Wheeler, O.M., Dr.

WHEELER, KIES

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Date: 11/19/2012 at 16:02:19

1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

PLEASANT TOWNSHIP

Page 787

WHEELER, O.M., Dr.--Farmer and stock-raiser, section 13, P.O. Malcom. Of the firm of Wheeler Bros. They own jointly 1,140 acres of land in Poweshiek county. The portion that O.M. has charge of consists of 520 acres. He was born in Windsor county, Vermont, February 7, 1842. Moved with his parents, in 1854, to Bureau county, Illinois, where he resided until the age of eighteen, at which time he commenced the study of medicine at the Keokuk Medical College, where he graduated in 1864. After graduating he returned to Bureau county, Illinois, and practiced his profession until 1875, when he came to Poweshiek county with his brother, and has since resided here. He was married August 18, 1864, to Miss Mary J. Kies, of Bureau county, Illinois, from which union there are six children: Charles, Allen, Angelo, Joey, Mary, Edna (Freddie deceased). Dr. Wheeler's success as a practitioner in Illinois and in Poweshiek county is well known, as a result thereof has his share of the trade in this county. He is a Maser Mason, belonging to the Montezuma Lodge and Hyssop Chapter, Malcom.