John W. Wheeler Biography from History of Rockingham County, NH
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Surname: WHEELER
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 

Page 942
 
   JOHN W. WHEELER is a man well known to the people of Rock-
ingham County, among whom he has always lived.  A woolen manu-
facturer of North Salem until recent years, he did much for the mate-
rial prosperity of the place,  and in fact in every way has done much 
for the community, in which during his active life he was always a 
leader.
 Mr. Wheeler was born in the town of Salem, N.H., August 19, 1826, 

Page 943

and is a son of John A. and Mary (Stevens) Wheeler, and a grandson of 
Richard Wheeler, who was also a native of Salem. John A. Wheeler 
was born in 1796, and died in 1880.  He followed agricultural pursuits.  
He and his wife were parents of two sons; John W., and Abraham, the 
latter becoming a Methodist minister.
   John W. Wheeler was reared on a farm and continued in that line of 
work until he was twenty-three years old.  It was a wise move, and  he 
was destined to continue as a woolen manufacturer during the re-
mainder of his active career.  As manufacturer of flannels and dress 
goods, he established a reputation of high class and his patronage was 
extensive.  He rebuilt the plant in 1881, and continued its operations 
until the building was destroyed by fire in 1907.  In view of Mr. Wheel-
er's ability and public spirit, it is not surprising he was called upon by 
the people to represent them in office, and as a public official he gave 
evidence of the same care and attention he gave to his private affairs.  
He was state representative of the town of Salem four years, and then 
for four years was a member of the State Senate.  He was elected to the 
Governor's Council in 1881, and served as such for two years.  John W. 
Wheeler was joined in marriage with Phoebe Dow, and they have two 
children:  William R., now a deputy sheriff, who received his edu-
cation in the public schools and in business college at Poughkeepsie,  
N. Y.; and Ethel M., a graduate of Bradford Academy. 

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