1796 Birth:120,2406 Birth year of 1796 estimated based on age at death, 54 years, on 11 May 1850 tombstone in Homer Cemetery, Homer, Burlington Township, Licking County, Ohio. Birth place of Rutland County, Vermont assumed given that parents Abraham Morey and Abigail Stratton were enumerated there in 1800.

1800 U.S. Census:148, p. 125.,2406 Laura enumerated in the household of her father Abraham Morey in Rutland Township, Rutland County, Vermont as one of two females under the age of 10; Laura was about age 4.

1810 U.S. Census: Parents Abraham Morey and Abigail Stratton not definitively located. Possible locations include Rutland and Addison counties in Vermont as well as Genesee and Clinton counties in New York.

1820 U.S. Census (Licking County, Ohio):2903 Laura enumerated in the household of her husband William Wheeler in Bennington Township, Licking County, Ohio, as a female, age 16-26. Laura was about age 24. In addition to William and Laura, a daughter under the age of 10 also resided in the household. This was Savila Mahala, born in 1819. Brother-in-law Arthur Briggs and wife Mary "Polly" Morey were enumerated nearby.

1820 U.S. Census (Ashtabula County, Ohio):445 Laura enumerated in the household of her husband William Wheeler in Jefferson Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio as a female, age 16 to 26. Laura was about age 24. In addition to William and Laura, a daughter under the age of 10 also resided in the household. This was Savila Mahala, born in 1819. Brother-in-law Arthur Briggs and wife Mary "Polly" Morey were enumerated nearby; father Abraham Morey enumerated on the same page.

1830 U.S. Census:2376 Laura enumerated in the household of her husband William Wheeler in Burlington Township, Licking County, Ohio as a female age 30 to 40; Laura would have been 34 years old. Five children (two males and three females) also resided in the household.

1834 Father's Estate Petition:1242 During the October 1834 term of the Licking County Common Pleas Court, a petition to the court in connection with settling the estate of Abraham Morey, who died intestate, lists his "widow named Abigail Morey who is entitled to dower in said land and the following children heirs at law: namely, Asa Morey; William Wheeler and Laura his wife, late Laura Morey; Arthur Briggs and Polly his wife, late Polly Morey; Elias Tracy and Nancy his wife, late Nancy Morey; Josiah Scott and Samantha his wife, late Samantha Morey; Stillman Morey; and Franklin Morey, the two last of whom are minors under the age of twenty one years, all of whom reside in said County."

1840 U.S. Census:2109 Laura enumerated in the household of her husband William Wheeler in Burlington Township, Licking County, Ohio as the female, aged 40 to 50; Laura would have been 44 years old.

1850 Tombstone:120 Homer Cemetery, Homer, Burlington Township, Licking County, Ohio.
Laura
Wife of Wm. Wheeler
Died
May 11, 1850
Aged 54 yrs

1852 Death of William P. Morey:441 A Wheeler family researcher has identified the Horris Wheeler whose stable construction resulted in William P.'s death in Auglaize County as the nephew of William P. and the son of William Wheeler and Laura Morey.