The house at 505 Summit Avenue was built in 1896 for George Freeman. Designed by Cass Gilbert in the Medieval Rectilinear style, it is constructed of stone and cost $20,000 to build. Cass Gilbert is one of the most celebrated Victorian era architects in the country and designed several homes along Summit Avenue. His national fame as an architect truly began after he won the contract to design the Minnesota state capitol building in Saint Paul and today much of his work survives in the Summit Hill and Crocus Hill neighborhoods.
George William Freeman was born on May 24th, 1845 in Huntingdonshire, England. He was the son of Joseph and Sarah Freeman and the fourth of seven children. On March 25th, 1853, Joseph and Sarah moved with six of their children to the U.S., and their eldest Sara stayed behind in England. Upon arriving in New York, the Freeman family made their way to Cleveland, Ohio where they lived for the next two years. On June 8th, 1855 they left Cleveland and arrived in Saint Paul seven days later.
George attended the public schools of Saint Paul. By 1860 he was living with his sister Susan, her husband Louis, their two children, and his sister Eliza in Saint Paul, while his parents were living in White Bear Lake. That same year he started work at a footwear company and worked there until 1868 when he left to become a traveling salesman for C. Gotzian and Co. a retail boot and shoe company. In 1867 George married Mary Isobel Dony and together they had seven children. In 1876 he became president of the Gotzian company. While the family was living on Bates Avenue in Saint Paul’s east side, Georges wife Marry died in 1891. That same year Gotzian and Co. had its best year in business.
By 1895 George Freeman had amassed a fortune in retail and real estate that even survived the nation’s great financial panic of 1893, and a year later he invested in a new home on Summit Avenue. He lived in his new home with his children and a few servants. By 1912 George had moved out of his home on Summit Avenue began renting houses in the Crocus Hill neighborhood of Saint Paul until his death in 1916. Several famous families lived in the Freeman family home at 505 Summit Avenue including Dr. Egil Boeckmann and his wife Rachel Hill, daughter of railroad magnate James J. Hill. Today the house is a private residence.
]]>The house at 485 Summit was built in 1907 for James and Minnesota “Minne” Macleod. The home is Tudor in style and was designed by James Macleod, who made a living as an architect. Built for a cost of $12,500, the brick and timber building has had many changes to the exterior over the years. In 1911 the architectural firm of “Reed and Stem” designed a two-story addition for the home, and in 1922 a sleeping porch and sunroom were added.
James Alan Macleod was born in Minneapolis on September 27th, 1870. He grew up in Minneapolis and was educated in the public school system. By the age of 17 he was working in an architect’s office where he began learning the trade. In 1891 he moved to Denver, Colorado where he entered his career as a full-time architect, and moved back to Minneapolis a year later to continue working as an independent architect. In 1894 James became a member of the firm of Macleod and Lamoreaux, and worked on many contracts in Minneapolis.
On January 16th, 1896, James Macleod married Minnesota Beatrice Shiffman. Minnesota was a daughter of the wealthy patent medicine manufacturer Rudolph Shiffman. Once James became an active architect in Saint Paul, he and his wife decided to invest in a home on Summit Avenue in 1907. The lot the chose to build upon was next door to Minnesota’s parents residence located at 495 Summit Avenue. The Macleods did not live on Summit Avenue for long, and sold it in 1910. James continued working as an architect, but died at the age of 41 in his apartment in Lowrey Hill, while his wife and children were living in Pasadena, California. Today the Macleod family home on Summit Avenue is a private residence.
]]>The mansion at 495 Summit Avenue was built in 1881 for Cyrus and Mary Thurston. Although the architect is unknown, it is likely that the house was designed by local architect Augustus F. Gauger. Gauger experimented early on with the Queen Anne style, and incorporated many of his signature touches into this house. Built for a cost of $18,000, the house was one of the most advanced houses architecturally, showing the “new” Queen Anne style which was sweeping the nation at the time. The exterior of the house is nearly all intact, but is missing its original porch and greenhouse which stood on the east side of the first floor.
Cyrus Brooks Thurston was born on January 21st, 1834, in Granville, Ohio. He married Mary Harrison on March 16th, 1858, in Columbus, Ohio, and by 1860 Cyrus was working as a farmer. By 1870 they were living in Saint Paul, and Cyrus was working as a traveling salesman. In the 1870’s Cyrus started “C.B. Thurston and Sons”, a company dealing in carriages and architectural implements, and went on to start a cold storage company near downtown Saint Paul. After making a fortune, Cyrus and Mary decided to invest in a home on Summit Avenue.
The Thurstons lived in their home on Summit Avenue until 1894, a year after the nation went through a great financial panic where many wealthy people lost their money and homes. They moved to 576 Lincoln Avenue, a house also designed by Augustus Gauger. Cyrus Thurston lived in Saint Paul until his death on February 27th, 1915. Mary lived in Saint Paul until her death on October 24th, 1921. Their family home on Summit Avenue is still a private residence today.
]]>The large brick house at 490 Summit Avenue was built in 1883 for Addison and Martha Foster. The home is overall Romanesque in style with Queen Anne influence, and was designed by architect Clarence Johnston. The large carriage house behind the mansion was built in 1882, and was used as a workshop to build Foster’s home and the Griggs residence next door at 476 Summit Avenue. Griggs and Foster were business partners in the lumber trade, and also close friends.
Addison Gardner Foster was born on January 28th, 1837, in Belchertown, Massachusetts. He married Martha “Mattie” Wetherbee in 1865, and by 1870 the couple was living in Minnesota, where Addison was working in the grain and real-estate business. They moved to Saint Paul in 1873, and Addison started work in the lumber trade, where he went on to contribute to forming the firm of Griggs and Foster. In 1888 the Fosters moved from their home on Summit Avenue in Saint Paul to Tacoma, Washington with their friends, the Griggs family.
Upon arriving in Tacoma, Addison Foster and Chauncey Griggs started the “Saint Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company”, with Chauncey as president and Addison as vice president. Addison went to other business ventures such as coal mining and railroad construction. On March 4th, 1899, he was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate out of Washington, and served until March 4th, 1905. After serving on the Senate he returned to the lumber business in Tacoma, and then retired in 1914. He lived in Tacoma Washington until his death on January 16th, 1917. The home the Fosters built on Summit Avenue in Saint Paul is now used as an event center.
]]>The large Victorian mansion located at 476 Summit Avenue was built in 1883 for Chauncey and Martha Griggs. Constructed for an estimated cost of $35,000, the house consists of twenty-four rooms. Designed by architect Clarence Johnston, the home is Romanesque in style, and is constructed of Bayfield brownstone. The carriage house behind the mansion was built in 1882 for a cost of $12,000, and was used as the workshop to build both Griggs’ house and the Foster residence next door.
Chauncey Wright Griggs was born on December 31st, 1832, in Connecticut. He married Martha Ann Gallup in April of 1859, and by 1860 the couple was living in Saint Paul, Minnesota. A year later on October 1st, 1861, Chauncey joined the Union army to serve in the Civil War. He was quickly promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, but resigned in 1863 due to personal illness. After the war he became a merchant, and went on to work in whole sale groceries, lumber, coal, and banking.
After amassing a fortune, Chauncey and Martha decided to invest in a home on Summit Avenue. They built they’re home next to Chauncey's business partner, Addison Foster's home, which was designed by the same architect and built the same year. The Griggs family only lived in the mansion until 1887, when they moved to Tacoma, Washington, where Chauncey worked in the lumber and transportation trade. Chauncey Griggs lived in Tacoma until his death on October 29th, 1910. He was survived by his wife Martha, and their five children.
The house at 476 Summit Avenue was heavily damaged in a fire in 1910 that gutted almost the entire building. It was then restored for a cost of $6,000, and updated by a New York interior decorating company. In 1939 it was donated to the St. Paul Arts and Science Center, by Roger B. Shepard. It was during their ownership where the front dormer was replaced by a skylight to bring more light into the painting studio. Today the house is a private residence.
]]>This large brick house was built in 1885 for John and Julia Robertson. Constructed for a cost of $10,000, the home was designed by Charles Mould in the Queen Anne style. Charles Mould designed many buildings in the city of Saint Paul, and even more in his partnership with Robert McNicol. The lost John Merriam Mansion on University Avenue, and the Joseph Forepaugh Mansion on Summit Avenue are a few of the firm of Mould and McNicol’s works.
]]>The house at 261 Summit was built in 1891 for H. W. Kinney. Constructed of limestone, the total cost of the house was around $14,000. It was designed by local architect Clarence Johnston and it is Neo-Gothic in style, with its arched window on the front peaked gable and its castellated bay. Records indicate that the Kinney family did not stay in the house for more than two years, and it was sold to James and Agnes Weed in 1893.
James Henry Weed was born on July 31st, 1845 in New York. He came to Saint Paul in the 1860’s, and worked as a fire insurance agent. Here he met Agnes J. Curtis and married her on June 24th, 1868. Together they had five children. By the 1880’s, James was a partner in the firm of “Weed and Lawrence”, an insurance company, with John J. Lawrence. In the 1890’s he formed the insurance and loan firm of “Weed and Parker Bros” with partners John J. and Percy W. Parker. James lived with his wife Agnes at 261 Summit Avenue, until she died on October 26th, 1926. James lived in the home until his death on January 24th, 1929. The family then sold the home to the Catholic Church and it became the Saint Albertus Hall of Sisters, but today is a private residence.
]]>The house at 365 Summit Avenue was built in 1892 for Martha Bass. Martha was the widow of Jacob W. Bass, an early pioneer in Saint Paul. She married Jacob in Iowa when she was about 16, and the couple came to Saint Paul in 1847. After Jacob died in 1889, she decided to invest in a house on Summit Avenue. Designed by James Knox Taylor, the home was originally Queen Anne in style, but with the addition of the Ionic portico in the early part of the 20th century, it now resembles more of a Neo Classic design. Martha lived in the house with her son Frank, his wife Lydia, and their children. They stayed in the house until 1903, when they exchanged houses with Chauncey and Mary Griggs, at 422 Laurel Avenue. Martha lived with her son’s family until her death on August 3rd, 1913.
]]>On the site where 421 Summit stands today, there stood a small frame house. It was purchased in 1882 by Joseph Wheelock, who the then hired architect Clarence Johnston to redesign it for him. The home was remodeled into a much larger dwelling for the cost of about $10,000. Joseph Albert Wheelock was president of the Pioneer Press, and was a business partner with Frederick Driscoll who built his home at 266 Summit Avenue in 1884. Joseph lived in his house at 421 Summit until his death on May 9th, 1906. The home was then demolished in 1912.
The present house at 421 Summit was built in 1912 for Edward and Lucinda Buxton. The home was designed in a mix of the Beaux Arts and Italian Renaissance styles by the Chicago-based architectural firm of “Marshall and Fox”, and cost around $22,500 to construct. Edward Timothy Buxton was born on April 20th, 1852 in Warsaw, New York. He worked for himself as a lumber baron, and on October, 2nd, 1885 he married Mary Elizabeth Chase in Chicago, Illinois. While living in Wisconsin in 1894, Mary died, and Edward moved to Michigan. There he met Lucinda Lee, and married her on April 5th, 1899. By 1910 the couple and Edward’s three children were living in Duluth, Minnesota, and in 1912 built a home on Summit Avenue in Saint Paul, where they lived for the next 11 years.
Edward and Lucinda moved out of their home on Summit Avenue in about 1923. The next resident to live in the house was Egil and Rachel Boeckmann. Egil was a renowned physician in the state and Rachel was daughter of famous railroad builder, James J. Hill. The Boeckmanns lived at 421 Summit Avenue until 1930, when they moved to their newly built home at 366 Summit Avenue.
]]>On December 31st, 1880, an article in the Saint Paul Daily Globe made a mention of William R. Marshall building a house with a mansard roof on the property of 415 Summit Avenue. Constructed for a cost of $8,500, the architect is unknown, and it is also unknown whether Marshall lived in the house. William Rainey Marshall was born on October 17th, 1825 in Columbia Missouri. He came to Minnesota in 1849, and worked as a prosperous merchant. He served one term in the first Minnesota territorial legislature that formed his reputation as a leader, and he became chairman of the convention that founded Minnesota’s Republican Party. He found success in Minnesota, in banking, stocks, real estate, and newspaper publishing.
The first known resident of 415 Summit was Edward W. Winter who worked in the railroad business, and went on to become president of the Northern Pacific Railroad. In 1886 he added a $3,000 addition to the building. The next owner of the home was William J. Dean, son of businessman William Blake Dean, who built his home at 353 Summit Avenue.
William John Dean was born on September 11th, 1869 in Saint Paul. He received his education in the Saint Paul public school system, and at Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. William started work as an office boy at his father’s wholesale hardware firm of Nicols and Dean. He was admitted to the firm in 1894 and in 1905 the business was incorporated as Nicols, Dean, and Gregg of which William John became vice president and treasurer. He married Laura C. Winter on June 19th, 1894 and raised eight children with her. As his career went on, William was involved in banking, iron manufacturing, and countless local societies and committees, including the Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce.
]]>Originally on the site where 361 Summit stands today, was a large wood-frame house built by Charles and Lilly Bunker. It was designed by George Wirth and cost around $6,000 to build. The home was bought by Donald and Bertha Culver in 1907, and they lived there until 1912 when the house was picked up and moved to 506 Summit Avenue. It was then remodeled into a more of a Neo-Classic design. After the house was moved away, the Culvers had a new house built for them on the site.
The present house at 361 Summit was built for the Culvers in 1912. Constructed for a cost of $12,000, the home is Tudor in style. It was designed by Peter J. Linhoff, an architect born in Minnesota, who worked in Saint Paul nearly his entire career, designing many homes in the Crocus Hill neighborhood. Linhoff worked solely alone, with the exception of a short term partnership with Louis Lockwood in 1908.
Donald Stewart Culver was born on November 29th, 1867 in Sandwhich, Illinois, and worked as the vice president of the National German American Bank in Saint Paul. He married Bertha E. Constans on April 30th, 1907. Bertha was born in 1874 in Saint Paul, and was daughter of local merchant, William Constans, who built his mansion at 465 Summit Avenue. She married Alanson Wilder Merriam on October 2nd, 1895, and on May 23rd, 1905, Alanson died in St. Luke’s Hospital in Saint Paul after a surgery for appendicitis. Bertha never had kids, even with her second husband Donald.
Records indicate the Culver’s were living in the house up into the 1950’s. Bertha Culver died on January 31st, 1960, in Saint Paul, and her husband Donald Culver followed on May 18th, 1961. Today the house is still used as a private residence.
]]>Previously on the site where 366 Summit Avenue stands today, stood a large mansion built for Daniel and Helen Noyes. Daniel Noyes was involved in the wholesale drug firm of “Noyes Brothers and Cutler”, where he worked with his two brothers Charles P. Noyes and Winthrop G. Noyes, and Edward H. Cutler. Daniel was born in Connecticut on November 10th, 1836, and came to Saint Paul in the 1850’s, where he started work as a clerk in a drug store. He married Helen Gilman on December 4th, 1866, and together they had one child. In 1882 he started work on a $20,000 home on Summit Avenue, and lived there until his death on April 13th, 1908. His house was demolished in 1924.
The house today at 366 Summit Avenue was built in 1930 for Egil and Rachel Boeckmann. Constructed for a cost of $125,000, the home is Georgian Revival in style, and was likely built with Hill family money, as Rachel was the daughter of the railroad builder, James J. Hill. Egil Boeckmann was born in Norway on December 31st, 1881. His father Edward was a prominent physician, and visited the United States in 1882. After becoming enamored with the Norwegian settlements in the Midwest, in 1886 he moved his family to there, and settled in Saint Paul. By 1896 the family was living at 496 Marshall Avenue, where they stayed until the 1940’s.
Egil gained national fame as a star football player for the University of Minnesota. After college he followed his father in business and became a physician. He moved out of his family’s home on Marhsall Avenue in the early 1910’s, and on January 30th, 1913 he married Rachel Hill. Rachel was born in May of 1881 in Saint Paul, and was one of seven children. After Egil and Rachel married, they moved to 505 Summit Avenue, and Egil became a member of the state’s board of health, of which he became president later. In December of 1928 construction of Rachel and Egil’s new home on Summit Avenue began, and they moved into the house in 1930.
]]>This brick house was built in 1886 for William and Bertha Constans for a cost of $18,400, with a $3,500 carriage house. Architect Augustus Gauger designed the home, although nothing of his original design is visible today. It was once Queen Anne in style with a five story tower on the south-east corner, but was remodeled in the 1920’s by Walter Hill, son of the railroad builder James J. Hill. Now Neo-Classical in style, the mansion was again remodeled in 1969, further altering its original form.
William Constans was born in June of 1829 in Diemeringen, France. Having only a common school education, he came to the United States in 1847, and moved to Saint Paul in 1850. He started work as a clerk for a grocery and tailor shop. After realizing a clerk would not get him to the financial position he wanted, he quit, and with about $300 in savings, started his own business, selling malts, hops, and brewer’s supplies. A year after starting the business, William had a partner, James Burbank, join in his business, and the company became the firm of “Constans and Burbank”.
William married Bertha Franckenberg on April 22nd, 1867 in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, and together they raised six children. By 1883 his company was called “Constans and Schmidt”, and was the largest of its kind in the Northwest. With a fortune estimated at several hundred thousand dollars, he invested in a home on Summit Avenue in 1886.
]]>The house at 335 Summit was built in 1892 for John and Margaret Allen. Designed by architect J. Walter Stevens, who designed a number of Lowertown’s warehouses, the mansion is constructed of Bayfield brownstone. Queen Anne in style, it is a picturesque example of a High Victorian mansion class house in the city with is many bays, unique dormers, and three story octagonal tower.
John H. Allen was born in Galena, Illinois on June 24th, 1838. He was raised in Illinois, and started work as a pharmacist in Chicago. When he came to Saint Paul in the 1860’s, John went into business with P. F. McQuillan, a grocery and provisions merchant. In 1886 he created the wholesale grocery firm of “Allen, Moon, and Co.”, with his business partner Daniel H. Moon. When Moon left the company in 1894, the name was changed to “J. H. Allen and Co.”, with John as president.
John Allen married Margaret Glassbrook in 1871, and together they raised four children. John was very active in his community, as he was a member of the Commercial Club, and Minnesota Club. He also served on the Saint Paul Park board, and was a director of the National German-American Bank. He died in his home on Summit Avenue on April 24th, 1904 of a disease he had been suffering from for the last two years of his life. He left behind his wife and children, who remained in the home on Summit until Margaret’s death on August 23rd, 1918, when it was sold to Joseph E. Stronge, president of the “Stronge and Warner Co.”.
]]>The house at 445 Summit Avenue was built in 1882 for Henry and Emma Shipman, and cost around $8,500 including the carriage house. Constructed of stone on the first story and frame construction for the second and third, the house is Queen Anne in style, and is noted by most architectural critics as the most well preserved example of the style on the avenue. Henry Shipman was born in 1830 in New Jersey and worked in the real estate business. While the house was under construction, it was sold to Herman Greve, a real estate broker, who then completed it.
Herman Greve was born in Westphalia, Germany in 1824 and came to the United States in 1847, settling in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he started work in merchant and iron business. After making a fortune in Pennsylvania he moved to Saint Paul in 1855, where he “invested heavily, having great faith in the prospects of the city”, as one newspaper of the time states. Maintaining his interests in Saint Paul, he moved to Wisconsin in 1856, where he pursued his interests in mercantile and farming. In 1880 he moved back to Saint Paul, and lived on Summit Avenue. He served as the director of the Chamber of Commerce in the city, and was an active member of the “Ancient Landmark” lodge. Herman died in his home on Summit Avenue, on October 20th, 1885, and was then buried in his family cemetery lot in Viroqua, Wisconsin. His wife Marie, lived in the house until her death on October 7th, 1907, and her two married daughters and their families lived in the house until 1912, when it was sold to Frank E. Ford. Ford added a wing to the west side of the home, which included a large den and sleeping porch. He also built the existing stone wall that wraps around the house.
]]>On the site where 344 Summit is today, there was once a large stone mansion built for Samuel and Elizabeth Magoffin. Built at a cost of $8,000, the house was designed by local architect George Wirth in the Queen Anne style. Samuel was a local lawyer in Saint Paul and had an office in the Pioneer Press building in Downtown. The Magoffin family moved from their home on Summit in the 1897, and rented a house in Irvine Park. The move was likely due to the financial panic of 1893, where many wealthy people lost most of their fortunes, and were forced out of their mansions. The home on Summit stood until 1914, when it was demolished to make way for a new house. The present house was built in 1915 for Watson and Sarah Davidson. Beaux Arts in style, the home was designed by Thomas Holyoke, and construction costs came to about $40,000.
Watson Pogue Davidson was born in South Point, Ohio on February 19th, 1871. He married Sarah Matilda Davidson on April 8th, 1896 in Lawrence, Ohio, and together they had five children. By 1898 the couple was living in Saint Paul, and by 1900 Watson was working in real estate. He quickly amassed a fortune in the business, and in 1915 could afford to build a home on Summit Avenue. Sarah and Watson lived in together in their home on Summit Avenue until Matilda’s death in 1945. Watson stayed in the house until his death in 1954, and his family sold the home. The mansion was used as the College of Visual Arts from 1961 until 2013.
]]>This large house was built in 1882 for William and Mary Dean. Costing around $15,000 to build, the home is Queen Anne in style, although the architect is unknown. After a drastic remodeling in the early 20th century, the house was almost unrecognizable, but today is completely restored to its original
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William Blake Dean was born on September 26th, 1838 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He received his education in the public schools, and later at Washington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania. He came to Saint Paul in 1856 and started work as a bookkeeper for a wholesale iron and hardware company, and eventually became a partner in the business. He married the daughter of his business partner, Mary Katherine Nicols, on October 18th, 1860, and raised eight children with her. William branched out to many business ventures, including railroads, banking, and insurance.
William Dean was very active in his community, serving as a member of the Saint Paul Public School Board, Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul Library Board, Saint Paul Institute of Arts, Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce, and much more. His wife Mary died on August 31st, 1920 in Saint Paul, and he stayed in his home on Summit Avenue. After a long and illustrious life, William died in Saint Paul on December 5th, 1922, and was buried two days later in Oakland Cemetery.
]]>Previously on the site where 345 Summit Avenue stands today, was a large Victorian house built by Augustus K and Josephine Barnum in 1879. Constructed for a cost of $15,000, the wood-frame house stood on Summit Avenue until about 1904, when it was moved to Irvine Park. It lasted until 1974 when it was destroyed in an arson fire.
The house on the site today was built in 1909 by Albert and Caroline Lindeke. Constructed for a cost of $25,000 the house was designed by Clarence Johnston, a famous architect who designed more houses on Summit Avenue than any other. The home is English Tudor in style, with a brick first story, and the second and third are built with the traditional stucco and beams.
Albert William Lindeke was born on March 7th, 1873 in Saint Paul Minnesota. His father was a partner in a wholesale dry goods company called Lindeke, Warner, and Schurmeier, and lived nearby his son at 295 Summit. When Albert became of age, he joined his father in business. He married Caroline Saunders the daughter of coal merchant, Edward Saunders, in 1907. They likely met while Albert was living with his parents at their home on Summit Avenue, and Caroline was with her parents at 323 Summit. The couple built their new mansion two years after their marriage and raised two children there, Mary P., and Albert W. Lindeke.
]]>This Medieval Rectilinear styled house at 339 Summit Avenue was built in 1898 for the cost of $14,000. The owner Crawford Livingston hired architect Cass Gilbert to design the home. The house’s unique design makes it stand out on the avenue, with its second floor façade coming out over the front porch, held up by columns under brick molded arches.
Crawford Livingston was born in 1850 in New York. He married Mary S. Potts in Saint Paul on January 28th, 1875, and together they had five children. Crawford was president of a money broking company, “Livingston C. and Co”, and his son, Crawford Livingston Jr. who was born on October 29th, 1876, followed his father in business. Records indicate that the Livingston family never lived in the house, and it was used as rental property. Their family home was down the street at 432 Summit Avenue, what is now called the Burbank, Livingston, Griggs mansion.
]]>This large brick home was built in 1895 for Dr. Charles Wheaton, a physician and surgeon, and his family. Constructed for a cost of $15,000, the house is Queen Anne in style, and bears a strong resemblance to the Horace Rugg house at 251 Summit, although the architect of 329 is unknown.
Charles Augustus Wheaton was born in March of 1853 in Syracuse, New York. He graduated from Harvard medical school in 1877, and married Ursula C. Stewart on September 9th, 1879 in Saint Paul. They raised a son and two daughters together. Ursula was born in July of 1860, in Minnesota, and lived in Saint Paul most of her life. The family stayed in their home on Summit Avenue until 1913. Charles died on April 29th, 1916, and was buried a few days later in Oakland Cemetery on May 2nd. Ursula lived in Saint Paul until her death on March 5th, 1943.
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