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Mary Colman Wheeler

Mary Colman Wheeler (1846 - 1920) was active/lived in Rhode Island, Massachusetts.  Mary Wheeler is known for Painting and teaching.

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Mary C. Wheeler
(1846-1920) ~ Inducted 2012 in the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame

Mary Colman Wheeler (1846-1920) the founder of Providence's Wheeler School, was born on the family farm in Concord, Massachusetts, May 15, 1846. The Wheeler family, direct descendants of one of the first families of Massachusetts, was friends and neighbors of the Transcendentalists and literary leaders of their times; the Alcotts, Thoreaus, Hawthornes, Peabodys and Emersons. Miss Wheeler is buried along with these Concord notables on Author's Ridge in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

An appreciation for the value of the arts and education came naturally to Mary Wheeler. She began her teaching career in the Concord public school as an instructor of mathematics and Latin. In 1868, she moved to Providence to teach at Miss Shaw's, a finishing school for young ladies. During the 1870s, Miss Wheeler traveled to Europe to study art, returning in 1882 to Providence where she began teaching painting to   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4764 characters.]  Artist bio

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