Wheeler - Evergreen Cemetery, Victoria, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member jhuoni
N 28° 48.688 W 097° 00.508
14R E 694347 N 3188727
This very tall memorial is dedicated to seven members of the Wheeler Family.
Waymark Code: WMWR4H
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/05/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member elyob
Views: 3
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Jesse Obadiah Wheeler was one of Victoria's early movers and shakers. Born in Rutland, Vermont, on Feb. 24, 1814, little is known of his life before he moved to Victoria in 1840 and opened a mercantile store. He participated in the fight against the Comanche Indians at Plum Creek following the raid on Linnville. He dealt in cotton, real estate, livestock, and managed toll bridges on the Guadalupe River. He served at various times as city alderman and mayor and helped establish Victoria's first property tax. He also started river commerce on the Guadalupe with the steamboat William Penn and was instrumental in the establishment of the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad. At one time, he was the wealthiest man in Victoria. While in France for his health, he died on Feb. 14, 1867, and his body was returned to Victoria labeled as a marble block to circumvent superstitions of the sailors.

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Date of birth (optional): 02/24/1814

Date of death (optional): 02/14/1867

Headstone text (optional):

Jesse
O.
Wheeler, Sr.,
Born February 24, 1814,
Died February 14, 1867,
Aged 52 Yrs, 11 Mos, 20 Dys.

Mary Kay., Wife of
Jessie O. Wheeler, Sr.
Died August Aug 19, 1860,
Aged 38 Yrs, 7 Mos, 26 Dys
Father and Mother. Gone from
Our home, but not from our hearts.

Where Immortal
Spirits Reign,
There We Shall Meet Again

Wheeler


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Mrs.
Esther Arnold,
Mother of Jessie O.
Wheeler, Sr.
Died October 28, 1850,
Aged 69 years.

Sarah Hatfield
Sister of Jesse O.
Wheeler, Sr.,
Died July 26, 1850,
Aged 37 years.

Gone But Still Remembered

1886


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Levias Wheeler,
Born June 1, 1847,
Died June 18, 1885
Aged 38 yrs, 17 days.

Rest, darling, rest:
We Will Meet Again.

He Sleeps Beneath His
Native Earth,
And Near The Spot That
Gave Him Birth
His Youthful Feet Trod
Flowers That Bloom
In Beauty O’er His Early
Tomb.

Wheeler

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Jesse O.
Wheeler, Jr.,
Born April 6 1843,
Died May 25, 1868,
Aged 25 Yrs, 1 Mo., 19 Dys

Mary Margaret
Wheeler,
Born March 22, 1852,
Died July 3, 1853,
Aged 1 Yr, 4 Mo. 9 Dys

Oh Brother, First to Leave
Our Band,
Life”s Song As Yet Unsung
While Gray Hairs Gather
On Our Brows,
Thou Art Forever Young.
1886


Monumental Bronze Co. Bridgeport, Ct.



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