WHEELER, Willie W. 1869-1891

WHEELER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 9/14/2015 at 22:58:36

Willie W. Wheeler

1869-1891

The youngest son of Mrs. Wheeler, who keeps the hotel at Lyle, was buried at Lyle yesterday. He was killed while switching cars at Ft. Dodge. We hear that he was walking on top the cars and fell, the cars passing over him.

Source: from the Mower County Transcript, 15 July 1891, page 3, column 2

NOTE: Willie W. Wheeler, buried at Mona Cemetery, Mitchell Co. Iowa.

Credit: Mitch Helle, Sept. 2015
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The listing on IAGenWeb/Mitchell for the Mona (aka Farley) cemetery, shows:

Wheeler, Willie W. -- 22 yr 16 days - died 13 JUL 1891, son of E.W. Wheeler