CHARLES WESLEY WHEELER
Gibson County, Indiana

Father: John Wheeler
Mother: uncertain

Charles Wesley Wheeler was a Civil War
Veteran of the Fifty-eighth Infantry Regiment,
Company K. He mustered out as a Sgt., July
25, 1865.

    A copy of his obituary was obtained
from the Princeton Library and is as follows:

CHARLES WESLY WHEELER

    "Charles W. Wheeler, aged 83,
veteran of the Civil war and of of the best
known residents of this county, died at his
home, 920 west Broadway at 5 0'clock
Saturday afternoon after a lingering illness.

    "On account of the illness of the wife,
Mrs. Mary A. (Karnes) Wheeler, only a short
funeral service will be held at the home at
1:15 o'clock tomorrow afternoon with a
service at 2 o'clock at the First Methodist
church. The service will be conducted by Rev.
J. E. Murr, pastor. Archer Post, G. A. R., will
attend in a body and will give the post's
ritual. Burial will be in the I. O. O. F.
cemetery.

    "Charles W. Wheeler was born
January 14, 1841, in Gibson County, in
which he has lived all his life. He served in the
Civil war for three years and eight months, as
a member of Co. K, 58th Indiana regiment,
being a sergeant of his company.

    "He was united in marriage to Mary
Ann Karnes, March 13, 1867. To this union
were born nine children, eight of whom
survive, as follows: Mrs. Sam Myers, of
Vincennes; W. A. Wheeler, Princeton; Isaac
Wheeler, East St. Louis, Ill.; Floyd Wheeler,
Evansville; Mrs. David Phillips, Memphis,
Tenn.; Mrs. Claude Speer, Evansville; David
B. Wheeler, Princeton, and Mrs. Nellie
Brazelton, Princeton. A son, Wesley Wheeler,
is deceased.

    "Mr. Wheeler, was identified with the
city of Princeton as a member of the city
council for a number of years.

    "He was a member of the General
Baptist church at Enon.

    "Charles Wheeler was congenial, a
good neighbor and a good friend, one to be
depended on at all times. Because of these
qualities he will be sadly missed in his home
circle and among his associates, especially his
comrades of the G. A. R."



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