Solomon Latimer WHEELER
Dorinda Ellen THOMPSON

Husband:  Solomon Latimer WHEELER
Birth:  Oct 1837, Hamilton Co., Illinois  
Death:  24 Nov 1925, Mayberry Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois
Burial:
Father:  Henry WHEELER
Mother:  Priscilla MAYBERRY

Marriage:    1862, Hamilton Co., Illinois

Wife:  Dorinda Ellen THOMPSON
Birth:  Aug 1843, Gallatin Co., Illinois
Death: 16 Nov 1920, Mayberry Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois 
Burial:  
Father:   John Ora THOMPSON
Mother:   Dorinda ALBION 

Children:
1. Dorinda P. WHEELER, b: 1864, Crook Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois
2. Mary Viella WHEELER, b: 1867, Crook Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois
3. Luanna WHEELER, b: 1873, Crook Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois
4. Solomon Sumner WHEELER, b: 5 Jan 1878, Crook Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois
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Notes:
Solomon served with the Union forces during the Civil War and later received a pension for his service.  His service record shows:
  Name:  Solomon Wheeler
  Residence:  McLeansboro, IL
  Unit Number:  250
  Service Record:  Enlisted as a private on 19 October 1861
                                Enlisted in Company H, 6th Calvary Illinois on 9 January 1862
                                Discharged Company H, 6th Calvary Illinois on 18 Nov 1862
His pension record shows:
  Name:  Solomon Wheeler
  Service:  H 6th Ill Cav
  Application Date:  5 Apr 1881
  Application Number:  422,144
  Certificate Number:  319,216

1870 Federal Census Data (M593_0225, Page 594A), Twp. 5S / Range 7E (Crook), Hamilton Co., Illinois,
                                                                                                                         Enumeration Date: 7-Jul-1870, Family #72

1880 Federal Census Data (T9_0210, Page 535C), McLeansboro Precinct, Hamilton Co., Illinois,
                                                                                  Enumeration Dist: 26 Enumeration Date: 23-Jun-1880, Family #345

1900 Federal Census Data (T623_0304, Page 331A), Broughton, Mayberry Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 56, Enumeration Date: 29-Jun-1900, Family #301

1910 Federal Census Data (T624_0291, Page 156B), Mayberry Twp., Hamilton Co., Illinois,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 45, Enumeration Date: 21-Apr-1910, Family #57

By 1920, Solomon and Dorinda were living with their son, Solomon, and his family.
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Sources:
1) Death - Husband:  Hamilton County Illinois Vital Statistics - Deaths, State Cert. #0330139
2) Death - Wife:  Hamilton County Illinois Vital Statistics - Deaths, State Cert. #0047704