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WILLIAM C. WHEELER, an early pioneer of Perry County, was born September 25,
1831. His father, James Wheeler, was a native of Breckenridge County, Ky. He came
to Indiana and married Sarah Claycomb, a native of Pennsylvania, by whom he was the
father of six sons and five daughters. He lived on a farm near Rome, where he died,
April 15, 1864. His widow survived him until March 7, 1872, when she died at the age
of seventy-three. William C. remained at home working on the farm until attaining his
majority, after which he was engaged in flat-boating for a number of years. May 15,
1856, he married Artamissa Robinson, a native of the county, and soon after located on
a famr of forty acres, which his wife inherited. He has since added to this 220 acres,
and now has one of the best farms in the township. Mr. Wheeler has seen Perry County
transformed from a forest into a beautiful farming country, and the log-hut replaced by
good substantial dwellings. During the Rebellion, he was a strong Union man, and was
Captain of the Home Guards. He is now a Republican, and himselfand wife are
members of the Universalist Church. They have three children now living, named
Clarence, Laranee D., and Elmer.