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Wheeler Cemetery
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The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Section 34 of Oakley Township just East of Rea's Bridge on County Highway 24 approximately 2 miles East of County Highway 1.  The cemetery is on a hill.
It is named for the Garland Wheeler family who was native of Virginia and his wife who was of Bullett Co., Kentucky.  They moved to Oakley Township in 1834 where they purchased 240 acres of prairie land and 80 acres of timber land.  They were parents of 13 children.

A thru H - I thru M - N thru T - U thru Z

I have added notes here and there to other links so please watch for them. ~ Sharon

Name Born Died Age Other
No U or Vs        
       
Waggoner, Abraham J.   1872 Apr. 19 ae 8 mos. 13 ds. s/o A. J. & M. A. Waggoner
Waggoner, Margaret A.   1872 Jun. 12 ae 35 yrs. 3 mos. 18 ds. w/o A. J. Waggoner
Ward, Elmer E. 1901 1901   Son
Ward, Genie B. 1876 1941   Mother
Ward, Harold H. 1914 1943   Son
Ward, William J. 1868 1926   Father
Weatherford, Charles 1866 1942    
Weatherford, J. Teddy 1906 Jun. 8 1964 Mar. 24   In loving memory
Weatherford, Maggie 1865 1937   (with Charles)
Weatherford, Orville M. 1893 May 22 1962 Jan. 16   Ill. Btry. A. 36 Arty. Cac WWI
Wheeler, Cecil 1918 1940    
Wheeler, Charles G. 1861 1929    
Wheeler, David L. 1868 Apr. 28 1956 Nov. 9    
Wheeler, Elisabeth   1879 Jan. 21 ae 83 yrs. 9 mos. 1 ds. w/o Garland Wheeler
Wheeler, Francis M.   1854 Sep. 5 ae 2 mos. 10 ds. s/o T. A. & L. Wheeler
Wheeler, Garland   1863 Dec. 28 ae 71 yrs. 5 mos. 16 ds.  
Wheeler, Garland L.   1870 Mar. 17 ae 35 yrs. 9 mos. 4 ds. (brother to L. W.)
See Epitaph
Wheeler, Glenn 1915 1937    
Wheeler, Ida M. 1873 Jan. 21 1941 Dec. 8    
Wheeler, Lewright W. 1838 1914    
Wheeler, Maranda A.   1862 Oct. 20 ae 11 yrs. 3 mos. ch/o W. R. & M. Wheeler
Wheeler, Margaret 1851 1930   his wife (Lewright W.)
See Epitaph
Wheeler, Margaret   1886 Mar. 19 ae 55 yrs. 10 mos. 4 ds. w/o W. R. Wheeler
Wheeler, Margaret       (illegible)
Wheeler, Maria   1889 May 23 ae 53 yrs. 6 mos. 29 ds. w/o G. L. Wheeler
Wheeler, Mary A.   1877 Jan. 10 ae 28 yrs. w/o L. W. Wheeler
Wheeler, Matilda A.   1859 Aug. 29   ch/o W. R. & M. Wheeler
Wheeler, Oliver C.   1872 Dec. 1 ae 1 yr. s/o L. W. & M. A. Wheeler
Wheeler, Paul   (no dates)    
Wheeler, Samuel M.   1866 Oct. 15 ae 4 yrs.  
Wheeler, Samuel M.       Ch/o L. W. & S. J. Wheeler
Wheeler, Sarah J.   1866 Sep. 7   w/o L. W. Wheeler
Wheeler, Sarah M.   1860 Sep. ae 3 yrs. d/o G. L. & M. Wheeler
Wheeler, Thoams E.   1866 Nov. 1 ae 2 mos.    
Wheeler, Thomas       Ch/o L. W. & S. J. Wheeler
Wheeler, Vyron   (no dates)    
Wheeler, William       Ch/o L. W. & S. J. Wheeler
Wheeler, William A.   1876 Jun. 17 ae 13 yrs.?  
Wheeler, William R.   1900 Oct. 29 ae 76 yrs. 1 mos. 12 ds.  
       
NO X, Y or Zs        

NOTES:

*Wheeler, Garland L. - "Remember friends as you pass by - As you are now so once was I - As I am now so you must be - Prepare for death and follow me."

*Wheeler, Margaret - "I am the Resurrection & the life"

 

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