Historical gazetteer and biographical memorial of Cattaraugus County, . ness, hissound judgment, and his wise counsels have blessed many who needed afriend. He retained his strength of mind and his vigor of body to a remarka-ble degree into old age. He continued to ride on horseback until he waseighty years old, and he took pleasure in driving a pair of spirited horses ofhis own raising until within a few weeks of his death. On the 6th of June,1892, a few days before his eighty-first birthday, and surrounded by his wifeand children, Mr. Wheeler died a: his home in Portville, where he had s
Historical gazetteer and biographical memorial of Cattaraugus County, . ness, hissound judgment, and his wise counsels have blessed many who needed afriend. He retained his strength of mind and his vigor of body to a remarka-ble degree into old age. He continued to ride on horseback until he waseighty years old, and he took pleasure in driving a pair of spirited horses ofhis own raising until within a few weeks of his death. On the 6th of June,1892, a few days before his eighty-first birthday, and surrounded by his wifeand children, Mr. Wheeler died a: his home in Portville, where he had spenthis long and useful life. Hon. Nelson P. Wheeler, son of Hon. William F. Wheeler, was born inPortville in Nov., 1841. He was educated in the academies of Olean, Deposit,and Homer, is a member of the firms of the Wheelers and Dusenburys, andwith his family resides in Tidioute, Pa. He has had charge of the largo lum-bering and tanning interests of Wheeler & Dusenbury and Wheeler, Dusen-bury & Co., and went to Pennsylvania in 1870. Mr. Wheeler is an elder of the. >ry£^g^^,_.^ Town of Portville. - 1025 Presbyterian church and in 1879 ^e was a RepubHcan representative in theState Legislature. In 1877 he married Rachel A. Smith, of Cincinnati. Theyhave three sons and two daughters. Hon. William Egbert Wheeler, son of the late Hon. William F. Wheeler,was born in Portville, Nov. 21, 1843. ^^ prepared for college in Deposit andHomer, N. Y., and entered the sophomore class of Hamilton College in 1863,where he remained one year. He then entered the junior class of Yale Col-lege and was graduated in the class of 1866. After leaving college he becameinterested in the long established firms composed of the Wheelers and theUusenburys, of Portville. In 1870 they began the manufacture of leather inPortville, where he has charge, and in 1878 they began the production of oil,in which also he is still engaged. Mr. Wheeler is a director and the vice-presi-dent of the P^irst National
Size: 1649px × 1514px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidhistoricalga, bookyear1893
