"John Aubrey Wheeler, the second child and first son of Effie Blue and E. B. Wheeler, was born May 21, 1888. He graduated from the University of SC at eighteen years of age and entered the brokerage business with his father at Marion, SC.
He was a member of the National Guard and upon the outbreak of the first World War, he was commissioned major and spent eighteen months in the trenches in France.
Upon his return home, he found his father dead and the business nonexistent. He, therefore, joined the regular army as captain and was later a major. He was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC, for five years. He was promoted twice in the last year and is now a colonel stationed in Panama. He married Lucia Talley."
Three children:
(1) Elizabeth Wheeler, born August 21, 1910
(2) Robert Edward Wheeler, born May 21, 1912
(3) John Aubrey Wheeler, II, born August 8, 1917
From: Lumber River Scots and their descendants, the McLeans, the Torreys, the Purcells, the McIntyres, the Gilchrists
He was a member of the National Guard and upon the outbreak of the first World War, he was commissioned major and spent eighteen months in the trenches in France.
Upon his return home, he found his father dead and the business nonexistent. He, therefore, joined the regular army as captain and was later a major. He was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC, for five years. He was promoted twice in the last year and is now a colonel stationed in Panama. He married Lucia Talley."
Three children:
(1) Elizabeth Wheeler, born August 21, 1910
(2) Robert Edward Wheeler, born May 21, 1912
(3) John Aubrey Wheeler, II, born August 8, 1917
From: Lumber River Scots and their descendants, the McLeans, the Torreys, the Purcells, the McIntyres, the Gilchrists
"John Aubrey Wheeler, the second child and first son of Effie Blue and E. B. Wheeler, was born May 21, 1888. He graduated from the University of SC at eighteen years of age and entered the brokerage business with his father at Marion, SC.
He was a member of the National Guard and upon the outbreak of the first World War, he was commissioned major and spent eighteen months in the trenches in France.
Upon his return home, he found his father dead and the business nonexistent. He, therefore, joined the regular army as captain and was later a major. He was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC, for five years. He was promoted twice in the last year and is now a colonel stationed in Panama. He married Lucia Talley."
Three children:
(1) Elizabeth Wheeler, born August 21, 1910
(2) Robert Edward Wheeler, born May 21, 1912
(3) John Aubrey Wheeler, II, born August 8, 1917
From: Lumber River Scots and their descendants, the McLeans, the Torreys, the Purcells, the McIntyres, the Gilchrists
He was a member of the National Guard and upon the outbreak of the first World War, he was commissioned major and spent eighteen months in the trenches in France.
Upon his return home, he found his father dead and the business nonexistent. He, therefore, joined the regular army as captain and was later a major. He was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC, for five years. He was promoted twice in the last year and is now a colonel stationed in Panama. He married Lucia Talley."
Three children:
(1) Elizabeth Wheeler, born August 21, 1910
(2) Robert Edward Wheeler, born May 21, 1912
(3) John Aubrey Wheeler, II, born August 8, 1917
From: Lumber River Scots and their descendants, the McLeans, the Torreys, the Purcells, the McIntyres, the Gilchrists
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