Ulysses S. Wheeler and Frances Sharp
Husband Ulysses S. Wheeler 1
Born: 8 Jun 1841 - Eldersville, Washington Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: John Wheeler (1812-1867) 2 Mother: Hannah Sharp (1817-1877) 2
Marriage: 1866 1
Wife Frances Sharp 1
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: B. M. Sharp ( - ) 1 Mother:
Children
General Notes: Husband - Ulysses S. Wheeler
He came with his parents to the farm in Jefferson township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, when about thirteen years old, and it was his home thereafter. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Fortieth P. V. I., and served in the First Brigade, First Division, Second Army Corps, under Gen. Hancock, during the whole war. He was engaged in thirty-two battles and skirmishes, among the more important of which were Cold Harbor, Spottsylvania Court House, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Mr. Wheeler was slightly wounded at Chancellorsville. In the year 1865 he received an honorable discharge, and returned home.
In politics Mr. Wheeler was an ardent Republican, and although his township was strongly Democratic, he was elected to several official positions, having been tax-collector nine years, and was census taker in the year 1890.
General Notes: Wife - Frances Sharp
She was a graduate of the Steubenville (Ohio) Female Seminary.
1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1255.
2
Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 598, 1255.
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