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66th Wedding Anniversary IsObservedLincoln PairMr. and ** s. Robert Wheeler,] pioneer residents of Nebraska, and formerly of Lincoln, recently celebrated their sixty-sixth weddnig anniversary at Teeumseh, Okla , where they moved Upon leaving Lincoln thirty-five years ago.Mr. Wheeler war one time district judge in the Fifth judicialdistrict, comprising six Nebraska counties, an office whieh he heldfrom 1890 to 1895. He and Mrs Wheeler lived in Lincoln for five years before moving to Oklahoma.Covered Wagon.Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler moved to Nebraska via the covered wagon route about a vear after theirmarriage in Illinois, nnd they settled on a lfiO acre government homestead near Osceola in Polkcounty, where he became a dirt farmer in the summer, and a school teacher in the winter. A soon .as he received a patent onthe homestead he built a residencein Osceola and there formed a law partnership with Albinu^ Nance, who v, a i later elect'd governor ofthe stateMr. Wheeler, who is 90 years old. enlisted in the Union army at tin* age of 18. and took part in a few skirmishes and minor engagements in the Civil war. and had aport in one of the hardc-t fought battles on the Hu nmond front on Sept. 29, 1864, the as iult n FortGilmer. He lost two brothcis m the war, one at Gettysburg and one at Petersburg.Moved To Illinois.After the war Mr. Wheeler was stationed at laiwrciveville m Brunswick county. Va . i* several m ths as as*is*.ant superintendent ef the Fi cedmn's Bun uU andMI. AND MIS. WHEELER.r nc ting pmvost marshall Soonafter returning from the airny he ne vi d with hr parents to lllino s Soon nftcr the adoption of the F, i g h t eerth amendment Mr.Wheeler made a race for congrt -on a platform denouncing the measure and advocating its r»’p« 1but he uas unsu ce sful However. 1 e takes pride in the f ic'that he has lived to see the amendment repealed and his opinion vind. a ted. “I I ave always been an advocate of temperance in .all thing', and believe that the man who insults public decency by get! ng drunk ought to he punished rathe : than ‘the wa ked sn-l,.on keeper v.ho made the p.torfellow buv the whisky, he recently de dared.He retired from the law practice about 10 years ago.Mr no t Mrs Wheeler have two daughters living as well as fourteen g* ind children and a small f!c k of pi on . :r.g gre at grund-childi on.
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Lincoln Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sun, Dec 01, 1935
Page 23
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