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Frederick Ayer

Ayer's first wife was Cornelia Wheaton (1835–1878), daughter of Charles Augustus Wheaton and Ellen Birdseye.

John W. North

When John North suffered financial failure in the Panic of 1857, his business interests were purchased in 1859 by his friend, Charles Augustus Wheaton, who had moved to Northfield from Syracuse on the advice of the Norths after the death of Wheaton's first wife.

Timeline of Northfield, Minnesota history

1859- Charles Augustus Wheaton bought John North's financial interests and became one of the early town leaders.

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