The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . ents. Rev. Lyman Thompson and Margaret(Lee) Wheeler, were natives of Xurwalk, Ccmn., and Glas-gow, Scotland, respectively. His paternal grandfather,John Richards Wheeler, was a native of England, a schoolteacher, and for many years lived in New Rochelle, N. Y., where he taught schooland died. His wife wasElizabeth Thompson, ofIrish descent, whosebrother, W^ i 11 i a mT h 0 m p s o n, servedthrough the War of theRev( )lution, principallyin New Jersey. The ma-ternal grandfather wasAlexander Lee, a nativeof Glasgow, Scotland,who for many year
The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . ents. Rev. Lyman Thompson and Margaret(Lee) Wheeler, were natives of Xurwalk, Ccmn., and Glas-gow, Scotland, respectively. His paternal grandfather,John Richards Wheeler, was a native of England, a schoolteacher, and for many years lived in New Rochelle, N. Y., where he taught schooland died. His wife wasElizabeth Thompson, ofIrish descent, whosebrother, W^ i 11 i a mT h 0 m p s o n, servedthrough the War of theRev( )lution, principallyin New Jersey. The ma-ternal grandfather wasAlexander Lee, a nativeof Glasgow, Scotland,who for many yearswas a resident of NewYork City, being in theemploy of Thorbon &Co., flour Lyman ThompsonWheeler, an Episcoi^alclergyman, spent mostof his life in the Westengaged in missionary work, principally in Indiana, wherehe died. His cliildren were John R,, Elizabeth (Mrs. An-drew Bates), Lyman T. (deceased), James S. (a soldier inthe Twelfth and Forty-fourth Indiana Regiments, Volun-teer Infantry, serving through the entire Civil War), and. JOHN R. WHEELER. BTOGRAPHTCAL 263 Abel (u niciiibor of the Twelfth Indiana Volunteer Infantryin flic KchclJioii, killed in battle), and a stepson, CharlesF. Monteith, a member of the Thirteenth Indiana VolunteerInfantry. Joliji M. Wiieclcr was reared in New York City and edu-cated in the public schools. lie learneil the chairmakingtrade, and later engaged in the painting business, which hefollowed for twcnty-hve years prior to and following theCivil \Var. In July, ISGlJ, he enlisted in Company A, (Sev-enty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, as a private, andparticipated in the battles of Chickamauga, Murfreesboro,-Mission iiidge, and other minor engagemiuls. After twoyears service he was honorably discharged on account ofdisabilitj. He sjieut four years in Warsaw, Ind., and sevenyears in Fort NVayne. ^ince 1875 he has been a residentof Elizabeth, N. J. lie married, February 2(), 1S;J7, Saraii Jane, daughter ofDr. Amos Iegg, of Ligcmie
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