Wheeler, Alonzo

WHEELER

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 1/26/2009 at 16:19:55

Alonzo Wheeler

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.60, Council Bluffs)
A. Wheeler, hotel, Council Bluffs, was born in Wyoming County, N. Y., in 1836, and was educated in Alexander Academny, New York. After leaving school, he taught for some time in a commercial college. He engaged in the manufacture of leather for some time, and afterward carried on the manufacture of kitchen goods. He lived in Buffalo from 1861 till he came to Council Bluffs in July, 1881. Here, he took charge of the Revere House, 549 Broadway, which contains forty sleeping rooms, a dining room large enough to seat forty guests, parlors, sitting rooms, etc., and all the accommodations of a first-class hotel. Since Mr. Wheeler has had charge of the hotel, its business has increased twofold, owing to his able management. In 1873, he married Miss Dell Axtell, of Wyoming County, N. Y. His grandfather on his mother's side was of Scotch descent, and served seven years during the Revolutionary war. His father's people were of English descent, and came to America about the year 1760.