Wheeler Family
Dublin Core
Title
Wheeler Family
Alternative Title
Wheeler Family
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Description
The Wheeler Family at their home, located at 340 South Lake Jessup Avenue in Oviedo, Florida, in the 1930s. Photographed from left to right are matriarch Laura Agusta Barnett Lee (1851-1940), George Lee Wheeler, Robert James Lawton, and Lillian Della Lee Lawton (ca. 1883-1977). Laura Barnett migrated from Columbia County to Oviedo and married James Hiram Lee, Sr. (1844-1920) in 1867. The couple settled near Lake Charm in the Lake Jesup community (present-day Oviedo) in 1874. George married Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, a prominent citrus grower, celery cultivator, and politician. Lillian married Winborn Joseph Lawton, Sr. (b. 1881), who served as a trustee of the First Baptist Church of Oviedo, a secretary and treasurer for the church's Sunday school, an insurance agent, and a citrus grower. She was also a charter member and the former present of the Oviedo Woman's Club (OWC), the former president of the Women's Missionary Society, and a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church of Oviedo. Annie married Walter Pascal Carter (1879-1939).
Source
Original 5 x 3 inch black and white photographic print: Private Collection of Vicki Clonts.
Date Created
1942-02-15
Contributor
Clonts, Vicki
Bruce, Mimi
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 5 x 3 inch black and white photographic print.
Is Part Of
Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
application/pdf
Extent
153 KB
Medium
5 x 3 inch black and white photographic print
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Home of Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, Sr., Oviedo, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Vicki Clonts and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
Source Repository
Private Collection of Vicki Clonts
External Reference
"Laura Agusta Barnett Lee." Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31838770.
"Lifelong Resident, Mrs. Lawton Dies." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/5671.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 black and white photographic print
Physical Dimensions
5 x 3 inches
Collection
Citation
“Wheeler Family,” RICHES, accessed December 31, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6272.