George H. Wheeler

Birth Date

1840-09-09

Death Date

1882-11-05

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Mason County, Kentucky, carriage maker and soldier. Mason County, Kentucky, native. Son of Conrad Wheeler and Katharine Wheeler. Married to Awilda Oliver Wheeler. Father of Elizabeth L. Wheeler. Attended school in Mason County, Kentucky, in 1850. Carriage maker in Mason County in 1860. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant from September 9, 1862, to September 17, 1863. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from March 9, 1864, to July 17, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 48B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 332.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Brown County, Aberdeen, p. 116B.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 104.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 113.
"George H. Wheeler," Daily Evening Bulletin (Maysville, Kentucky), November 6, 1882, p. 3.

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