Colonel Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member txoilgas
N 30° 15.908 W 097° 43.633
14R E 622434 N 3348849
He entered the United States army and served first in the Ohio Militia and later as an ensign in the New York Twenty-first Infantry Regiment, seeing active duty during the War of 1812.
Waymark Code: WM7NQ6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member waypointazoid
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The headstone states

Colonel Eleazor Louis
Ripley Wheelock

Born 1793, in Hanover, New Hampshire
Grandson of the Founder of Dartmouth College
Served as an officer in
The War of 1812
The Black Hawk War
The War for Texas Independence
Married 1818 Mary P. Prichett in Illinois
Immigrated to Texas in 1833
Founder of the town of Wheelock
in Robertson's Colony
Captain of the Texas Rangers
Founder of the Texas University Company
Republic of Texas Indian Commissioner
Under President Anson Jones
Surveyor - Lawyer - Soldier - Patriot
Died 1847
Presented to the People of Texas
By his descendents in 1993
The Bicentennial
of his Birth.

Date Erected/Dedicated: 1993

Who put it there? Private/Government?: Private

Location/Address:
909 Navasota Street
Austin, Texas USA
78702

County/Province: Travis

Hours or Restrictions if Appropiate: From: 8:00 AM To: 5:00 PM

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