William H. Wheeler Sr.

Birth Date

c1815

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Union County, Kentucky, postmaster, bootmaker, druggist, and police judge. New Hampshire native. Married to Jane E. Wheeler. Father of William H. Wheeler. Bootmaker in Union County, Kentucky, in 1850. Postmaster in Uniontown from March 27, 1858, to February 14, 1860. Druggist in Uniontown in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Uniontown in 1860. Police judge in Union County in 1861. Postmaster in Uniontown from June 13, 1861, to July 3, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 1, p. 458A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Uniontown, p. 542.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Uniontown, p. 418A.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, X County, Kentucky, vol. 28, 188-89.
KYR-0001-017-0195.

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