Wheeler - Horace
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 30 Mar 1894,
Horace C. Wheeler died on Tuesday, March 20, at his home in Lebanon. He was an old resident of Montgomery county, and has many relatives and friends to mourn his death. The following is from the Lebanon Patriot. The death of Horace C. Wheeler, a well-known and highly respected citizen of Lebanon, occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles W. Johnson, at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening, March 20, at Thorntown. He had been feeble for several years on account of repeated strokes of paralysis. Mr. Wheeler has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Dr. Scull, of this city, but had been visiting Mrs. Johnson for about three weeks when he was taken suddenly worse. The funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon, at the Presbyterian church, at Lebanon, conducted by Rev. J.A. Pollock, assisted by Rev. Banta and the pastors of the several churches of the city. Horace E. Wheeler was born in Ohio, August 4, 1823; came to Indiana and settled in Montgomery county in 1835, and on February 4, 1846, he married Miss Martha A. Dunn, a daughter of Nathaniel A. Dunn, of Crawfordsville. To them were born five children: Mrs. Elizabeth S. Hamilton, wife of Rev. S.L. Hamilton of Louisville, Ky; Mrs. Emma A. Johnson, wife of Charles W. Johnson of Thorntown; Mrs. Alice A. Scull wife of Dr. D.C. Scull, of Lebanon; Miss Mary E Wheeler, of Denver, Col.; and Charles L. Wheeler of Wichita, Kansas. His wife and children all survive him. He has been a resident of Lebanon since 1863, coming here from Darlington. As a Christian, he has never wavered. In his early youth he became a member of the Presbyterian church, of which, for many years, he was an active elder. He was an earnest, conscientist church worker, doing what he could for the Master -- Thanks muches to Cathie Bond for this one
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Friday, 23 March 1894
Horace C. Wheeler died on Tuesday, March 20, at his home in Lebanon. He was an old resident of Montgomery County, and has many relatives and friends to mourn his death. The following is from the Lebanon Patriot:
The death of Horace C. Wheeler, a well known and highly respected citizen of Lebanon occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles W. Johnson, at 6 o’clock Tuesday evening, March 20, at Thorntown. He had been feeble for several years on account of repeated strokes of paralysis. Mr. Wheeler has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Scull, of this city, but had been visiting Mrs. Johnson for about three weeks when he was taken suddenly worse. The funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church at Lebanon, conducted by Rev. J. A. Pollock, assisted by Rev. Banta and the pastors of the several churches of the city.
Horace C. Wheeler was born in Ohio, August 4, 1823, came to Indiana and settled in Montgomery County in 1835, and on February 4, 1846, he married Miss Martha A. Dunn, a daughter of Nathaniel A. Dunn, of Crawfordsville. To them were born five children: Mrs. Elizabeth S. Hamilton, wife of Rev. S. L. Hamilton of Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Emma A. Johnson, wife of Charles W. Johnson of Thorntown, Mrs. Alice A. Scull, wife of Dr. D. C. Scull of Lebanon, Miss Mary E. Wheeler of Denver, Col., and Charles L. Wheeler, of Wichita, Kansas. His wife and children all survive him.
He has been a resident of Lebanon since 1863, coming here from Darlington. As a Christian, he never wavered. In his early youth he became a member of the Presbyterian Church of which, for many years, he was an active elder. He was an earnest, conscientious church worker, doing what he could for the Master.