Mary Jane Wheatley (1891-1966) was the daughter of James Franklin Wheatley (1856-1910) and Tamsey B Williams Wheatley (1857-1937). The Wheatleys lived in the Galestown/ Sharptown area. Mary Wheatley started her career as a school teacher in Sharptown and in 1912 started work as a clerk at R. H . Lowe store in Delmar. She replaced Harper Wright as the clerk.
R. H. Lowe ran a store in Delmar Delaware at State Street and 4th street since 1894. He started with a grocery store and as times changed he transition the store to a floor covering and furniture store and then to woman's ready to wear clothing, shoes, notions and yard goods store. When he died in 1958 Mary Wheatley open a woman's wear store in the building. Gertie Figgs Hastings worked for Bob Lowe and Mary Wheatley and continued on to the Sterling Shop. The building was torn down in 1966 and a used car lot put in its place. Her Woman's Wear shop became the Sterling Shop and move uptown to Railroad Ave.
Mary Wheatley not only worked for Robert "Bob" Lowe for years, she boarded with his wife and him in their home.
Mary's sister, Amy, married Andrew Horsey in 1910. He worked for the railroad. Amy died in 1958. In 1959 at age 68, Mary married Andrew Horsey. Andrew would die in 1961 and Mary would die in 1966.
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