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Silas Wheeler
Silas Wheeler, called "Captain", was a soldier in the army of the American Revolution, and the founder of the town of Wheeler, Steuben County, New York.
He was born on March 7, 1752 or 1753 at Concord, Massachusetts, and died on November 28, 1828, at Wheeler, New York.
==Revolutionary War==
He was at the Battle of Bunker Hill and accompanied Benedict Arnold on his expedition from Maine to Quebec. Many starved to death along the way, and others deserted. After several days with no food, a group of Indians brought Silas a dog - he said it was the sweetest food he had ever eaten. In Quebec, he was captured by the British and caught smallpox while in prison. Wheeler became bald from the illness and remained permanently so. After his exchange, he returned to Rhode Island, became a privateer, and was recaptured on the high seas by the British. He was sent to a prison camp at Kinsale in Ireland. After a year he escaped and was helped by Henry Grattan to make his way to a ship bound for Dunkirk, France, and thence to America.
After the war he moved to Albany County, New York, then on to Steuben County where he founded the town of Wheeler.
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