Julia Susan Wheelock

1833 - 1900  (66 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Julia Susan Wheelock
  Born	7 Oct 1833	Avon, Lorain, Ohio
  Gender	Female
  Military Service	Civil War, Union Army
  	While she was never officially in the service and was never compensated, she was a volunteer that served in field hospitals and brought aid and comfort to the wounded. In 1862 she traveled from Michigan to Alexandria, Virginia to care for her brother Orville, was wounded at the Battle of Chantilly. It was only her intention to help her brother and then return. Upon her arrival she found she was to late that her brother had already passed. Seeing the suffering of the other solders she resolved to stay and do for them what she would have done for her brother. Newspapers of the day often referred to her as The "Florence Nightingale of Michigan".
  		Julia Susan Wheelock Service. Julia Susan Wheelock Service. Excerpt from, "The red book of Michigan; a civil, military and biographical history" by Lanman, Charles, Published by E. B. Smith & company; Washington, Philp & Solomons of Detroit, 1871. Page 496.
  		6th Calvary. The Lansing (Michigan) State Republican, Wednesday, March 30, 1864 page 3.
  		Julia Susan Wheelock Horesback. Julia Susan Wheelock Horesback.
  Died	7 Jun 1900	Quincy, Adams, Illinois
  		Julia (nee Wheelock) Freeman Obituary Springfield Missouri Republican (Springfield, Missouri), 10 Jun 1900, Sun, Page 5
  Military Service	2002
  	October of 2002 she received a posthumous award from the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame, for her efforts during the Civil War.
  Buried	Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
  		Porter & Julia Freeman Headstone. Porter & Julia Freeman Headstone.
  Siblings	10 siblings
  1. Emeline Wheelock,   b. 14 Dec 1824, Ohio ,   d. 20 Oct 1864, Erie County, Pennsylvania
  2. Orville Wheelock,   b. 30 May 1826, Trumbull, Ashtabula, Ohio ,   d. 9 Sep 1862, Alexandria, Virginia
  3. Chapin Gilbert Wheelock,   b. 22 Oct 1827, Trumbull, Ashtabula, Ohio ,   d. 8 Oct 1912, Ionia County, Michigan
  4. Sarah Almira Wheelock,   b. 18 Apr 1829, Trumbull, Ashtabula, Ohio ,   d. 11 May 1899, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
  5. Maryette Eliza Wheelock,   b. 14 May 1831, Ohio ,   d. 20 Feb 1878, North Plains, Ionia, Michigan
  6. Lafayette Wheelock,   b. 14 May 1831, Trumbull, Ashtabula, Ohio ,   d. Feb 1832, Trumbull, Ashtabula, Ohio
  7. Susan Wheelock,   b. Abt 1834, Avon, Lorain, Ohio
  8. Rozilla Cordelia Wheelock,   b. 10 Apr 1835, Pennsylvania ,   d. Apr 1923, Britton, Marshall, South Dakota
  9. Martha Melissa Ann Wheelock,   b. 5 Oct 1837, Ohio ,   d. Jun 1843
  10. Celestia Delila Wheelock,   b. 17 Apr 1843,   d. 1 Mar 1873
  Person ID	I15046	Nagel
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Alden Wheelock,   b. 13 Nov 1795, Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire ,   d. 8 Jul 1844  (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elsie Morey,   b. 5 Apr 1800,   d. 11 Jun 1854  (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F5114	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Porter C Freeman,   b. 4 Feb 1839, New York ,   d. 30 May 1913, Springfield, Greene, Missouri  (Age 74 years)
  Married	18 May 1873	Ionia County, Michigan
  Children	1. Frank Wheelock Freeman,   b. 10 Oct 1875, Middleville, Barry, Michigan ,   d. 26 Jun 1889, Missouri  (Age 13 years)  [Birth]   2. Frederick Orville Freeman,   b. 1879  [Birth]
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2014
  Family ID	F5383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Oct 1833 - Avon, Lorain, Ohio Married - 18 May 1873 - Ionia County, Michigan Died - 7 Jun 1900 - Quincy, Adams, Illinois Buried - - Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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  Julia Susan Wheelock Julia Susan Wheelock

  
  

  Documents

  The boys in White The boys in White; The Experience Of A Hospital Agent In And Around Washington By Julia S. Wheelock. Lange & Hillman, New York, 1870.