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William Vincent Wheeler (1845–1908) was the founder of Wheeler Mission Ministries of Indianapolis, Indiana. ==Early Life and the Wheeler Family== William V. Wheeler was born in 1845 to Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth Stubbs Wheeler in West Elkton, Ohio. Walter and Elizabeth also had one daughter, Rebecca Esther (1850–1931). An accident caused Elizabeth Wheeler’s death in 1851 and Walter remarried Mary P. Stanley in 1853. William Wheeler gained two new siblings from this marriage, Charles Pinkney (1866–1894) and Albert Sheridan (1868–1883). William Wheeler and his new family moved from West Elkton, Ohio to Richmond, Indiana in 1853, and later ended up in Dublin, Indiana. Wheeler kept in touch and remained close with family from his mother’s side; his aunt, Elvira Stubbs Pray, her four children, and her husband, who was a renowned Quaker preacher, gave Wheeler a Bible that he would later carry with him into the American Civil War. In 1863, William Wheeler enlisted in the Ninth Indiana Cavalry at the age of 18 years. He took part in the campaign against the Confederate general, Hood, as well as the battles of Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville. Wheeler saw a large amount of action throughout his time in the Civil War and contracted a near fatal fever during his time spent in the swamps of Mississippi. This fever left Wheeler with chronic rheumatism for the rest of his life. In 1865, Wheeler left the army with an honorable discharge and moved to Indianapolis in 1866. There he became a wagon delivery driver for the Layman-Carey Hardware Company, and later the head of sales. Wheeler experienced a religious conversion in 1868. A letter to his cousin, Rachel Pray, explains his conversion from his "unworthy life", confessing a drinking problem and feelings of despair, sinfulness, and misery. After his conversion, Wheeler became a charter member of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church where he grew to be a licensed evangelical lay preacher for the church in 1868, filling in for the church while it was between pastors. Wheeler often gave his sermons under a large beech tree near the entrance of the Greenlawn Cemetery. William Wheeler married Mary Jane Howard in 1872. Howard was also involved in evangelical work. William and Mary had four children: Walter Howard, Sybil May, Hetta Ada, and William Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler raised an accomplished family; their son, Walter, founded Memorial Park in Indianapolis and managed the Crown Hill Cemetery. Their daughter, May, did medical research and aided in isolating the typhus bacterium, and their other daughter Ada studied Piano in Germany.〔William Vincent Wheeler Family Papers, 1863-1993, Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William V. Wheeler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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