This is 6GGF Oliver Wheeler I
(1722-1804). He was apparently the second of our Wheeler line
to make his home in this northern corner of Acton that later
became southwestern Carlisle.
As the site of his grave, Acton has a strong claim on
Oliver. So has Lancaster, where he was born. It appears,
though not yet conclusively, that his
homestead was in the District of
Carlisle, by the time he died. Folks there are proud of him,
too.
I used to believe that he was probably the “Oliver
Wheeler of Acton” whose sword, “worn by him April
19, 1775,” was
displayed
at the centennial of the Lexington-Concord alarm. Now it
appears that this must have been his son our 5GGF
Oliver II. Explains why, on every
patriotic occasion, the veterans decorate the son’s
New Hampshire
grave but not this one.
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