Wheeler Family Heritage

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,...

Donald Vernon Wheeler Born: July 25, 1885, Mill Shoals, White Co., IL Died: Aug. 9, 1955 Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL Married:  28 October 1908, Mill Shoals, White Co., IL Grace Irene Behymer, daughter of Nathaniel & Louisa (Evans) Behymer Born: Jan. 9, 1885, Mill Shoals, White Co., IL Died: Dec. 15, 1970, Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne Co., IL Records: No date - Letter from Evelyn (Staton) Wheeler to Robert Wheeler listing names, births and marriages of Bernard Wheeler's children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. No date - 4 generation chart created by Robert Wheeler Tombstone photographs 1983 - Family Group Sheet created by Robert Wheeler Children: 1. Bernard Earl b. 8/7/1909 Mill Shoals, IL, d. 3/7/1988 Dayton, OH md. 8/18/1933 Crown Point, IN Evelyn Ann Staton b. 2/10/1907 Wayne City, IL, d. 3/23/2001, Montgomery Co., OH 2. Lowell N. b. 9/12/1911 Mill Sh...