Archibald- Archelaus Wheeler 
Archibald- Archelaus was born in 1829 in Shelby County, Indiana. Archibald- Archelaus' father was Benjamin"Mine" Wheeler and his mother was Sarah Barlow. His paternal grandparents were Archelaus\Archer Wheeler and Mildred Lyle; his maternal grandparents were Lewis Barlow and Judah Frances Smith. He had a brother and eight sisters, named Henry, Angelina Lina, Dicey, Berila Rilla, Elizabeth"Betsy", Judea, Emilia Mildred Milly, Mary Jane and Sarah Ann. He was the third youngest of the ten children. He died after 1886 in Rising Sun, Polk Co, Iowa.General Notes
Shows up in the Polk County 1850 Census page 17 with Henry 23, headof household, farmer, Sarah, 60; Archibald 21, farmer; and Sarah 16
1860 Census, Polk County, delaware Twp, Pg 224, family 414, isArchibald Wheeler and his wife, Nancy J.; All children born in Iowa.S.C. f, age 8, and sons Henry,6; John,4, and Lee,2.
On the 1870 census, Allen Twp, Altoona, Iaow, we find him ashousehold #18, age 40, farmer, born Indiana, with wife nancy, age 35, andson John, 14, and Benjamin (Lee) age 12.
Archibald was married, second to Magdalina Enfield Keys, June 10,1886, witnessed by son, John Wheeler. The Marriage record (IowaHistorical Library) records his name as "Archelaus" Wheeler, fatherBenjamin, mother Sarah Barlow. He was 55 in 1886. ref # 2233.
Anne Astley worte "Archibald served in the Civil War in themilitia. He was a farmer and he had a Land Grant in Polk county, datedMay 5, 1853. He is buried with his first wife Nancy in the oldYoungstown Cemetery, know known as Oakridge Cemetery." Land Grantsource, Vol 4, page 109, Des Moines Historical Libe977.7 Vol 1520, page58, Polk County Courthouse.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1717 in Westmoreland Co, Va (formed 1653 fr Notheumberland Co(or England?) d. in Buckingham Co, Va
- b.~ 1745 in Buckingham Co, Va (fomed 1761 from Albemarle Co) d.1830 in Adair Co, Ky
- b.1786 in Bedford Co, Vir (formed 1753 from Albemarle Co/ Lunenburg Co) d.09 Sep 1836 in Jackson Twp, Shelby Co, in
- b.~ 1758 in Bedford Co,Virginia (formed 1753 from Albemarle/Lunenburg counties) d.~ 1845 in Adair Co, Ky
- b.1829 in Shelby County, Indiana d.> 1886 in Rising Sun, Polk Co, Iowa
- b.1725 in Spotsylvania Co, Va d.1815 in Washington Co, Ky
- b.1755 in Culpepper County, Vir d.1830 in Shelby, Indiana
- b.1731 in Va
- b.30 Apr 1792 in Washington Co, Ky d.27 Jan 1874 in near Mitchellville, Polk Co, Iowa
- b.1755 in Prob Va. Lds Source d.1840 in Shelby Co,Indiana
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Archibald- Archelaus were married in a religious ceremony before 1851.
Archibald- Archelaus were married in a religious ceremony on March 2nd, 1851 in Polk Co, Ia.
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