892 -
      c. Annie Alston Brown 11 July 1898 -

3 great Uncle

Junius Brutus Wheeler 1830 - 1886 | his parents
& 1855 Emily Truxton Beale 1832 - 1880 | her parents
of West Point NY

 
Prof. J. B. Wheeler of West Point
1830-1886

 "He taught at West Point and was the author of several outstanding publications on warfare." 

Junius Wheeler who had lost both parents by the time he was three, grew up at Mulberry Grove.
Letter from Junius B Wheeler to his sister Amie,       
    transcribed by Bea Moore mother of Tom Moore       Beatties Ford NC April 2nd, 1845.

My Dear Sister Amie.       You and Sister Julia are the only ones in NC that care for me. It is only to you, that I unburden what is contained in my heart. You know that I write to the rest of my relations that I am much pleased at the store of Elms & Withers but I rather die than stay there. I went to the store one morning and they told me I might as well quit. I told them I was very glad of it and left. Mrs. Wheeler, wife of Col. J. H. Wheeler but ought not to bear the name, has not spoken to me since, and she is as snappish as an old bear cutting his wisdom teeth. I will expect it of you not to let no one know anything about this matter and show no one this letter until I am by and looking which you may expect soon as she has wished me at home two or three times & called me more names than the devil can think of himself and she will listen to no explanation from me. Mr. Elms is a merchant in Charlotte and has Withers to tend to the store and to get 1/2 the profits he is low, mean and dirty dog, loves liquor, play cards, run after girls and in all a dirty town loafer in some respects. You must not get mad about my writing such dirty stuff. Col. Wheeler has not been heard from for 10 days. I expect the devil has got him. do not know nor care. if you have any word to send to Miss Sally Burton she lives in a few steps of us. Mrs. Wheeler slight me & the overseer every meal. When the colonel arrives at Murfreesboro you and sister Julia beseige him and make him promise to bring me down to Murfreesboro in the year 1845. The stage has arrived and I cannot send it so my dear Sister you must wait two days that will be Friday a day of ill luck, so I shall make you wait until Sunday. May you have success in all your undertakings.
      yours etc, affectionate Bro: Junius Wheeler.

Soon thereafter he enlisted at age 16 in Major William J. Clarke's company during the Mexican War. For gallantry at the battle of the National Bridge, between Vera Cruz and the City of Mexico, Wheeler  was promoted to be Lieutenant of Eleventh U. S. Infantry. He survived the dangers of the war and horrors of the Mexican climate and after graduating with  high distinction at the military academy at West Point, won consideration as an army officer.  He served in the Army Corp of Engineers, then taught at West Point as Professor of Engineering during the Civil War and for many years afterwards. Junius authored several publications on warfare. 

At the end of the Civil War, Dr. G. C. Moore had not yet settled the guardian account for Junius and the only property he still owned was his home so he transferred title of Mulberry Grove to Junius Wheeler who deeded it back to his sister Julia W. Moore who was the wife of the said  doctor. She later deeded the property to Annie T. Moore the wife of her youngest son.
1. Emily Beale Wheeler 5 Sept 1857 -
2. Sarah Clifton Wheeler 27 Nov 1860 - 4 May 1901
   married 6 July 1881 James Goold Warren 12 Sept 1858 Buffaloe NY - aft 1912
     a. Jennie Goold Warren  19 Feb 1882 - 23 July 1882
     b. Emily Warren 6 April 1883 Willets Pt. NY -
     c. Wheeler Warren 19 June 1886 West Pt NY - 
          married 1 Mar 1912 Ruth [dau Seaman Van Vliet]
          i. Sarah Wheeler Warren
         ii. Marjorie Jane Warren
         iii. Rinda June Warren
     d. Josephine Warren 12 Feb 1889 - 24 July 1889 
3. Mary Eliza Wheeler 4 Jan 1861 (?)
    married 25 May 1892 George Ker 26 Feb 1861 Isle of  Arran, Scotland -
       a. John Balfour Ker 8 Dec 1892 - 10 Aug 1898
4. Gertrude Wheeler 21 Jan 1867 Wisconsin -
           They moved to Olympia WA about 1888  -- were still there in 1920 census - no children
     married Lenoir NC 18 Aug 1887 Thomas Malvern Vance 6 Sept 1862 Asheville NC  -
          a son of Governor Zebulon Baird Vance and Harriet Newell Espy  -- he was a lawyer
5. Julia Wheeler 8 April 1869 -
6. Amy Wheeler 19 Feb 1871 -
7. John Wheeler 19 May 1872 - 3 Sept 1872
8. Dr. William Mackall Wheeler 22 June 1874 West Pt NY -
     married Wash. DC 21 Feb 1907 Laura Forbes Denby

Children of John Wheeler and Elizabeth Jordan