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     Sarah Burlingham was born about November 1841.¹ She died on 15 February 1844 in Comstock, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.¹ She was buried at West Comstock Cemetery in Comstock, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.¹

     Sarah S. Burlingham was born about April 1837.¹ She died on 18 September 1837 in Comstock, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.¹ She was buried at West Comstock Cemetery in Comstock, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.¹

     Susan Mutchler was born on 24 May 1836 in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio.^2,1,3 She married first (?) Robinson.¹ She was married second, by William B. Gray, Justice of the Peace, to Franklin H. Burlingham, son of Nathan Huntly Burlingham and Nancy Turner, on 12 June 1876 in Niles, Berrien Co., Michigan.¹ She died on 24 March 1916 in Picnic Point, Pierce Co., Washington, at age 79 from stomach cancer.² She was buried in Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington.²
     Shortly after their marriage she and her second husband Franklin moved to Iowa, where their daughter Gettie was born in July 1877.⁴ They are listed in Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa, in the 1880 census, along with Corie (age 20, born in Indiana) and Maud Robertson (18, Michigan), and Lizzie Rogers (36, Ohio). Lizzie is listed as Franklin's sister-in-law, and thus is probably Susan's sister. Corie and Maud are listed as daughters-in-law, but are probably actually Susan's daughters from her first marriage.⁵
     She and Franklin moved to Washington in 1887, where they lived the rest of their lives, except for a short period of time in San Francisco, California, in 1890.⁶ They are listed in the 1900 and 1910 censuses in Artondale Prec., Pierce Co., Washington.^3,7

     Gettie Madge Burlingham was born on 30 July 1876 (the 1900 census says July 1877) in Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa.^1,4 She married Byron Lincoln Aldrich, son of Byron L. Aldrich and Lillie B. Bodwell, on 21 November 1900 at the Trinity Parish Church in Seattle, King Co., Washington.⁵ She died on 17 September 1957 at the Rose City Nursing Home in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, from lung cancer.¹ She was interred at Riverview Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon.⁶
     She moved to Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington, with her parents in 1887 or 1888.^7,3 In 1900 she was living on her own in Tacoma and working as a music teacher.⁴ After their marriage she and her husband Byron lived in Tacoma^8,9 until 1926, when they moved to Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon.⁷
     Both she and Byron were musicians, and later photographers.^8,9,10,11 Together they owned a theater in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., Washington, that burned in 1903.¹² As musicians they accompanied several well-known performers, including singers Nellie Melba and Al Jolson, and actress Sarah Bernhardt.^13,7
     She was a member of the Pythian Sisters and Eastern Star.⁷

     Byron Lincoln Aldrich was born on 31 May 1876 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California.^2,4 He married Gettie Madge Burlingham, daughter of Franklin H. Burlingham and Susan Mutchler, on 21 November 1900 at the Trinity Parish Church in Seattle, King Co., Washington.¹ He died on 9 April 1954 at Good Samaritan Hospital (his obituary says at St. Vincent Hospital) in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, at age 77 from a heart attack.^3,5 He was interred at Riverview Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon.⁶
     After their marriage he and his wife Gettie lived in Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington,^7,8 until 1926, when they moved to Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon.⁹
     Both he and Gettie were musicians, and later photographers.^7,8,10,11 He also (before his marriage?) operated newspapers in Kelso, Cowlitz Co., Washington, and in Hoquiam, Grays Harbor Co., Washington.¹² He and his wife Gettie also owned a theater in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., Washington, that burned in 1903.¹²
     He began conducting his own orchestra in Tacoma at age 16, worked as a theater music director, and became concert master of the Tacoma Symphony.⁵ Both he and Gettie accompanied several well-known performers, including singers Nellie Melba and Al Jolson, and actress Sarah Bernhardt.^5,9
     He turned to photography after moving to Portland, specializing in color photography, and was owner of the B. L. Aldrich Photo Studio. Among his subjects were Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, and Coolidge, and William Jennings Bryant.^5,2,12
     He was a charter and life member of Tacoma Chapter 117 of the American Federation of Musicians, and a member of the Ivanhoe Lodge of the Knights of Pythias.⁵

     Charles E. Wheeler was born on 24 March 1887 in Prairieville, Barry Co., Michigan.^4,2 He was married first, by Thomas Leity, Clergyman, to Jessie Geneva Kershaw, daughter of James Kershaw and Emeline Chase, on 14 May 1910 in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan.¹ He was married second, by Joseph C. Cook, Clergyman, to Ida M. Johnson, daughter of Andrew Johnson and Christina Erickson, on 2 February 1921 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.⁵ He died on 21 May 1962 at age 75.⁶ He was buried at Hillside Cemetery in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan.⁷
     On 4 May 1910 he was enumerated in the census in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan, living as a boarder with the widow Emeline Kershaw and her daughter Jessie, who he would marry just ten days later.⁸ He and Jessie were again listed with her mother in Plainwell in the 1920 census, enumerated on 13 January 1920, three weeks before Jessie's death. Living with them was a 16-year-old servant, Mada Wager.⁹
     He and his second wife Ida are both listed in Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, in the 1930 census, but in separate households. He is listed in Kalamazoo Twp. with his sister Alice and her husband Edwin Johnson (Ida's brother), while she and their daughter Alice are listed in the city of Kalamazoo in the household of George C. Parsons, where she was working as a housekeeper.^10,11 He, Ida, and their daughter are listed together in the 1940 census, in Schoolcraft Twp., Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, along with a boarder, Alice Boardman.¹²
     He worked at various jobs throughout his life. He was listed as a farmer in his two marriage records, in 1910 and 1921, and in the 1940 census^1,3,12, as a railroad laborer in the 1910 census⁸, as a paper maker at the Michigan Paper Co. when he registered for the World War I draft in 1917⁴, and as a salesman in the 1920 and 1930 censuses.^13,14

     Lavinia Maud Wheeler was born on 4 July 1888 in Prairieville, Barry Co., Michigan.^5,1 She was married by Lynn B. Upson, Justice of the Peace, to George Roscoe Tuley, son of Thornton R. Tuley and Lillian Wright, on 15 January 1910 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.² She died on 9 June 1922 at the Kalamazoo State Hospital in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, at age 33 from chronic meningitis encephalitis, a little over seven months after her husband George died of the same disease.^3,6 She was buried on 11 June 1922 at Hillside Cemetery in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan.^7,3
     She and her husband George lived in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan. In 1910 her mother Almeda and sister Eunice were living with them.^8,9

     Burr Roy Wheeler was born on 24 September 1889 in Michigan.^3,4 He was married by John Fletcher, Minister, to Vesta I. Forshey, daughter of W. Forshey and Izora Casey, on 4 September 1915 in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan.⁵ He died on 7 August 1985 in Oshtemo Twp., Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, at age 95.⁶ He was buried at Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park South (Sect. B) in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.⁷
     He served in the U.S. Navy for four years², was listed as an ordinary seaman on the USS Des Moines in 1910⁸, and eventually reached the rank of petty officer.²
     He and his wife Vesta are listed in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, in the 1920 census⁹, in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan, in the 1930 census¹⁰, and in South Westnedge, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, in the 1940 census.¹¹
     He was an electrician, and owned his own business by 1930.^2,9,10,11

     Alice Estella Wheeler was born on 24 August 1893 in Gun Plain Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan.¹ She was married by Joseph C. Cook, Clergyman, to Edwin Carl Johnson, son of Andrew Johnson and Christina Erickson, on 9 January 1920 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.⁴ She died on 30 June 1982 at Herrick Memorial Hospital in Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., Michigan, at age 88.^5,6 She was buried on 3 July 1982 at Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park South in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.^7,6
     In 1930 she and her husband Edwin were living with their son Donald in a rented house in Kalamazoo Twp., Kalamazoo Co., Michigan. Living with them was Alice's brother Charles Wheeler, while Charles's wife (and Edwin's sister) Ida was living and working as a housekeeper with another family in Kalamazoo.^8,9 By 1935 she and Edwin had moved into their own house in the city of Kalamazoo, where they are listed in the 1940 census.¹⁰

     Eunice H. Wheeler was born on 15 December 1895 in Gun Plain Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan.¹ She was married by Joseph C. Cook, Minister, to Charles A. Haynes, son of Charles S. Haynes and Lydia C. Loomis, on 14 June 1919 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.² She died on 21 March 1974 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, at age 78.⁴ She was buried at Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park South (Sect. C) in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.⁵
     In 1920, shortly after their marriage, she and her husband Charles were living as roomers with Clarence Spillan's family in Vernon Twp., Shiawassee Co., Michigan.⁶ They were living in a rented house in Kalamazoo Twp., Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, in 1930⁷, and by 1935 had purchased their own house in Texas Twp., Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, where they are listed in the 1940 census.⁸

     Jessie Geneva Kershaw was born on 14 May 1876 in Prairieville Twp., Barry Co., Michigan.² She was married by Thomas Leity, Clergyman, to Charles E. Wheeler, son of William H. Wheeler and Laura Almeda Farnsworth, on 14 May 1910 in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan.¹ She died on 2 February 1920 in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan, at age 43 from rheumatoid arthritis.² She was buried on 4 February 1920 at Hillside Cemetery in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan.^2,3
     On 4 May 1910 she was enumerated in the census living with her mother in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan. Living with them as a boarder was Charles E. Wheeler, who she would marry just ten days later.⁴ When Charles registered for the World War I draft in 1917, she was described as an invalid.⁵ On 13 January 1920, three weeks before her death, she and Charles were again enumerated in Plainwell, living with her mother. Living with them was a 16-year-old servant, Mada Wager.⁶

     Ida M. Johnson was born on 17 October 1883 in Big Rapids, Mecosta Co., Michigan.² She was married by Joseph C. Cook, Clergyman, to Charles E. Wheeler, son of William H. Wheeler and Laura Almeda Farnsworth, on 2 February 1921 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.³ She died on 23 January 1969 at the Alamo Nursing Home in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, at age 85.² She was buried on 25 January 1969 at Hillside Cemetery in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan.²
     She and her husband Charles are both listed in Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, in the 1930 census, but in separate households. He is listed in Kalamazoo Twp. with his sister Alice and her husband Edwin Johnson (Ida's brother), while she and their daughter Alice are listed in the city of Kalamazoo in the household of George C. Parsons, where she was working as a housekeeper.^4,5 She, Charles, and their daughter are listed together in the 1940 census, in Schoolcraft Twp., Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, along with a boarder, Alice Boardman.⁶

     George Roscoe Tuley was born on 21 September 1889 in Indiana.² He was married by Lynn B. Upson, Justice of the Peace, to Lavinia Maud Wheeler, daughter of William H. Wheeler and Laura Almeda Farnsworth, on 15 January 1910 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.¹ He died on 26 October 1921 at the Kalamazoo State Hospital in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, at age 32 from chronic meningitis encephalitis.² He was buried on 30 October 1921 at Hillside Cemetery (Plot CC31/7) in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan.^3,2
     He and his wife Lavinia lived in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan. In 1910 Lavinia's mother Almeda and sister Eunice were living with them.^4,5