WHEELER Steuben County New York
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1873 

HOW THE OLD HORSE DIED. - General Otto Frederick Marshall of the town of Wheeler, Steuben county, owned for twenty-two years a horse that died a short time since, apparantly because he felt himself injured or slighted by his master. The horse was twenty-eight years old, and appeared as well as usual. General Marshal had driven him to the postoffice, a distance of one mile and a half, once a day during all that time. Every day, unless it was Sunday, the old horse made his regular pilgrimage, driven by his owner to the post-office. At length one evening a short time ago, the General thought he would drive another horse and leave the old horse at home. On his way back from the office he met the old horse, who evidently surmised that something wrong had happened, and had broken out of the pasture. The old fellow made his trip as usual to the postoffice, and returning, entered the pasture, laid down and died. - From the Turf, Field and Farm. Daily Evening Bulletin (San Francisco, CA) Wednesday, October 15, 1873; Issue 7; col. A.

1898 

ELOPEMENT A FAMILY TRAIT. Descendants of Colonel George Manning Have Followed His Example.      It is the latest dictum of science that acquired traits are not inherited. In the case of the Manning family the disposition of the first member of whom there is any record must have been transmitted and the disposition has led to eight, if not nine, elopements.      George Manning was hired by General Wheeler of Steuben county, N.Y., many years ago to cut timber. He fell in love with Wheeler’s daughter and she loved him, but her aristocratic father would not have it. They eloped and were married, going into ml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Warren county, Pa., then a wilderness. Here Manning became very rich and was a colonel in the war of 1812. One of his daughters loved and was loved by one of his workmen named Sawyer. Manning would not consent, so they eloped. Three years later another daughter eloped and was married to a young doctor, Sullivan, who became rich and famous. Dr. Sullivan’s daughter eloped with and was married to a young man who was objectionable to her father. Another daughter fell in love with a young man and this time, to prevent an elopement, the father gave his consent. Then the girl eloped with another lover.      Colonel Manning, the first eloper, had a son, named Jason. The young man fell in love with the daughter of one of his father’s teamsters, which made Colonel Manning furious. Jason eloped with and married the girl. To Jason were born a son and a daughter. The son loved a young woman and when his father opposed him he eloped with and married her. Jason’s daughter loved a young lawyer, George McCormick, but her father would not allow her to receive him. So she eloped with him, and they were married. Now Jason’s son, who eloped, has a daughter, who recently eloped with George Burns, her mother’s cousin. The person who gives all this information says another elopement is imminent. – Washington Post. Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, NJ) June 7, 1898; pg. 8.

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