Bio of WHEATON, Grier F.(b.1893), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 818-819
GRIER F. WHEATON
Grier F. Wheaton, secretary and treasurer of the Minneapolis Electric Lamp
Com­pany, was born in this city, on the 8th of September, 1893, a son of Fred E.
and Grace (Merrill) Wheaton. His father was born in Machias, Maine, and came to
Minneapolis in 1881. He was a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias, being
secretary of the Minnesota body of that organization, and subsequently supreme
secretary for America, holding that honorary office for twelve years. Mr.
Wheaton's demise occurred in his fifty-ninth year. His wife was a daughter of
Carl A. Merrill, who was active in the insurance business in Iowa and Minnesota
throughout his life.
In the acquirement of his early education Grier F. Wheaton attended the public
schools of Minneapolis and in due time was graduated from the West high school.
He then attended Minnesota University two years, after which he studied law in a
night school for one year. After putting his textbooks aside he became
associated with the National Carbon & Ribbon Company, with which concern he
remained one year and three months, and at the termination of that time he
engaged in business on his own account, establishing a direct advertising agency
in the McKnight building, conducting that enterprise one year, when he became
associated with the National Sales & Service Company, and was in the employ of
that concern in 1917, upon the entrance of the United States into the World war.
He immediately resigned his posi­tion and in May, 1917, entered the Officers
Training Camp at Fort Snelling. He was commissioned a first lieutenant of the
artillery in November of that year, and ordered to Camp Funston, Kansas, where
he remained six months. For two months he was stationed at Camp Jackson,
Columbia, South Carolina, and subsequently he was trans­ferred to Camp
Wadsworth, South Carolina, for a like period. On the 21st of September, 1918, he
was ordered overseas and after landing in France he was transferred to the Fifth
Corps, Artillery Park, and remained there six months. He received his honorable
discharge from the army in May, 1919. Mr. Wheaton then returned to Minneapolis
and became secretary and treasurer of the Minneapolis Electric Lamp Company upon
its organization. He has been a dominant factor in the continued suc­cess of the
company and enjoys the confidence and esteem of all with whom he has come into
contact.
On the 1st of December, 1917, in Minneapolis, was celebrated the marriage of Mr.
Wheaton to Miss Claudia Elizabeth Hunt, a daughter of Thomas A. Hunt, a
prominent insurance man of this city. To their union one son has been born,
David Hunt, two years of age. Mrs. Wheaton is a woman of much personal charm and
she is prominent in the club and social circles of this city.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Wheaton has given his stanch support to the
democratic party and the principles for which it stands. Although he has never
sought nor desired public preferment he is ever cognizant of the duties and
responsibilities as well as the privileges of citizenship and his influence is
ever on the side of advance­ment and improvement. Fraternally he is identified
with the Knights of Pythias, holding membership in Lodge No. 1, of Minneapolis,
and his religious faith is that of the Episcopal church, to the support of which
he is a generous contributor. Mr. Wheaton is essentially an outdoor man. He is
an enthusiastic follower of all athletic events and is proficient in golf,
tennis and handball. He likewise finds recreation in fishing and hunting.