Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Wheeler, Walter E 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

WALTER E. WHEELER. The retail trade interests of Joliet find a well known and 
worthy representative in Walter E. Wheeler, who is conducting a grocery 
business at No. 609 South Chicago street. He was born in Frankfort, this 
county, May 31, 1861, and is descended from old New England families, his 
parents, David N. and Lydia (Stanley) Wheeler, both being natives of Rutland, 
Vermont. The father was born in 1812 and was a farmer by occupation. He came 
to this part of the country at an early day and settled on a farm in Frankfort 
township, Will county, where he carried on general agricultural pursuits until 
1880. He then rented his land and went to live with his daughter in Norwood, 
Kansas, there residing until his death, which occurred January 7, 1903, when 
he was eighty-eight years of age. His wife died in St. Paul, Minnesota, 
October 4, 1886, at the age of seventy-seven years. She was a member of the 
Christian church and he was a supporter of the republican party. Walter E. 
Wheeler spent his early youth on the homestead farm and became familiar with 
the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist, but not 
wishing to engage in farming as a life work he turned his attention to other 
pursuits and for some years was employed in various grocery houses of this 
city. For ten years he has conducted business on his own account at No. 609 
South Chicago street, where he carries a good line of staple and fancy 
groceries and has a liberal patronage. On the 5th of November, 1884, Mr. 
Wheeler was united in marriage to Miss Josephine B. Sanders, of Green Garden, 
Will county, Illinois, a daughter of Michael F. and Sarah (Davis) Sanders, 
whose sketch is found elsewhere in this work. Three children have been born 
unto Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler: Francis E., who is with the American Steel & Wire 
Company and lives in Joliet; Mortimer S., who is engaged with his father in 
the grocery business; and Walter D., who is attending school. The family 
residence is at No. 657 South Chicago street. Mr. Wheeler is a member of the 
Modern Woodmen camp and has a favorable acquaintance in fraternal and social 
circles as well, as in business life. He has always lived in this county and 
has made a creditable record in trade circles by reason of his enterprise, 
progressive spirit and honorable methods. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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