Brief Life History of Joel Thomas
When Joel Thomas Wheeler was born on 13 November 1855, in Webster, Missouri, United States, his father, William Henry Wheeler, was 36 and his mother, Emily Elizabeth Cotner, was 25. He married Martha Alice Rogers in 1876, in Webster, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Buck Prairie, Lawrence, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Turnback Township, Lawrence, Missouri, United States in 1920. He died in July 1932, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Summit Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Joe T Wheeler, "United States Census, 1920"
- Thomas J Wheeler in household of John P Wheeler, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joel Thomas Wheeler -
Spouse and Children
1855–1932 Male
1857–1927 Female
Children (2)
1879– Female
1893–1956 Female
Parents and Siblings
1818–1905 Male
1830–1884 Female
Siblings (13)
1847–1913 Male
1848–1928 Female
1851–1928 Male
1853–1939 Male
1855–1932 Male
+8 More Children
World Events (8)
1860
Age 5
1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
Age 6
1876 · Segregation Laws Are Passed
Age 21
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a wheelwright, a maker of wheels (primarily for carts and other vehicles, but also other kinds of wheels, for use in spinning or other manufacturing processes), from Middle English wheler, whegheler, a derivative of Old English hweogol, hweowol, hwēol ‘wheel’.
History: A founder of Salisbury, NH, in 1634 was John Wheeler.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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