Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Wheeler, R. A. 1844 - 
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    A PROMINENT farmer and stock-raiser residing on section 11, Cedar Mills
township, is R. A. Wheeler, a veteran of the late civil war, and one of the leading
citizens in the southern part of the county.

    Mr. Wheeler is a native of Bangor, Me., born on the 25th of May, 1844, and is a
son of Isaac and Martha (Norcross) Wheeler. His parents were old settlers in Cedar
Mills township, and their history will be found in another department of this work.
Reuben A. Wheeler, the subject of this sketch, remained with his parents (coming
with them meanwhile to Wright county, Minn.,) until October, 1861, when he enlisted
in Company D, Fourth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. He remained in the service until
July, 1865, and probably saw more actual active war service than any ex-soldier who
to-day resides in Meeker county. He participated in the first and second battles at
Corinth. Iuka, Siege of Vicksburg, where he was wounded in the head by a piece of a
shell, Altoona Pass, Savannah, Ga., and was with Sherman in his famous March to the
Sea. He then, with Sherman’s army, went to Washington and participated in the grand
review. After receiving an honorable discharge from the service he came to Meeker
county, Minn., arriving in July, 1865. He at once located on a soldier’s homestead,
which his father, Isaac Wheeler, had selected for him in 1863, which was located on
section 11, Cedar Mills township, where he now lives. He at once began improving his
place, and erected a log-cabin, covering it with a hay roof. Mr. Wheeler remained on
his place most of the time until 1867, when he went to Green Lake, Kandiyohi county.
Three years later he went to Montana, but a short time later he returned to his
homestead in Cedar Mills township, where he has since lived. He devotes his
attention to general farming and stock-raising, and is one of the most prominent and
best-known citizens of the township-in which he lives. He is a prominent member of
the Frank Daggett Post, No. 35, Grand Army of the Republic, of Litchfield.

  Mr. Wheeler was married on the 11th of November, I866, to Miss Malvina Nichols,
who was born in Racine county, Wis. Their marriage has been blessed with six
children, as follows— Martha M., George R., Frank E., Harlan M., Ray M., and Mary P.
The family are members of the Presbyterian church.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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