Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Wheeler, William M. December 14, 1835 - 
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WILLIAM M. WHEELER, farmer and mechanic, section 29, Grant Township, was born 
in Fleet, Province of 

Quebec, Dec. 14, 1835.  His parents, Henry and Eliza (Williams) Wheeler, were 
of English and French 

descent, and natives of New York.  In 1839 they removed to Elyria, Ohio, and 
six years after to Grand 

Rapids, Mich.

Mr. Wheeler enlisted at Grand Rapids, Aug. 9, 1861.  His command was assigned 
to the Army of the Potomac, 

and he was in service of the United States until Jan. 21, 1862, when he was 
honorably discharged on 

account of disability.  In May, 1863, he went to Albion College, where he 
devoted two years to the study 

of such branches as were best adapted to the foundation of a solid education.  
He continued to pursue his 

course of advanced study until the spring of 1871, when he returned to Grand 
Rapids.

He was married Oct. 5, 1873, to Emma R., daughter of Elisha and Mahala 
(Wilkinson) Mutchler.  The parents 

and daughter were born in Pennsylvania, the birth of the latter occurring May 
31, 1856.  Her father died 

when she was an infant, and her mother moved with her family to Wisconsin, and 
five years later to Grand 

Rapids, where she died in 1869, and where the daughter resided until her 
marriage.  Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler 

remained in the latter city three years, when they went to Alpine, Kent 
County, and soon after came to 

Grant, Newaygo County.  They located in November, 1877, on 40 acres of wild 
land, to which they have added 

ten acres by subsequent purchase, and have 17 acres improved.  To them have 
been born two children:  

Francis L., Nov. 9, 1876, and Henry W., July 31, 1873.

Mr. Wheeler gives his support to the Greenback party, and is the present clerk 
of Grant; has held other 

important offices.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Newaygo Co.

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