William Wheeler 1859-1923

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William Nathan Wheeler
Born: 4 June 1859, Sims, Wayne Co., IL
Died: 23 March 1923 Arrington Twp., Wayne Co., IL
Buried: Thomason Cemetery, Wayne City, IL

Married: 11 April 1880, White Co., IL, Rebecca Frances Taylor

Records:
1860 - July 27 - Illinois, Wayne Co., Twp. 3, Range 8 East [Barnhill] - census:
Wheeler, Wm. W. 28, farmer, personal estate $100, b. IL
Elisabeth 22, b. IL
Wm. Nath. 2, b. IL
Elija 1/12, b. IL

 1870 - June 18 - Illinois, Wayne Co., Barnhill Twp. - census:
Odell, Joseph, 57, farmer, real estate $2700, personal estate $900, b. KY
Elizabeth 49, keeping house, b. TN
Joseph B. 19, farmhand, b. IL
Mary 9, b. IL, attended school
Bearden, Morris, 12, b. IL, attended school
Wheeler, Nathan 12, b. IL, attended school - is this William Nathan? - could be, see below.
Lock, Thomas, 12, b. IL, attended school

1870 - June 3 - Illinois, White Co., Burnt Prairie - census:
Hunsinger, Peter, 56, farmer, real estate $5000, personal estate $800, b. KY
Frances 48, keeping house, b. IL, illiterate
Amanda 16 at home, b. IL, attended school
Phebe 14 at home, b. IL, attended school
Wheler, Elijah 9, b. IL, attended school

 1880 - Apr. 11 - Illinois, White Co. - marriage license:
Wm. N. Wheeler 22 son of W.W. & Elizabeth Renfrow md Rebecca H. Taylor 21, daughter of Martin A. & D.A. Walkins of Mill Shoals by P.L. Beck

 1880 - June 23 - Illinois, White Co., Springerton - census:
Wheeler, Nathan 22, md. in census year, laborer, b. IL, parents b. unknown
Rebecca, 19, wife, b. IL, father b. IL, mother b. IL

1900 - Illinois - White Co., Mill Shoals - census:
Wheeler, Nathan, b. Jan. 1856, 44, md. unknown number of years, b. IL, father b. KY, mother b. IL, timber inspector, owns mortgaged home
Rebecka, b. June 1858, 41, md. unknown number of years, 2 children, 2 living [mistake 3 children listed in this census], b. IL, father b. IL, mother b. IL
Verna, daughter/sister, b. June 1860, 39, md. 1 year, 0 children, b. IL, parents born IL [sister is written over daughter]
Vernet [Lonnie], son, b. Feb. 1881, 19, b. IL, parents born IL, day laborer
Vernon [Donald], son, b. Jan. 1883, 17, b. IL, parents born IL, day laborer
Allen, William, son-in-law, b. July 1886, 18, b. IL, father b. TN, mother b. England, telegraph operator

1910 - April 21 - Illinois - White Co., Mill Shoals - census, living next to Ben Gwaltney family:
Wheeler, W.N. 51, md. 1 time, 30 years, b. IL, father b. KY, mother b. IL, miller, owns free house
Wheeler, Rebecca F. wife, 50, md. 1 time, 30 years, 4 children, 3 living, b. IL, parents b. IL

1920 - Jan. 15 - Indiana - Madison Co., Anderson - census:
2430 Pearl Street
Wheeler, William F. head, owns mortgage home, 62, b. IL, parents b. IL, laborer Pierce Gorman
Rebecca F. 59, b. IL, parents b. IL
Gurley, Edith, boarder, 25, b. IL, father b. IL, mother b. KY, assembler, Remy Electric

1923 - Illinois - Wayne Co. - death certificate:
William Nathan Wheeler b. 4 Jun 1859, Sims, IL, d. 21 Mar. 1923, Arrington Twp., Wayne Co., IL, bur. 21 Mar. 1923 Thomason Cemetery, age 63, farmer, white, married, male, father William Wheeler b. Kentucky, mother's maiden name Renfro, b. Illinois, spouse Rebecca Wheeler

Children:
Verna May
Lonnie Vernet
Donald Vernon
Unidentified child b. between 1900 and 1910
Unidentified child b. between 1911 and 1923

Revised 5/31/2019

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