Alpheus WHEELER
1860 Federal Census District 1, Preston,Virginia (Online Census Images @ Ancestry.com), pg 33
1870 Federal Census Grant,Pocahontas,West Virginia (Online Census Images @ Ancestry.com), pg 57
1880 Federal Census District 1,Wapsinonoc,Muscatine,Iowa (FHL#1,254,358), pg 1B
1900 Federal Census Wapsinonoc,Muscatine,Iowa (Online Census Images @ Ancstry.com), ED 114, pg 5B
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
Ancestry.com: Iowa Civil War Soldier Burial Records
Ancestry.com: Civil War Pension Index
USGebWeb.com: Oak Ridge Cemetery Records,Wapsinonoc Township,Muscatine,Iowa
NOTES: Alpheus served in the Civil War as a Private in Company F, 17th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Alpheus applied for a pension on 22 Sep 1890 while living in Colorado; and Phoebe applied for a widow's pension on 26/28 Dec 1903 while living in Iowa
He married Phoebe Eva Hanna Harms 1 Jan 1854 at Harnodsville, Somerset, Pennsylvania . Phoebe Eva Hanna Harms was born at Pennsylvania 1836/38 .
They were the parents of 10
children:
Emma J. Wheeler
born Abt 1857.
Ross Scott Wheeler
born Abt 1858.
William Scott Wheeler
born Abt 1860.
James Grant Wheeler
born 12 Jul 1863.
William Rae Wheeler
born Abt 1866.
Edward Russell Wheeler
born 18 Mar 1868.
Sarah Anna Wheeler
born Abt 1870.
Mary Louella Wheeler
born May 1872.
Nora M. Wheeler
born 7 Apr 1875.
Clark M. Wheeler
born Abt 1878.
Alpheus Wheeler died 20 Nov 1903 at Muscatine, Iowa .