Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 
1887, Owen Co.

REV. GEORGE WESLEY WHEATLEY, was born in Owen County, Ky., June 4, 1841,
and is a son of George and Sarah (Baker) Wheatley.  George Wheatley, a
native of North Carolina, was born in 1800, and came to Kentucky in
1812, located in Scott County, but later moved to Owen County.  He was 
a farmer in good circumstances and died in 1862.  Joseph Wheatley, 
grandfather of the subject, was a native of North Carolina, and of 
Scotch descent.  He was a pioneer settler in Kentucky, but later 
removed to Indiana, where he lived until his death.  Sarah (Baker) 
Wheatley was born in Oldham County, Ky., in 1806, and was a daughter 
of Jesse and Elizabeth (Quicksel) Baker, the former a farmer in Owen 
County.  George Wesley Wheatley was educated at Georgetown, Ky.  After 
leaving college he entered the ministry, and was pastor of the Salem 
Baptist Church in Owen County, afterward pastor of the East Baptist 
Church in Louisville.  He then went to Missouri, where he took charge 
of a church at Westport, Jackson County.  Returning to his native State 
he has been pastor of the Dallasburg Baptist Church ever since.  
November 10, 1868, Mr. Wheatley married Miss A. P. Wright, daughter of 
J. D. Wright, of Owen County.  Five children have blessed this union: 
Edward D., William W., Mattie B., John W. and Naomi.  Mr. Wheatley 
engaged in the mercantile business with his father-in-law, J. D. 
Wright, at Dallasburg, about the year 1885, where they carry a stock
of general merchandise valued at $6,000 and sell annually about 
$10,000 worth of goods.

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