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Dr. Fernandez "Cortes Holladay" Wheeler, M. D.
1849 - 1935 (86 years)
Set As Default Person 
1809 - 1876 (67 years)-
Name Fernandez "Cortes Holladay" Wheeler [1, 2] Prefix Dr. Suffix M. D. Nickname Cortes Holladay Birth 28 Aug 1849 Sparta Township,Dearborn,Indiana,United States 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Also Known As Cortes Fernandez Wheeler 
Residence1887 Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States [4] Occupation 1880-1935 Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States [5] Portland's First Health Officer Residence1935 Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States [5] Death 31 Oct 1935 Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States [3, 6] Cause: Coronary Oclusion Onset Obituary 1 Nov 1935 Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States [7] OREGONIAN DAILY JOURNAL - "Masonic funeral rites will be conducted for Dr. C.H. Wheeler, 86, Portland's first city physician, by Portland Lodge No. 55 AF and AM in the W C Kenworthy chapel at 2 pm Saturday. Dr. Wheeler died at his home, 6123 SE 18th Avenue Thursday night.... In 1852 he came to the Oregon territory with his family crossing the plains in a covered wagon. After attending the schools in this vicinity he returned to the Moores Hill College in Indiana. He received his doctor of medicine degree from Ohio Medical College in 1875. Having found the West to his liking the young doctor returned, hanging out his shingle in San Francisco...."
Obituary 1 Nov 1935 Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States [7] The Morning Oregonian - Obituary - DR. C. H. WHEELER DIES AT HIS HOME
City's First Health Officer Had Notable Career
Dr. C.H. Wheeler, 86, original health officer of the city of Portland - until his appointment - the chief of police acted in that capacity - died last night at his residence, 6123 SE 18th avenue. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the Walter C. Kenworthy & Co. mortuary. Interment will be in Riverview cemetery.
Dr. Wheeler, who retired from active practice only a year ago, had a widely varied and colorful career. He was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, August 28, 1849, and with his parents crossed the plains in a covered wagon to the Oregon territory in 1852.
He attended district schools in this vicinity then returned to Indiana for his major schooling, studying at Moores Hill college in the Hoosier state. He completed his medical training under Dr. George Sutton of the Ohio Medical college, graduating in 1875.
Office Opened Here in 1880
He opened offices then in San Francisco, and shortly embarked northward on a sailing vessel, entering the marine hospital at Port Townsend, Wash. From there he went to sea as a physician aboard a Pacific mail boat, tarrying for a time in private practice on St. Paul's island in Alaska.
San Francisco saw the young physician again in 1878, and in 1880 he came to Portland, where he entered the general practice of medicine, in which he remained engaged until his retirement.
The doctor was instrumental in creating the post of city health officer, which he filled for many years under various municipal administrations.
In 1912 he married Agnes A. Ritter of Portland. She survives.
He was on the staff of St. Vincent's hospital, and a member of the Arlington club and a number of fraternal organizations.
Burial 2 Nov 1935 Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States [5] Headstones 
Submit Headstone Photo Notes - LOCKLEY HISTORY OF COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY FROM THE DALLES TO THE SEA, R979 L81.2, page 924 in Portland, Oregon Library:
"C.H. Wheeler, M.D., One of Portland's oldest and most highly respected physicians is Dr. C.H. Wheeler who has been engaged in professional work for 53 years of which 48 have been in Portland.... Dr. Wheeler was born on a farm in Dearborn County, Indiana in 1849 and is a son of Piercy and Anne (Holliday) Wheeler. His father was born in Tennessee in 1811 (1808?) and was reared there subsequently located in Indiana where he engaged in farming. In 1849 he crossed the plains with ox team and covered wagon and on the Pacific coast he spent 3 years in mining, returning east by way of the isthmus of Panama in 1852. He was married after moving to Indiana and to him and his wife were born 9 children.
Dr. Wheeler attended the district schools of his native state and was a student in Moores Hill College at Moores Hill, Indiana. He took up study of medicine under Dr. George Sutton at Aurora, Indiana and then entered the Ohio Medical College (now the medical department of the University of Cincinnati) from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1875. Immediately he went west to San Francisco and thence on a sailing vessel to Puget Sound, landing first at Port Ludlow and later going to Port Townsend where he entered the Marine Hospital conducted by Dr. Miner who afterwards moved to Seattle and was accidently drowned while on an outing trip. From there Dr. Wheeler went to sea serving as physician for 6 months on a Pacific mail ship, the Dakota, sailing between Puget Sound points Victoria and San Francisco. He then went to St. Paul's Island, Alaska and when ready to leave that place was compelled to wait 6 months in Alaska for a boat to take him out. He went to the Marine Hospital at San Francisco in which he served a year under Dr. Ellenwood and in 1878 entered upon the private practice.... In August 1880 he came to Portland where he has been engaged in general practice since. He is a member of the medical staff of St. Vincent's Hospital and served for several years as city physician which office he was chiefly instrumental in creating. He is a member of the Portland Academy of Medicine of which he is a past president and belongs to other medical societies. He is a Mason and was formerly a member of the Arlington Club. He married Agnes A. Ritter, born in Missouri, and educated in Washington High School and Reed College in Portland...." [5] - (Research):Fernandez appears as Fernandez C. Wheeler on the 1850 Dearborn Cty (Sparta), IN Census. Thereafter his names appears as C.H. Wheeler (Cortes Holladay). [2]
- (Medical):Diabetes since 1929
Person ID I14858 Rgstrong Family genes. | Descendants of Ebenezer Halladay, 1675-1779 Last Modified 17 Mar 2013
Father 
Piercy Wheeler, b. 4 May 1808, ,,Tennessee,United States d. 20 Jul 1875, Sparta Township,Dearborn,Indiana,United States (Age 67 years) Relationship natural Mother Jerusha Anna Holladay, b. 17 Jan 1809, ,,Vermont,United States d. 3 Nov 1876, Sparta Township,Dearborn,Indiana,United States (Age 67 years) Relationship natural Marriage 4 Oct 1832 ,Dearborn,Indiana,United States Family ID F5171 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Agnes A. Ritter, b. Abt 1851, ,,Missouri,United States d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1912 Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States [3, 8] Documents 
WHEELER, Dr. C. H., Obituary, Oct., 1935
Obituary of Dr. C. H. Wheeler, 8-28-1849 to 10-31-1935. Died in Portland, ORFamily ID F5164 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Mar 2013
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Birth - 28 Aug 1849 - Sparta Township,Dearborn,Indiana,United States 
Residence - NW 1st and Ash - 1887 - Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States Marriage - 1912 - Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States Occupation - Portland's First Health Officer - 1880-1935 - Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States Residence - 6123 SE 18th Avenue - 1935 - Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States Death - Cause: Coronary Oclusion Onset - 31 Oct 1935 - Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States Obituary - OREGONIAN DAILY JOURNAL - 1 Nov 1935 - Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States Obituary - The Morning Oregonian - 1 Nov 1935 - Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States Burial - 2 Nov 1935 - Portland,Multnomah,Oregon,United States = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
Documents WHEELER, Dr. C. H., Obituary, Oct., 1935
Obituary of Dr. C. H. Wheeler, 8-28-1849 to 10-31-1935. Died in Portland, OR
Sources - [S267] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births [database online], (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001.), 22 Dec 2004, Wheeler, Fernandez Cortes entry downloaded 22 Dec 2004 (Reliability: 2).
Name: Wheeler, Femandez Cortes
Father: Wheeler , Piercy
Mother: Holliday , Jerusha Anna
Birth Date: 28 August 1849
City: Sparta
County: Dear
State: IN
Country: USA - [S860] Arlene G. Gregoire, "Descendants of Jediah Halladay"; descendant report to Russell G. Strong, [STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Peoria, AZ, 5 Nov 2002; word rtf document held by Russell G. Strong, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Vicksburg, MI., 16 Aug 2006, p. 4, Generation 2, 3. Jerusha Anna Holladay, AAN0003. (Reliability: 3).
Descendants of Jediah Halladay
Generation No. 2
...
3. Jerusha Anna4 Holladay (Jediah3 Halladay, Azariah2, James1 Holladay) was born January 26, 1811 in Vermont6, and died November 03, 1876 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana. She married Piercy Wheeler October 04, 1832 in Dearborn County, IN7, son of Samuel Wheeler and Margaret. He was born May 04, 1808 in Tennessee, and died July 20, 1875 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana.
...
Children of Jerusha Holladay and Piercy Wheeler are:
+ 21 i. James5 Wheeler, born February 23, 1835 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died March 14, 1862 in Cumberland, Maryland.
22 ii. William Wheeler, born December 05, 1836 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died January 29, 1864 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana11.
More About William Wheeler:
Burial: Unknown, Union Cemetery, Dearborn Cty, Indiana
Military service: Civil War, wounded and died one month later
+ 23 iii. Charles W. Wheeler, born 1840 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died November 16, 1884 in El Dorado Springs, Cedar, Missouri.
+ 24 iv. Henry Clay Wheeler, born June 08, 1841 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died Unknown.
+ 25 v. Sarah Anna Wheeler, born March 11, 1843 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died February 07, 1925.
+ 26 vi. John W. Wheeler, born September 07, 1844 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died Unknown.
+ 27 vii. Piercy Wheeler, born October 07, 1847 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died October 22, 1896 in Osceola, St. Clair, MO.
28 viii. Fernandez Cortez Wheeler, born August 28, 1849 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana12; died October 31, 1935 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon13. He married Agnes A. Ritter 1912 in Portland, OR14; born Abt. 1851; died Unknown.
Notes for Fernandez Cortez Wheeler:
Fernandez appears as Fernandez C. Wheeler on the 1850 Dearborn Cty (Sparta), IN Census. Thereafter his names appears as C.H. Wheeler (Cortes Holladay).
... - [S105] Gary JULIAN, E-mail from brownjulian@worldnet.att.net, Subj: Fw: HALLADAY; Date: 08/30/2000 4:44:25 AM US Mountain Standard Time (Reliability: 3).
- [S860] Arlene G. Gregoire, "Descendants of Jediah Halladay"; descendant report to Russell G. Strong, [STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Peoria, AZ, 5 Nov 2002; word rtf document held by Russell G. Strong, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Vicksburg, MI., 16 Aug 2006, p. 4-5 and 25, Generation 2, 3. Jerusha Anna Holladay, AAN0003. (Reliability: 3).
Descendants of Jediah Halladay
Generation No. 2
...
3. Jerusha Anna4 Holladay (Jediah3 Halladay, Azariah2, James1 Holladay) was born January 26, 1811 in Vermont6, and died November 03, 1876 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana. She married Piercy Wheeler October 04, 1832 in Dearborn County, IN7, son of Samuel Wheeler and Margaret. He was born May 04, 1808 in Tennessee, and died July 20, 1875 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana.
...
Children of Jerusha Holladay and Piercy Wheeler are:
+ 21 i. James5 Wheeler, born February 23, 1835 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died March 14, 1862 in Cumberland, Maryland.
22 ii. William Wheeler, born December 05, 1836 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died January 29, 1864 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana11.
More About William Wheeler:
Burial: Unknown, Union Cemetery, Dearborn Cty, Indiana
Military service: Civil War, wounded and died one month later
+ 23 iii. Charles W. Wheeler, born 1840 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died November 16, 1884 in El Dorado Springs, Cedar, Missouri.
+ 24 iv. Henry Clay Wheeler, born June 08, 1841 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died Unknown.
+ 25 v. Sarah Anna Wheeler, born March 11, 1843 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died February 07, 1925.
+ 26 vi. John W. Wheeler, born September 07, 1844 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died Unknown.
+ 27 vii. Piercy Wheeler, born October 07, 1847 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died October 22, 1896 in Osceola, St. Clair, MO.
28 viii. Fernandez Cortez Wheeler, born August 28, 1849 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana12; died October 31, 1935 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon13. He married Agnes A. Ritter 1912 in Portland, OR14; born Abt. 1851; died Unknown.
Notes for Fernandez Cortez Wheeler:
Fernandez appears as Fernandez C. Wheeler on the 1850 Dearborn Cty (Sparta), IN Census. Thereafter his names appears as C.H. Wheeler (Cortes Holladay).
The Morning Oregonian, Friday, November 1, 1935
Obituary - DR. C. H. WHEELER DIES AT HIS HOME
City's First Health Officer Had Notable Career
Dr. C.H. Wheeler, 86, original health officer of the city of Portland - until his appointment - the chief of police acted in that capacity - died last night at his residence, 6123 SE 18th avenue. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the Walter C. Kenworthy & Co. mortuary. Interment will be in Riverview cemetery.
Dr. Wheeler, who retired from active practice only a year ago, had a widely varied and colorful career. He was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, August 28, 1849, and with his parents crossed the plains in a covered wagon to the Oregon territory in 1852.
He attended district schools in this vicinity then returned to Indiana for his major schooling, studying at Moores Hill college in the Hoosier state. He completed his medical training under Dr. George Sutton of the Ohio Medical college, graduating in 1875.
Office Opened Here in 1880
He opened offices then in San Francisco, and shortly embarked northward on a sailing vessel, entering the marine hospital at Port Townsend, Wash. From there he went to sea as a physician aboard a Pacific mail boat, tarrying for a time in private practice on St. Paul's island in Alaska.
San Francisco saw the young physician again in 1878, and in 1880 he came to Portland, where he entered the general practice of medicine, in which he remained engaged until his retirement.
The doctor was instrumental in creating the post of city health officer, which he filled for many years under various municipal administrations.
In 1912 he married Agnes A. Ritter of Portland. She survives.
He was on the staff of St. Vincent's hospital, and a member of the Arlington club and a number of fraternal organizations.
LOCKLEY HISTORY OF COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY FROM THE DALLES TO THE SEA, R979 L81.2, page 924 in Portland, Oregon Library:
"C.H. Wheeler, M.D., One of Portland's oldest and most highly respected physicians is Dr. C.H. Wheeler who has been engaged in professional work for 53 years of which 48 have been in Portland.... Dr. Wheeler was born on a farm in Dearborn County, Indiana in 1849 and is a son of Piercy and Anne (Holliday) Wheeler. His father was born in Tennessee in 1811 (1808?) and was reared there subsequently located in Indiana where he engaged in farming. In 1849 he crossed the plains with ox team and covered wagon and on the Pacific coast he spent 3 years in mining, returning east by way of the isthmus of Panama in 1852. He was married after moving to Indiana and to him and his wife were born 9 children.
Dr. Wheeler attended the district schools of his native state and was a student in Moores Hill College at Moores Hill, Indiana. He took up study of medicine under Dr. George Sutton at Aurora, Indiana and then entered the Ohio Medical College (now the medical department of the University of Cincinnati) from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1875. Immediately he went west to San Francisco and thence on a sailing vessel to Puget Sound, landing first at Port Ludlow and later going to Port Townsend where he entered the Marine Hospital conducted by Dr. Miner who afterwards moved to Seattle and was accidently drowned while on an outing trip. From there Dr. Wheeler went to sea serving as physician for 6 months on a Pacific mail ship, the Dakota, sailing between Puget Sound points Victoria and San Francisco. He then went to St. Paul's Island, Alaska and when ready to leave that place was compelled to wait 6 months in Alaska for a boat to take him out. He went to the Marine Hospital at San Francisco in which he served a year under Dr. Ellenwood and in 1878 entered upon the private practice.... In August 1880 he came to Portland where he has been engaged in general practice since. He is a member of the medical staff of St. Vincent's Hospital and served for several years as city physician which office he was chiefly instrumental in creating. He is a member of the Portland Academy of Medicine of which he is a past president and belongs to other medical societies. He is a Mason and was formerly a member of the Arlington Club. He married Agnes A. Ritter, born in Missouri, and educated in Washington High School and Reed College in Portland...."
OBITUARY in the OREGONIAN DAILY JOURNAL, November 1, 1935:
"Masonic funeral rites will be conducted for Dr. C.H. Wheeler, 86, Portland's first city physician, by Portland Lodge No. 55 AF and AM in the W C Kenworthy chapel at 2 pm Saturday. Dr. Wheeler died at his home, 6123 SE 18th Avenue Thursday night.... In 1852 he came to the Oregon territory with his family crossing the plains in a covered wagon. After attending the schools in this vicinity he returned to the Moores Hill College in Indiana. He received his doctor of medicine degree from Ohio Medical College in 1875. Having found the West to his liking the young doctor returned, hanging out his shingle in San Francisco...."
More About Fernandez Cortez Wheeler:
Burial: November 02, 1935, Riverview Cemetery (Portland, OR)
Cause of Death: Coronary Oclusion Onset
Education: Moores Hill College, IN
Medical Information: Diabetes since 1929
Mortuary: Walter C. Kenworthy & Co. Mortuary
Occupation: Physician, Portland's First Health Officer
Residence: 1887, NW 1st and Ash, Portland, OR15
More About Fernandez Wheeler and Agnes Ritter:
Marriage: 1912, Portland, OR16
...
15. Portland City Directory. - [S860] Arlene G. Gregoire, "Descendants of Jediah Halladay"; descendant report to Russell G. Strong, [STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Peoria, AZ, 5 Nov 2002; word rtf document held by Russell G. Strong, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Vicksburg, MI., 16 Aug 2006, p. 4-5, Generation 2, 3. Jerusha Anna Holladay, AAN0003. (Reliability: 3).
Descendants of Jediah Halladay
Generation No. 2
...
3. Jerusha Anna4 Holladay (Jediah3 Halladay, Azariah2, James1 Holladay) was born January 26, 1811 in Vermont6, and died November 03, 1876 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana. She married Piercy Wheeler October 04, 1832 in Dearborn County, IN7, son of Samuel Wheeler and Margaret. He was born May 04, 1808 in Tennessee, and died July 20, 1875 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana.
...
Children of Jerusha Holladay and Piercy Wheeler are:
+ 21 i. James5 Wheeler, born February 23, 1835 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died March 14, 1862 in Cumberland, Maryland.
22 ii. William Wheeler, born December 05, 1836 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died January 29, 1864 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana11.
More About William Wheeler:
Burial: Unknown, Union Cemetery, Dearborn Cty, Indiana
Military service: Civil War, wounded and died one month later
+ 23 iii. Charles W. Wheeler, born 1840 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died November 16, 1884 in El Dorado Springs, Cedar, Missouri.
+ 24 iv. Henry Clay Wheeler, born June 08, 1841 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died Unknown.
+ 25 v. Sarah Anna Wheeler, born March 11, 1843 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died February 07, 1925.
+ 26 vi. John W. Wheeler, born September 07, 1844 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died Unknown.
+ 27 vii. Piercy Wheeler, born October 07, 1847 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died October 22, 1896 in Osceola, St. Clair, MO.
28 viii. Fernandez Cortez Wheeler, born August 28, 1849 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana12; died October 31, 1935 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon13. He married Agnes A. Ritter 1912 in Portland, OR14; born Abt. 1851; died Unknown.
Notes for Fernandez Cortez Wheeler:
Fernandez appears as Fernandez C. Wheeler on the 1850 Dearborn Cty (Sparta), IN Census. Thereafter his names appears as C.H. Wheeler (Cortes Holladay).
The Morning Oregonian, Friday, November 1, 1935
Obituary - DR. C. H. WHEELER DIES AT HIS HOME
City's First Health Officer Had Notable Career
Dr. C.H. Wheeler, 86, original health officer of the city of Portland - until his appointment - the chief of police acted in that capacity - died last night at his residence, 6123 SE 18th avenue. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the Walter C. Kenworthy & Co. mortuary. Interment will be in Riverview cemetery.
Dr. Wheeler, who retired from active practice only a year ago, had a widely varied and colorful career. He was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, August 28, 1849, and with his parents crossed the plains in a covered wagon to the Oregon territory in 1852.
He attended district schools in this vicinity then returned to Indiana for his major schooling, studying at Moores Hill college in the Hoosier state. He completed his medical training under Dr. George Sutton of the Ohio Medical college, graduating in 1875.
Office Opened Here in 1880
He opened offices then in San Francisco, and shortly embarked northward on a sailing vessel, entering the marine hospital at Port Townsend, Wash. From there he went to sea as a physician aboard a Pacific mail boat, tarrying for a time in private practice on St. Paul's island in Alaska.
San Francisco saw the young physician again in 1878, and in 1880 he came to Portland, where he entered the general practice of medicine, in which he remained engaged until his retirement.
The doctor was instrumental in creating the post of city health officer, which he filled for many years under various municipal administrations.
In 1912 he married Agnes A. Ritter of Portland. She survives.
He was on the staff of St. Vincent's hospital, and a member of the Arlington club and a number of fraternal organizations.
LOCKLEY HISTORY OF COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY FROM THE DALLES TO THE SEA, R979 L81.2, page 924 in Portland, Oregon Library:
"C.H. Wheeler, M.D., One of Portland's oldest and most highly respected physicians is Dr. C.H. Wheeler who has been engaged in professional work for 53 years of which 48 have been in Portland.... Dr. Wheeler was born on a farm in Dearborn County, Indiana in 1849 and is a son of Piercy and Anne (Holliday) Wheeler. His father was born in Tennessee in 1811 (1808?) and was reared there subsequently located in Indiana where he engaged in farming. In 1849 he crossed the plains with ox team and covered wagon and on the Pacific coast he spent 3 years in mining, returning east by way of the isthmus of Panama in 1852. He was married after moving to Indiana and to him and his wife were born 9 children.
Dr. Wheeler attended the district schools of his native state and was a student in Moores Hill College at Moores Hill, Indiana. He took up study of medicine under Dr. George Sutton at Aurora, Indiana and then entered the Ohio Medical College (now the medical department of the University of Cincinnati) from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1875. Immediately he went west to San Francisco and thence on a sailing vessel to Puget Sound, landing first at Port Ludlow and later going to Port Townsend where he entered the Marine Hospital conducted by Dr. Miner who afterwards moved to Seattle and was accidently drowned while on an outing trip. From there Dr. Wheeler went to sea serving as physician for 6 months on a Pacific mail ship, the Dakota, sailing between Puget Sound points Victoria and San Francisco. He then went to St. Paul's Island, Alaska and when ready to leave that place was compelled to wait 6 months in Alaska for a boat to take him out. He went to the Marine Hospital at San Francisco in which he served a year under Dr. Ellenwood and in 1878 entered upon the private practice.... In August 1880 he came to Portland where he has been engaged in general practice since. He is a member of the medical staff of St. Vincent's Hospital and served for several years as city physician which office he was chiefly instrumental in creating. He is a member of the Portland Academy of Medicine of which he is a past president and belongs to other medical societies. He is a Mason and was formerly a member of the Arlington Club. He married Agnes A. Ritter, born in Missouri, and educated in Washington High School and Reed College in Portland...."
OBITUARY in the OREGONIAN DAILY JOURNAL, November 1, 1935:
"Masonic funeral rites will be conducted for Dr. C.H. Wheeler, 86, Portland's first city physician, by Portland Lodge No. 55 AF and AM in the W C Kenworthy chapel at 2 pm Saturday. Dr. Wheeler died at his home, 6123 SE 18th Avenue Thursday night.... In 1852 he came to the Oregon territory with his family crossing the plains in a covered wagon. After attending the schools in this vicinity he returned to the Moores Hill College in Indiana. He received his doctor of medicine degree from Ohio Medical College in 1875. Having found the West to his liking the young doctor returned, hanging out his shingle in San Francisco...."
More About Fernandez Cortez Wheeler:
Burial: November 02, 1935, Riverview Cemetery (Portland, OR)
Cause of Death: Coronary Oclusion Onset
Education: Moores Hill College, IN
Medical Information: Diabetes since 1929
Mortuary: Walter C. Kenworthy & Co. Mortuary
Occupation: Physician, Portland's First Health Officer
Residence: 1887, NW 1st and Ash, Portland, OR15
More About Fernandez Wheeler and Agnes Ritter:
Marriage: 1912, Portland, OR16
... - [S93] Edmund West, Compiler, Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database online], (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.), 22 Dec 2004, Fernandez Cortes Wheeler entry downloaded 22 Dec 2004 (Reliability: 2).
Name: Femandez Cortes Wheeler
Spouse: Agnes A Ritter
Parents: Piercy Wheeler , Jerusha Anna Holliday
Birth Place: Dear, Sparta Twp, IN
Birth Date: 28 August 1849
Marriage Place: Portland, OR
Marriage Date: 1912
Death Place: Portland, Multnomah, OR
Death Date: 31 October 1935 - [S860] Arlene G. Gregoire, "Descendants of Jediah Halladay"; descendant report to Russell G. Strong, [STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Peoria, AZ, 5 Nov 2002; word rtf document held by Russell G. Strong, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Vicksburg, MI., 16 Aug 2006, p. 5, Generation 2, 3. Jerusha Anna Holladay, AAN0003. (Reliability: 3).
Descendants of Jediah Halladay
Generation No. 2
...
3. Jerusha Anna4 Holladay (Jediah3 Halladay, Azariah2, James1 Holladay) was born January 26, 1811 in Vermont6, and died November 03, 1876 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana. She married Piercy Wheeler October 04, 1832 in Dearborn County, IN7, son of Samuel Wheeler and Margaret. He was born May 04, 1808 in Tennessee, and died July 20, 1875 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana.
...
Children of Jerusha Holladay and Piercy Wheeler are:
+ 21 i. James5 Wheeler, born February 23, 1835 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died March 14, 1862 in Cumberland, Maryland.
22 ii. William Wheeler, born December 05, 1836 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died January 29, 1864 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana11.
More About William Wheeler:
Burial: Unknown, Union Cemetery, Dearborn Cty, Indiana
Military service: Civil War, wounded and died one month later
+ 23 iii. Charles W. Wheeler, born 1840 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died November 16, 1884 in El Dorado Springs, Cedar, Missouri.
+ 24 iv. Henry Clay Wheeler, born June 08, 1841 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died Unknown.
+ 25 v. Sarah Anna Wheeler, born March 11, 1843 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died February 07, 1925.
+ 26 vi. John W. Wheeler, born September 07, 1844 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died Unknown.
+ 27 vii. Piercy Wheeler, born October 07, 1847 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died October 22, 1896 in Osceola, St. Clair, MO.
28 viii. Fernandez Cortez Wheeler, born August 28, 1849 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana12; died October 31, 1935 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon13. He married Agnes A. Ritter 1912 in Portland, OR14; born Abt. 1851; died Unknown.
Notes for Fernandez Cortez Wheeler:
Fernandez appears as Fernandez C. Wheeler on the 1850 Dearborn Cty (Sparta), IN Census. Thereafter his names appears as C.H. Wheeler (Cortes Holladay).
The Morning Oregonian, Friday, November 1, 1935
Obituary - DR. C. H. WHEELER DIES AT HIS HOME
City's First Health Officer Had Notable Career
Dr. C.H. Wheeler, 86, original health officer of the city of Portland - until his appointment - the chief of police acted in that capacity - died last night at his residence, 6123 SE 18th avenue. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the Walter C. Kenworthy & Co. mortuary. Interment will be in Riverview cemetery.
Dr. Wheeler, who retired from active practice only a year ago, had a widely varied and colorful career. He was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, August 28, 1849, and with his parents crossed the plains in a covered wagon to the Oregon territory in 1852.
He attended district schools in this vicinity then returned to Indiana for his major schooling, studying at Moores Hill college in the Hoosier state. He completed his medical training under Dr. George Sutton of the Ohio Medical college, graduating in 1875.
Office Opened Here in 1880
He opened offices then in San Francisco, and shortly embarked northward on a sailing vessel, entering the marine hospital at Port Townsend, Wash. From there he went to sea as a physician aboard a Pacific mail boat, tarrying for a time in private practice on St. Paul's island in Alaska.
San Francisco saw the young physician again in 1878, and in 1880 he came to Portland, where he entered the general practice of medicine, in which he remained engaged until his retirement.
The doctor was instrumental in creating the post of city health officer, which he filled for many years under various municipal administrations.
In 1912 he married Agnes A. Ritter of Portland. She survives.
He was on the staff of St. Vincent's hospital, and a member of the Arlington club and a number of fraternal organizations.
LOCKLEY HISTORY OF COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY FROM THE DALLES TO THE SEA, R979 L81.2, page 924 in Portland, Oregon Library:
"C.H. Wheeler, M.D., One of Portland's oldest and most highly respected physicians is Dr. C.H. Wheeler who has been engaged in professional work for 53 years of which 48 have been in Portland.... Dr. Wheeler was born on a farm in Dearborn County, Indiana in 1849 and is a son of Piercy and Anne (Holliday) Wheeler. His father was born in Tennessee in 1811 (1808?) and was reared there subsequently located in Indiana where he engaged in farming. In 1849 he crossed the plains with ox team and covered wagon and on the Pacific coast he spent 3 years in mining, returning east by way of the isthmus of Panama in 1852. He was married after moving to Indiana and to him and his wife were born 9 children.
Dr. Wheeler attended the district schools of his native state and was a student in Moores Hill College at Moores Hill, Indiana. He took up study of medicine under Dr. George Sutton at Aurora, Indiana and then entered the Ohio Medical College (now the medical department of the University of Cincinnati) from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1875. Immediately he went west to San Francisco and thence on a sailing vessel to Puget Sound, landing first at Port Ludlow and later going to Port Townsend where he entered the Marine Hospital conducted by Dr. Miner who afterwards moved to Seattle and was accidently drowned while on an outing trip. From there Dr. Wheeler went to sea serving as physician for 6 months on a Pacific mail ship, the Dakota, sailing between Puget Sound points Victoria and San Francisco. He then went to St. Paul's Island, Alaska and when ready to leave that place was compelled to wait 6 months in Alaska for a boat to take him out. He went to the Marine Hospital at San Francisco in which he served a year under Dr. Ellenwood and in 1878 entered upon the private practice.... In August 1880 he came to Portland where he has been engaged in general practice since. He is a member of the medical staff of St. Vincent's Hospital and served for several years as city physician which office he was chiefly instrumental in creating. He is a member of the Portland Academy of Medicine of which he is a past president and belongs to other medical societies. He is a Mason and was formerly a member of the Arlington Club. He married Agnes A. Ritter, born in Missouri, and educated in Washington High School and Reed College in Portland...."
OBITUARY in the OREGONIAN DAILY JOURNAL, November 1, 1935:
"Masonic funeral rites will be conducted for Dr. C.H. Wheeler, 86, Portland's first city physician, by Portland Lodge No. 55 AF and AM in the W C Kenworthy chapel at 2 pm Saturday. Dr. Wheeler died at his home, 6123 SE 18th Avenue Thursday night.... In 1852 he came to the Oregon territory with his family crossing the plains in a covered wagon. After attending the schools in this vicinity he returned to the Moores Hill College in Indiana. He received his doctor of medicine degree from Ohio Medical College in 1875. Having found the West to his liking the young doctor returned, hanging out his shingle in San Francisco...."
More About Fernandez Cortez Wheeler:
Burial: November 02, 1935, Riverview Cemetery (Portland, OR)
Cause of Death: Coronary Oclusion Onset
Education: Moores Hill College, IN
Medical Information: Diabetes since 1929
Mortuary: Walter C. Kenworthy & Co. Mortuary
Occupation: Physician, Portland's First Health Officer
Residence: 1887, NW 1st and Ash, Portland, OR15
More About Fernandez Wheeler and Agnes Ritter:
Marriage: 1912, Portland, OR16
... - [S860] Arlene G. Gregoire, "Descendants of Jediah Halladay"; descendant report to Russell G. Strong, [STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Peoria, AZ, 5 Nov 2002; word rtf document held by Russell G. Strong, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Vicksburg, MI., 16 Aug 2006, p. 4-5 and 25, Generation 2, 3. Jerusha Anna Holladay, AAN0003. (Reliability: 3).
Descendants of Jediah Halladay
Generation No. 2
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3. Jerusha Anna4 Holladay (Jediah3 Halladay, Azariah2, James1 Holladay) was born January 26, 1811 in Vermont6, and died November 03, 1876 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana. She married Piercy Wheeler October 04, 1832 in Dearborn County, IN7, son of Samuel Wheeler and Margaret. He was born May 04, 1808 in Tennessee, and died July 20, 1875 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana.
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Children of Jerusha Holladay and Piercy Wheeler are:
+ 21 i. James5 Wheeler, born February 23, 1835 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died March 14, 1862 in Cumberland, Maryland.
22 ii. William Wheeler, born December 05, 1836 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died January 29, 1864 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana11.
More About William Wheeler:
Burial: Unknown, Union Cemetery, Dearborn Cty, Indiana
Military service: Civil War, wounded and died one month later
+ 23 iii. Charles W. Wheeler, born 1840 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died November 16, 1884 in El Dorado Springs, Cedar, Missouri.
+ 24 iv. Henry Clay Wheeler, born June 08, 1841 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died Unknown.
+ 25 v. Sarah Anna Wheeler, born March 11, 1843 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died February 07, 1925.
+ 26 vi. John W. Wheeler, born September 07, 1844 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died Unknown.
+ 27 vii. Piercy Wheeler, born October 07, 1847 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana; died October 22, 1896 in Osceola, St. Clair, MO.
28 viii. Fernandez Cortez Wheeler, born August 28, 1849 in Sparta, Dearborn County, Indiana12; died October 31, 1935 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon13. He married Agnes A. Ritter 1912 in Portland, OR14; born Abt. 1851; died Unknown.
Notes for Fernandez Cortez Wheeler:
Fernandez appears as Fernandez C. Wheeler on the 1850 Dearborn Cty (Sparta), IN Census. Thereafter his names appears as C.H. Wheeler (Cortes Holladay).
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14. The Morning Oregonian (Portland), Friday, November 1, 1935.
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