Horace A. Wheeler

WHEELER, YAMWELL, BATES, ARNOLD

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/28/2004 at 22:58:05

Horace A. Wheeler, general merchant at Bristow, commenced business April 22, 1882. Mr. Wheeler was born in Boone county, Illinois, October 14, 1847. He came from Illinois, October 14, 1847. He came from Illinois to Butler county in 1872 and purchased a farm in West Point township of L. H. Yamwell, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He sold to Benjamin Bates and engaged in business as above stated. His father is Adam Wheeler, of Clarksville. His wife was Lucy Arnold, born in the State of New York. They have three children – Cora, Harmon, and Leon.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 773