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James Wheeler (Christian County, Kentucky, Farmer)

b. 1811-04-11 d. 1886-03-22

Christian County, Kentucky, physician and farmer. South Carolina native. Married to Elizabeth S. Wheeler. Father of William G. Wheeler, Mary S. Wheeler, James J. Wheeler, Elizabeth Wheeler, Susan Wheeler, John Wheeler, Laura Wheeler, Joel W. Wheeler, Katie Wheeler, Charles K. Wheeler, and Emma Wheeler. Physician in Christian County, Kentucky, Owned fifteen enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Physician and farmer in Christian County in 1860. Owned thirty-five enslaved people in Christian County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 365B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. X.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 707.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 285A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, County, District 4, p. 442B-443A.

"Dr. James Wheeler (1811-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial #89943946, accessed December 16, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89943946.

Citation

Wheeler, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214773 (November 12, 2026).

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