Notes for William M. Wheeler
Census-1: 1870, Huggins Twp, Gentry Co, MO, Albany PO, 22 Aug 1870, p615a, #195/209--William Wheeler
Census-2: 1880, Huggins, Gentry Co, MO p524b, as Whealer-- Wm62OhCtNJ Dreuzilla54MoKyX Hawkins Rufus26MoTnMoSiL Theodore20Sil
1818, William Wheeler born in Ohio
between 1861-1870, married Drucilla Bittick Hawkins
1870, Huggins Township, Gentry Co, Missouri [census]
1880, Huggins Township, Gentry Co, Missouri [census]
February 5, 1895, W. M. Wheeler died in Douglas County, Missouri [see Probates--W. M. Wheeler Petition for Refusal of Administration]
Burial: Bittick Cemetery, Douglas County, Missouri [see below]
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Courtesy of Mary Bittick Gallano:
Huggins Twp, Gentry Co, MO, Albany PO, 22 Aug 1870, p615a, #195/209:
William Wheeler farmer 52 $1444/525 OH
Drusilla keeping house 46 MO Can't read or write
Hawkins Rufus A farmhand 16 MO Attends school, Can't read or write
Theodore J school 11 MO Attends school, Can't read or write
Joseph J 7 MO Attends school, Can't read or write
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Courtesy of Ronda J. Snider:
Laine Sutherland, Death Notices Abstracted from The Douglas County Herald, 1887-1910, (Dunrobin Productions, 1996):
page 55:
"February 21, 1895--Vanzant--Died--on February 5th, William Wheeler. Was buried February 6th at the Bittick cemetery. Uncle Billie, as he was usually called, was one of the old land marks of Mo. and of Douglas county, having come to the state before the war from Indiana. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Joseph Beesley."
Laine Sutherland, Death Notices Abstracted from The Douglas County Herald, 1887-1910, (Dunrobin Productions, 1996):
page 58-59:
July 25, 1895 article which mentions the "late William Wheeler", Mrs. Wheeler [Drucilla Bittick], Rufus Hawkins [probably Drucilla's son, Rufus M. Hawkins], and Rev. Joseph Beesley [Joseph C. Beesley/Beasley]
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Courtesy of Shari Brame & Ronda J. Snider:
Stone in Bittick Cemetery [survey 1989]:
W. M.
Wheller
B. 1818
D. 189(8?)
[Gone But Not Forgotten: Cemetery Survey of the Eastern District, Douglas County, Missouri, David Coffman, Brenda Sutherland Coffman, Laine Sutherland, 1995, p. 112: Wm. Wheeler 1818-1890]
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