This is a little off the name, but in 1856 there was a township covering all of
northern Oconto County named "Wheeler" and a small town "Wheeler" was
the main
village. It was primarily unpopulated, dense forest eventually used for logging
and now is mostly Nicolet National Forest. I can't find a "Wheeling"
anything,
though and both township and village are long gone.
Rita - Oconto County
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/
Tim Stowell wrote:
The only 'Wheat' related town in WI I can come up with
at least that close to 1856 is from my 1886 postal
directory -
Wheatville - in of all places Crawford County!
for Wheeler - Dunn County
for Wheeling - nothing.
for yucks - flipping it
Prairie:
Prairie du Chien - Crawford
Prairie du Sac - Sauk
Prairie Farm - Barron
of course all these had postoffices so I suppose the
place she mentions was a mighty small wide spot in the
road or had a postoffice come and go by 1886.
Tim
At 09:45 AM 9/15/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi all, Can anyone help this lady out.. ?
>
>Tina
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Joyce Ragels <jragels(a)qwest.net>
>To: <tsvickery(a)adelphia.net>
>Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 3:17 PM
>Subject: Wisconsin question
>
>
>> My husband's g g grandmother was born in Wheeling Prairie, Wisconsin, in
>1856.
>> Have looked in several places and can not find city let alone
>> county.
>>
>> Do you have any ideas on how to find where this place was located?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Joyce
>
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