Wheeler Family Heritage

Louisa Evans Born: Aug. 16, 1844, Richland County, IL Died: March 1, 1935, Fairfield, Wayne County, IL Buried:  March 3, 1935, Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne County, IL Married: 1) Jonas Gill 1864 in Clay County, IL. He was born Jan. 13, 1837 in England and died Feb. 23, 1867 and is buried in Foster Hill Cemetery in Clay City, Clay County, IL.  Jonas immigrated from Liverpool to the U.S. arriving in New York City on June 30, 1858, age 22 aboard the City of New York ,  On the ships passenger list it states that he was a mason heading for Illinois. He served in the Civil War in Company A of the 98th Illinois Infantry.  Jonas was listed as being 5'9" with black hair, blue eyes and a dark complexion and living in Flora, working as a mason. He joined up on Aug. 9, 1862 in Clay Co., and mustered in on Sept. 3, 1862 at Camp Centralia, IL.  Jonas mustered out June 27, 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee. 2) Nathaniel Behymer  September 1, 1870, Noble, Richland County, I

Aerial View of Mill Shoals Mill Shoals - This village is situated on sections 19 and 20, on the banks of Skillet Fork. The land is very level, and was originally owned by William Linder.  The village was laid out in 1869 by Judge Boggs, of Wayne County, who received one half of forty acres for the work. There is now a population of about 275 persons.  There is a flouring mill, owned by Samuel Burrell, and run by water-power; a saw-mill, owned by the Behymer Co., doing a large business; a lumber manufactory, where lumber is prepared for the market; two general stores - Behymer & Co. and Upton & Laster; two groceries, one hotel, two doctors, and a good school, taught by B.F. Files. [ History of White County, Illinois, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages & Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military & Political History, 1883] According to Loren Taylor & Stephanie Bare in their History of Mill Shoals Nathaniel Behymer purchased Wakefield's s

Nathaniel Behymer Born: June 29, 1822, Ohio Died: November 9, 1896, Mill Shoals, White Co., IL Buried: Shrewsbury Cemetery, Mill Shoals, White County, IL Married: 1) Sarah Burton/Davis?, Nov. 11, 1841 in Clermont Co., OH, she died in 1854. There is a marriage license in Ohio between Nathaniel Behymer & Sarah Burton. The biographical sketch says she was the daughter of Reason Davis. This may have been a second marriage for her. 2) Nancy Gordon, Sept. 24, 1854 in Ripley Co., IN, she died Dec. 24, 1865 3) Mary Jane Brooks, Feb. 18, 1866 in Richland Co., IL, she died April 21, 1870 4) Louisa (Evans) Gill, Sept. 1, 1870 in Noble, Richland Co., IL Nathaniel Behymer, merchant, lumber deal and manufacturer of lumber, plow and wagon timber; postoffice, Mill Shoals; is the first child of John and Jane (Meeker) Behymer, natives of Virginia and New Jersey respectively. They moved to Ohio with their parents, married and moved to Indiana, and then to Missouri, thence to Illinois,

William W. Wheeler, Sr. Born: ca. 1780 North Carolina Died: between 1830 and 1840 probably in Wayne Co., IL Buried: unknown Married: by 1812 Ann Mathis (?) Records: 1809-1812 - Illinois, Wayne Co. - Hargraves Rangers: Then in the order were the rangers, the first of whom were organized as early as 1809 in this State. They were called into existence by the law of self-protection from the Indians, who, in 1811, commenced their raids and perpetrated many terrible massacres, burning houses, stealing stock and capturing the women and children. The Indians were secretly aided and encouraged in this attack upon the whites by English emissaries, and they were the first and provoking cause that culminated in the war of 1812-15.  Nearly all the first white English settlers were identified with these rangers, and they pursued the murderous midnight marauders, and at times visited upon them summary, terrible, but deserved punishment . . . These rangers did much to make this country h

Dorcas Watkins Born: 1832 Illinois Died: between 1873 and 1880 Buried: possibly at Shrewsbury Cemetery Married: Martin Taylor ca. 1849 Records: 1860 - Sep. 5 - Illinois, White Co., Twp. 3S, Range 8E, Post Office Burnt Prairie [Mill Shoals Twp.] - census: Taylor, Martin N., 29, no occupation, personal estate $3000 b. IL Darcus, 28, b. IL illiterate Matilda 10, b. IL Sarah 8, b. IL Jane, 4 b. IL Samantha 2 b. IL Rebecca 2/12 b. IL 1865 - July 3 - Illinois, White County, Seven Mile Prairie - census: 1 male under 10 James 1 male 30-40 Martin 1 female under 10 Rebecca 2 females 10-20 Matilda, Sarah 1 female 40-50 Dorcas (?) 1870 - June 6 - Illinois, White Co., Burnt Prairie - census: Taylor, Martin N., 39, farmer, personal estate $250, b. IL Dorcas, 38, keeping house, b. IL, illiterate Sarah 18, at home b. MO, can't write Jesse, 14, male at home, b. IL, can't write Samantha 12, at home b. IL, illiterate Rebecca 10, at home, b. IL Logan 8, b. IL Sher

Martin N. Taylor Born: ca. 1831 Illinois Died: Buried: unknown Married: 1) Dorcas Watkins ca. 1849 & 2) Caroline Moody 1882 in White County, Illinois Records: 1860 Sep. 5 - Illinois, White Co., Twp., 3S, Range 8E, Post Office Burnt Prairie [Mill Shoals Twp.] - census: Taylor, Martin N. 29, no occupation, personal estate $3000 b. IL Darcus 28, b. IL, illiterate Matilda 10, b. IL Sarah 8, b. IL Jane(?) 4, b. IL Samantha 2, b. IL Rebecca 2/12, b. IL living next to William Taylor age 55, Robert Taylor age 19, James Taylor age 34, Isaac Taylor age 23, James Taylor age 33, Daniel Taylor age 24 1865 - July 3 - Illinois, White County, Seven Mile Prairie - census: Taylor, M. H. or N. (?) family - census smudged on name 1 male under 10 James 1 male 30-40 Martin 1 female under 10 Rebecca 2 females 10-20 Matilda, Sarah 1 female 40-50 - Dorcas (?) 1870 - June 6 - Illinois, White County, Burnt Prairie - census: Taylor, Martin, 39, farmer, personal estate $250, b. I