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Sources consulted for the biography of:Maclin C. Wheeler ( –d. 1916)
Biographical Information
- United States Census Schedules, Brunswick Co. 1870 (age fifteen), 1880 (age twenty-five), 1900 (age forty-five, but no month or year of birth provided on the census form), 1910 (age fifty-five), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Brunswick County Certificate of Marriage, 1881 (with age twenty-seven on Dec. 29).
- Brunswick County Deed Books, 43:143–144, 44:418, 51:419–420.
- Personal Property Tax Returns, Brunswick Co., 1915, and Land Tax Returns, Brunswick County, 1916, both in Auditor of Public Accounts, Record Group 48, Library of Virginia.
- V. W. Rawlings v. M. C. Wheeler, etc., Brunswick County Chancery Cause, 1894–022, Library of Virginia.
- Death Certificate (with first name Mack and death at "about sixty-two" years of age), Brunswick County, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia.
- Biography with birth date of 1854 in Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 43.
Political Career
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, No. 65 (1883), State Government Records Collection, Record Group 13, Library of Virginia.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1883–1884 sess.), 34–35, 290, 482, 637.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1884 extra sess.), 266–267.
Newspapers
- Baltimore Sun, Aug. 31, 1883 (quotation).
- Alexandria Gazette, Feb. 18, 1884.
- Richmond Dispatch, Sept. 2, 1886.
- Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 8, 1903.
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