A.J. Wheeler died at his home in Harristown at 6:30 Saturday evening. Mr. Wheeler was born in Macon county and was a well known and esteemed citizen. He has several grown children to mourn his departure. He was a member of Dunham post, being a soldier of Company B, One Hundred and Sixteenth Illinois. He was a brother of the late William Wheeler of this city.
The funeral was held from the M.E. church in Harristown at 3 o'clock p.m. Sunday, Rev. Howard officiating. The funeral was one of the largest ever held in Harristown township. The church would not accommodate the large assembly of fiends and the services were conducted in the yard. Dunham Post G.A.R. of Decatur attended in a body. The pall bearers were E.V. Loring, Younger Fulton, Jonathan Smith, L.L. Houck, C. Garrett and John Reeve.
The Evening Bulletin, Decatur IL, 14 Sep 1896
The funeral was held from the M.E. church in Harristown at 3 o'clock p.m. Sunday, Rev. Howard officiating. The funeral was one of the largest ever held in Harristown township. The church would not accommodate the large assembly of fiends and the services were conducted in the yard. Dunham Post G.A.R. of Decatur attended in a body. The pall bearers were E.V. Loring, Younger Fulton, Jonathan Smith, L.L. Houck, C. Garrett and John Reeve.
The Evening Bulletin, Decatur IL, 14 Sep 1896
A.J. Wheeler died at his home in Harristown at 6:30 Saturday evening. Mr. Wheeler was born in Macon county and was a well known and esteemed citizen. He has several grown children to mourn his departure. He was a member of Dunham post, being a soldier of Company B, One Hundred and Sixteenth Illinois. He was a brother of the late William Wheeler of this city.
The funeral was held from the M.E. church in Harristown at 3 o'clock p.m. Sunday, Rev. Howard officiating. The funeral was one of the largest ever held in Harristown township. The church would not accommodate the large assembly of fiends and the services were conducted in the yard. Dunham Post G.A.R. of Decatur attended in a body. The pall bearers were E.V. Loring, Younger Fulton, Jonathan Smith, L.L. Houck, C. Garrett and John Reeve.
The Evening Bulletin, Decatur IL, 14 Sep 1896
The funeral was held from the M.E. church in Harristown at 3 o'clock p.m. Sunday, Rev. Howard officiating. The funeral was one of the largest ever held in Harristown township. The church would not accommodate the large assembly of fiends and the services were conducted in the yard. Dunham Post G.A.R. of Decatur attended in a body. The pall bearers were E.V. Loring, Younger Fulton, Jonathan Smith, L.L. Houck, C. Garrett and John Reeve.
The Evening Bulletin, Decatur IL, 14 Sep 1896
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